piss on old man winter

last weekends winterfest was a bit of a bust. since when does it rain in the middle of february? friday night was freezing cold and despite several delays and misadventures of some of the crew, we did eventually arrive and dig ourselves a trail into the cottage. saturday was a bit of a lazy day as we spent most of it waiting for people to arrive. we did play a totally wicked game of slush hockey, but since i was playing i don't have any pics. here are some of us clearing the rink.

later we set up a game of Settlers of Catan: Cities and Knights, which took on average 3-4 hours to complete. we spent a lot of time inside playing with the babies, though we did take Claire for a spin on the ice rink and she loved it.

Here is Claire doing the sign for "more".

we ate like kings all weekend thanks to everyone's culinary expertise and of course the addition of cheese to every meal.

JC making two types of bacon!

sunday was a total crap day with pouring rain and ice, quite similar to when we were at the cottage over christmas. the road turned to slush and ice and everyone high-tailed it out of there except for a few stalwart souls who stayed to help us finish drinking the beer and eating ourselves sick. i cross my fingers that old man winter gets his act together for next year cause i really wanted to go tobogganing!