Thanksgiving at the Cabin

This year for Thanksgiving, we did things a little differently. Usually we celebrate with my in-laws on Thursday. My siblings and I do a dinner on Saturday- something my Mom started after Heather was married. Glen and Margaret were going to be in Seattle this year. So, instead of just staying and hanging out at home (where friends, wifi, Netflix, etc. would be a constant companion) we decided to head up to Bear Lake. We left for the cabin on Wednesday morning, hoping to avoid the storm that was expected to come that night. The storm came and dumped several inches of snow (about 6 I would guess). We were able to just enjoy one another company (most of the time!) and just have a quiet uninterrupted few days. We didn't bring snow pants (DANG!) but we enjoyed driving around the whole lake one day. We saw lots of wildlife. In fact, on Saturday morning around 5:00, we heard what we thought was a REALLY loud bird. After awhile Pug got up to see where this bird was (it sounded like it was right outside our window!) I could also hear the hoot of an owl. I had assumed the owl was too close to this bird and was scaring it. NOPE!! A great horned owl had caught a RABBIT and was killing/eating it on the balcony!! As morbid as it may sound, it was quite interesting to watch it. We had the kids come up and watch it to. The owl tried to fly away with its rabbit, but it was too heavy for it to fly with it. After the head plus a little more was gone it was finally able to fly away with it. It sure did make for an exciting morning!!

As you can see for the pictures we had a great time in some beautiful scenery!