In early August I was invited to bring the boys and go along on the 12th Ward Primary Presidency retreat at Cheri Dagupan's cabin in Heber, AZ. We made the drive cara"van" style with four vans full of kids and food!
The cabin is huge and in a beautiful setting. There are 7 themed bedrooms (we stayed in the Indian room), 4 baths, and 3 levels of fun! Spencer found the piano and the other boys explored the game closet, the ping-pong table and the dress-up boxes.
The selection of dress-ups was beyond incredible! Cheri and her sister are expert garage-salers and had bought out a belly-dancer who was getting rid of all her costumes. What a riot! 
Janna Bentley and I were in charge of dinner the first night and made homemade pizza, with lots of help from Madeline Dagupan and Sydney Merrill.
Meanwhile, the outside of the cabin held lots of attractions, too.
Most popular was the zipline! Here is Noah preparing to make a run.
Here is Jacob ending one of his turns. 
So, I decided to be brave and take Isaac. We carefully climbed to the top of the ladder and then we both froze! There was no way Isaac was going to get on that thing, so I took him down...
and it was my turn!
More dress-ups: Superman and Batman wore these capes for hours and hours. This is Isaac's new friend Bryson.
They just love each other!
The volleyball court doubles as the sandbox.
The next morning, we got all 22 of us together for a quick hike to and Indian cave nearby.
The kids rested in the shade of the cave and ate their lunch.
Spencer and Noah climbed and explored all over the hillside. They thought the cave drawings on the ceiling were cool.
Noah and the girls (Olivia and Ellie, Caitlyn and Cadence).
Then it was time to go home. I actually left Jacob and Noah at the cabin for another night while I took all the teenagers home for back-to-school night. They loved being there and were such great helpers to Sister Dagupan. Jacob went a little crazy with the cheerleading routine: Hooray for the Cabin! 
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