Back from an AWESOME week

Cedar Campus was TONS of fun. I'll try to get pics up ASAP, but they're all on Dad's computer, so we'll see how soon that will be! Here's a rough overview of our week up at Cedar!

Monday:
-Leave home about 1:00
-Get to Gaylord around 5:30, where we meet up with the Ts' at a gas station and they follow us up to Cedar from there
-Arrive at Cedar at 6:30ish; we first help the Ts' unload at Poplar Bend, then head to Spruceview to unload/pack ourselves then have a delicious dinner, (thanks Mom!)
-Head over to P.B. for a fun evening of talking and hanging out
-Unbeknownst to us, Kath's family arrives at about 12:30 that night as well!

Tuesday:
-The occupants of Spruceview are all awake and up by 9:30, but none of us are dressed!
-At about 10:45, Kath's family comes trooping up to our back bay window and almost scared us out of our skins, since they weren't supposed to be coming until this afternoon!
-We all pull on our snow stuff and head up to the lodge to get ski stuff. Sadly, most of the winter activity stuff has been moved over to Mariner's Cove, so some of us have to drive over there to get fully supplied!
- After lunch, Kath's family, my family and Aunt Mel all go on a cross-country run on the Snow Meadow trail. I've never had so much fun skiing in my life!
-We all have dinner together and celebrate Ben's birthday with a very nice cake made by Abraham and Paul with a club penguin theme!

Wednesday:
- I get up early to get ready for a cross-country ski run out to Narnia and back with Aunt Mel, Kath, and Clara.
- The four of us head out into the 0 degree air with a windchill factor of about -14 degrees Farenheit.
-The cold gets the better of me and just as we are getting started, I feel so dizzy I can barely stand, much less ski or see for that matter. I never want to feel like that again!
-I spend the rest of the day reading and moping around Spruceview- not recommended either!
- We have dinner at P.B. and spend a fun evening hanging out, telling stories, talking, playing around with my cell, etc.

Thursday:
-After getting up, I head over to the Lodge where Kath, Clara, Abraham, Paul, Nicholas, Ben, Si and the T kids are all playing
-The T's head back home
- Kath, Ben, Paul, Clara and I ski Northshore Trail after lunch
-After about a 15 minute break, Kath, Clara and I hit the trails again for a combination of Northshore and Snow Meadow
-We come back, finally take off all our gear and have on bright smiling faces for when the kids and wife of the new director at Cedar stop by to meet our families
- Dinner at Spruceview, followed by much of the same activities as the night before, except with a little less energy as the the kids left are a little older
-Kath and Clara stay the night

Friday:
-Everyone is frantically packing
-Some of us go out for one last ski before loading up
-Uncle Phil and Aunt Kristin take some of us over to the other side to buy Cedar Campus apparel
- After coming back and completing our purchases, we all load up and head for Mackinaw City where we have lunch together
- We also later have dinner together, but it's not very interesting so I'll refrain form the details!
-We get home at about 9:30, after retrieving Sam and Mo from Carole and Derek's house and dropping Aunt Mel and Sam off at home
-After hastily unpacking, we all fall into our own beds for a good night's rest!

I must admit that I left out some parts, like the miriad of entertaining falls Kathryn and I partook in, but this is the general idea of our time at Cedar. And it now seems like weeks in the past...

Kisses,
Abbsters