WIlde Oaks Oct '12

You guessed it, another trip to Wilde Oaks! This was also Elliott's first trip away from home. We headed out on Friday and got to the cabin around 5:30pm. It was us, Jacob, Valerie and Jack, Morgan, Jenn and Jane and Alyson and Nathan. Kelly and Perry were going to come to but ended up heading to California that weekend to see Perry's parents. We missed them lots! It was really fun having Alyson and Nathan there since it was their first time. And it was fun having Elliott there too. I will admit, it was different, but still fun. 

On Friday night we ate this delicious corn, salsa, rice casserole stuff that you roll up in tortillas. It was so yummy! After dinner the boys decided to play their game that they play every week. The ended up playing for over 5 hours! It was ridiculous. The girls all went to bed before they finished. It was just too late. On Saturday we woke up to a delicious french toast casserole. Saturday involved hanging out, playing games, riding the four wheelers and eating lots of junk food. I brought six dozen chocolate chip cookies and came home with 2. As in 2 cookies, not 2 dozen. Haha. We ate our hearts out, that's for sure. The boys drove the four wheelers down to the area where there are jumps and stuff and had a lot of fun. It had rained all night so there was tons of mud! The boys came back covered in mud! From head to toe! It was actually hilarious when Jane saw Morgan she freaked out and would look at him, scream and turn away. Then look again, scream and turn away. It was a riot! For lunch we had delicious bbq chicken sandwiches. 

[Friday night on the deck]

[My adorable baby girl]

Saturday night we did something that we've never done at the cabin. Alyson and Nathan brought a Murder Mystery for us to do. We got our characters a few days before so we could bring costumes. It was so much fun. I had never done one before. It was hilarious! My name was Ruby Lipps. I was a Vegas showgirl. The premis of the murder was this...

Valerie was getting married to Jacob (a motorcycle gang member) and at her wedding her dad was shot and killed. Jenn was Valerie's mom and the murdered man's ex-wife. Josh was the preacher at the wedding. I was Valerie's best friend and Morgan was a Vegas rockstar that was in love with me. Alyson and Nathan's characters were the hosts so they didn't really play into it all. It turned out that Valerie was the murderer! She killed her daddy! What a fun night it was. We did the party over dinner of pork and beef roast over potatoes and carrots with mashed potatoes and rolls. It was so delicious. After our murder mystery we all changed and then hung out and answered questions from Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus (the game). We basically changed the game so we played it like the Newlywed Game. It was fun. 

Here are some pictures from the weekend...

[Alyson and Nathan taking a nap on Saturday afternoon]

[Haha. Cousins...such a great picture.]

[My new iphone takes panoramic photos..beautiful!]

[Four wheeling, just enjoying the view!]

[Adorable Jack]

[Jack...bouncing like crazy!]

[Another panorama]

[On Sunday morning Jacob found this horny toad...so of course we put it on Elliott's head...]

[Four wheeling]

[Josh on his four wheeler]

Sunday morning we woke up, ate cereal for breakfast and cleaned the cabin. We hung out a little bit, just talking while we waited for Jack to wake up from his nap and then we headed out. It was a super fun trip! Thanks Jake and Val for inviting us! We always have so much fun.