The Arnoldsen's Cabin

This place seriously feels like home away from home!!!  It's fully loaded with anything you need and it's super  functional!  LOVE IT!!!

Anyway, here are some pictures for our friends who have wanted to see photos of it!  I don't have photos of the bathrooms, laundry or most of the bedrooms

, but this can at least give an idea of what it looks like.... ENJOY!

Here's the drive to and from the cabin...

Here's the cabin...

 This is the view from the cabin looking over the valley...

 Window in the front 

 Driveway to the cabin...

 Front porch...

The main floor....Kitchen/Dining room

(two rooms and a bathroom in distance)

 Dining looking into the main floor living room...

(Door to the back porch in distance...porch goes the whole length of the cabin)

The view looking back athe the 

dining room /going up the stairs....

 The stair well (taken from the upstairs) 

 The living room upstairs...

(stage, piano....

two rooms and a bathroom in background)

 One of the upstairs rooms...includes extra mattress, portacribs....

(This place is seriously set up for anything you might have forgotten or not realized you even needed)

 Another room...

 They had fun decorating the walls...

(These are actual aspen leaves modge podged on)

Going back down stairs....

The stairs from the lv room upstairs....

 Looking down at the main floor 

lv room from the upstairs...

 The kitchen.... dishwasher...2fridges....

2 ovens...microwave...

 another view of the kitchen...

 a view of the main floor living room...

 a view of the living room looking up to the upstairs...

Patio out the back...vynil planks, so no splinters...nice! Beautiful sunsets!!!!  

It's a balcony so the only entrance is from the main floor.

 Trails around the area....

great hiking  gravel trails...

oops!  i forgot the basement...

Homemade Game Ideas...for CHRISTMAS!

We absolutely love making homemade games for our sibling gift exchange!

Here are a few ideas of what we've done...

Bubble Talk...

This is the funnest game and sooo easy to make!  You just need funny photos and captions!  It's played like apples to apples.  You can google bubble talk to get the full directions. Here are a few examples of funny photos we used for the game!The captions we used are on a post called "Bubble Talk Caption Cards"....

Yahtzee...

So easy!  You just buy wooden blocks at a craft store and put photos on them for customized dice.  Then you make a new Yahtzee card where each photo represents a number.  example: mom= number 1, dad = number 2, etc...

Guess Who?

We took an old guess who game board from a yard sale  and re-did it with family photos!  Super funny!

CLUE....

We re-did this game to be "clueless".  Instead of murders it was funny.  Example:  it was Luke, in the hall, making brownies with a hairdryer.

Here are some photos of the box we made.  NOTE_use an old box and game board...yard sales are loaded with these and they're cheap!!!

Nashi to Nashi...

Instead of apples to apples we did the yummy Japanese pear version of that for my sister.  We made all the cards to match up with their family's friends, funny sayings, inside jokes, etc....

BEUNO...

We did an UNO game for my sister, who's last name is BEUS.  So we combined it to make BEUNO.  The cards were all customized with cards that had family photos on them.  It was fun to make!

We've done lots of other ones too...

We did RISK for my 

brother Rick so we called it RIKS.

We also did a family tree-via.  It was family trivia questions.  Each time you answer correctly you add onto the family tree.  The one who finishes building their tree first wins!

"Bubble Talk" Caption card ideas...

Bubble Talk

Shizzam!	Impossible!	It’s HIS fault!	This is NOT my lucky day!
I knew I shouldn’t have trusted that genie!	No, no, no !	Quick, while they’re saying, “aww”, I’ll grab their wallets!	Stay on target, stay on target!
HE did it!	What?	Don’t even think about it!	You’ve got this all wrong!
Let me explain….	You knew what I was when you picked me up…	NOT what I had in mind!	I told you so!
This had better work!	This shouldn’t count as a vacation!	Give me your allowance, and I’ll let you live!	Hallo Honey!
I told you to hire a professional!	It is what it is!	I am what I am!	You are what you eat!
No means no!	That’s the last time I trust you!	So that’s what it’s for??	Let’s call that mistake #43
Code RED Code RED!	BIG mistake, BIG mistake!	Is this hand shucked?	I sail, AHOY!
This IS my happy face!	This is as good as it gets!	Baby steps, Baby steps!	BINGO!
Let me off!	This is all the evidence I need!	This is how I celelbrate!	I’m a slave to fashion…
I must have amnesia???	You know this changes everything!	This is bigger than I imagined!	Lip balm?
A plethora of piñatas!	Got MILK?	I can’t understand a word you’re saying….	I need a raise!
I know where you live…	Maybe I should have read the instructions…	You really should see a doctor about that…	I should probably get a second opinion…
Do what I say and nobody gets hurt!	Wahooo!	Haiiii ya!	Can you remind me how this works?
Holey Moley!	What was I thinking???	I’m just here for the chocolate!	I should have chosen what was behind door #3
Thank you… Thank you very much!	Uh oh!  The spell is wearing off!	Let me guess… The lab results weren’t good!	How much longer do we have to do this??
Freeze! Don’t move a muscle!	Ready, Set … FLY!	This is so gonna leave a mark!	Ewwww!
EEEEK!	Are you serious???	What did you put in my cocoa?	You have got to be kidding!
No Way!  I’m not gonna do that!	This is soooo weird!	Ok, this isn’t funny anymore!	Can someone please pinch me…I must be dreaming!
Dude, you are so busted!	I am so out of here!!!	I think you have the wrong person!!	OUCH!
I think you need to get your eyes checked!	You might want to take a look in the mirror….	Death therapy Bob… it’s a guaranteed cure!	There are two kinds of people in this world... those who like Neil diamond, and those who don’t!
Bless your heart…	Bless your gizzard…	You mess with me….you mess with the whole family…	You must take after the BEUS side of the family…
You must take after the STOUT side of the family…	Ya want I should bump him?	How come you don’t do this when everyone is around?	Oh yea… This is what the cool kids are doing!
The honeymoon is officially over!	This is NO pic nic!	Please…. Don’t laugh!	I’d say the operation was a success!
I should have upgraded!	Quick, no one is looking…	My mother picked out my clothes…	Buster… You are grounded till you die!
Dude, I could do this all day!	You so totally rock, dude!	You can’t handle my awesomeness!	Take me to your leader…
Do mine eyes deceive me??	Hot dog!	You know, this changes everything!	This is the most fun I’ve had in years!
Whaaaat???	Did you take my bacon??	This time, pretend like you mean it!	Humiliations galore!
This had better work…	I can explain…	This definitely isn’t going to stop the rumors…	I ‘m gonna need some better insurance…
No, I was born this way!	I promise… this is my first time doing this!	You will feel my wrath!	Wow, we’ve really been missing out!
Forget to take your meds???	It works…it really works!	I saw it on the internet, so it must be real!	I should win an Oscar for this performance!
This is sooo gonna leave a mark!	I can’t believe it’s not butter!	Well, I guess this is one way to loose weight!	Pedro offers you his protection!
Um….I’d like a redo!	Only one of us is gonna leave this place alive!	To be fair… YOU started it!	FEED ME!
It’s date night, and I’m on the prowl.	Dude….	Wow, you must work out!	These aren’t the droids you’re looking for…
How on earth did I end up here???	Uh oh….the spell is wearing off….	Creepers!	Didn’t see it coming!
Sounded like a good idea at the time…	My head says NO, but my stomach says YES!	This is your lucky day!!!	Not sure my parents will approve….
I’m ready for my close up!	I get like this every full moon.	Please let this be a dream!!	I need a new job!
I love my job!	I need a new babysitter!	I come in peace!	Abducted by aliens doesn’t sound so bad right about now!
I hate the new dress code…	I guess that’s one way to relieve stress!	I’m not myself when I’m hungry!	They just can’t get my nose right!