Somerset, Cryderman Style

So it began. The week of unending bliss spent with the most amazing people on the planet. December 26th was the date, the date we anticipated almost as much as Christmas. We were the first ones there. Applewood Lodge. Just sitting there in the snow, empty. Waiting for us to come with our Christmas spirit. And we came.

 We came, and we said  hello. Hello to all of the things we had missed for a year. Hello Room 2!

 

Hello lake!

Hello cousins, who slowly began to drift into the lodge, bearing smiles and fun stories from the months past.

           

And what better place to have your Sweet 16 birthday party than the lodge. Kara, my awesome cousin, turned 16 on December 25th. So, my brilliant cousin Ashlee Cryderman had an idea to throw her a surprise party. And she pulled it off brilliantly.

And so, after that, the lodge had begun.

This year, Beth, Sophie, and I decided to do a salon. In the bathroom of Room 2 was the debut of the most wonderful salon in all of Somerset Beach Campground.

It was wildly popular.

Why hello snow! Thank you for coming!

Gorgeous.

And of course, there's hockey. The warmth decided to stay longer instead of clearing the stage for cold, so we had no ice. But we didn't let that stop us.

Then there's random lodge stuff that is reserved for our family only. Like electrical top tricks.

And spoons. Ah spoons, how we love you.

My injury.

Some others are random appearances of Simba and Nala.

And the newest member of our big family, Charlie. The troubled one.

 

Him and McKenna kind of have a "thing" going on.

There's Rockband.

And then the all out "we're at the lodge so let's act crazy and take pictures of ourselves because we're at the lodge and why wouldn't we do that" kinda stuff.

So au revoir, Somerset. Until next year!