The Birkeland Family Blog

Brian and Lars were some brave souls to take 7 kids up in the Uintahs to the Cabin.  This by all means is no luxurious cabin.  No electricity, no water, no toilets.  Not my kind of fun in the dead of winter, but the kids had a complete blast.  Everyone arrived at the base of Manor Lands around 8 pm in the pitch dark and they had to snow mobile 7 kids and all their gear up to the cabin.  This includes all food and water for the next 24 hours.  BRUTAL.  The temperature of the cabin when they got there was 32 degrees.  They got the stove up and running and by the kids were in bed the temp was up into the 50's.  Every kid apparantly was asleep within 5 minutes of laying down.   The next day was a fun filled day of sledding and snowmobiling.  Brian ran out of food, but luckily Lars planned a bit better and had extra for our kids. 

Do you remember as a kid you could craft up a hide out in no time?  Well, Emmi and Jack have found their hide out in the house.  They cleared the basement closet out.  It is a super deep closet and rather big, so Emmi put her doll bed in there.  Hung pictures on the walls, and even brought a night light down so they could hang out there with the door shut.  Of course Jack brought the snacks down so they could enjoy their snacks all a lonesome.  It brought me back to my childhood when we made forts and hide outs and lived in them.  I remember bringing in the little black and white TV and eating our meals in there.  It was a memory and highlight of my childhood.  Thanks to my mom for letting us mess the house and keep the fort up for a good long time.  After playing in the hide out for days they asked if they could sleep in it.  We put sleeping bags down and put a night light in there and the...