Metsker's Cabin 2011

For the past seven years I have been making trips to Packwood, WA, to stay at Matt's cabin with the rest of the gang.  This year we encountered new territory, as the Terps brought along Kyah.  She now holds the privilege of being the first of MANY kidlets to make the long trip to the cabin, an honor I'm sure she will lord over the rest of the kids many years from now.

The boys all brought their air soft war gear so of course there was plenty of shooting, along with some snowshoeing along the Pacific Crest Trail, an epic snowball fight, lots of lounging and eating, and playing games.  It was a terrific weekend!

If you look closely in this picture you can see about 20 elk crossing the river!

Whirley Ball

This post is coming a little late, but a few weeks ago we celebrated Brett's big 3-0 down in Seattle playing Whirley Ball.  I had no idea what this game was before I walked through the doors to the playing arenas, and when I found out I giggled with glee!  It is pretty much the coolest sport ever invented!  Whirley Ball combines bumper cars with lacrosse and basketball and it is physically trying and oh-so-fun.  If you have something big to celebrate in the near future you should totally throw a Whirley Ball party.