7.05.2009

Holiday Weekend

We spent our 4th of July weekend up at the Barton family cabin. Sharing time with us was my sister Christie, my brother Rob, and their respective families. Above all, the cabin is just a great place to relax. While I always bring things to do, I typically just end up lounging around, helping polish off multiple batches of Muddy Buddies, and taking a few photos of course.

Josh, Brynlee, Landon, and Neil anxiously bang on the table while awaiting dinner Friday night. Clearly Neil has caught hold of an infectious groove.

Eddie really bonded with Ashlee this trip, climbing all over her and giving her kisses. I don't think she minded the attention though.

I'm not sure what it is about sliding glass doors, but it seems they always have to be opening and closing when the handle is within the grasp of little hands. That glass is never pretty by the end of a stay.

Among the toys residing at the cabin is a baby doll that is a little too life-like. It has fooled many a passing adult who has spotted it out of the corner of their eye lying facedown in some obscure place.

Here's a closeup portrait of said doll which I just had to do in black & white. Look out Kirsten Dunst, you have some competition in the dead, dead eyes department.

Now that we are in black & white, here are a few nature shots taken around the cabin.

9 comments:

Cheryl said...

Looks like fun, sorry we missed out on the festivities and the muddy buddies!

Christie said...

I may have to steal the top photo and post it on my blog.. I love the one of Ed with the "baby" in the background..

Hali said...

So were you or Kristen actually up at the cabin? I must have missed your pictures somewhere.

Krissy said...

Dave is always the one taking pictures and I generally threaten him if he attempts to take pictures of me, so it works out that neither of us end up in any.

Dave said...

So you are saying you would like to see more photos of us and fewer of creepy baby dolls in future posts? Duly noted.

ScottBoomer said...

Hey she didn't say don't take pics of creepy dolls, just more of you. Lets not jump to conclusions here.

Marc said...

Seriously...you could kill two birds with one stone by taking creepy pictures of yourselves. In fact, I think that would be a great topic for your next post!

Dave said...

We'll get right on that, just as soon as we finish our next post dedicated to kitchen gadgets for Scott's benefit.

Marc said...

How about pictures of creepy kitchen gadgets? It could eventually work out to be a whole series of creepy pictures posts."Creepy pictures of Us," "Creepy Pictures of Kitchen Gadgets," "Creepy Pictures of..." You get the idea.