Benash Family Reunion 2015

Last weekend was our annual Benash Family Reunion at Platte River State Park. Always a great chance to see family and enjoy a little nature fun. This year flew by it seems.

 

Saturday started off misty and cold but I laced up the bright tennis anyway and went out on a trail run. Hate to miss an opportunity to run in such a pretty place.

 

 Lots of fun with family, even though I unfortunately only took a few family photos. No clue why.

 

 

Super cute cabins with bunk beds and peonies for color. I always think these cabins are truly the perfect size.

 

 

 

Field trips to the local winery

 New Hunter boots perfect for the misty chilly start each morning

 And more trail running and exploring. The sun came out the last morning and I so wished we could stay another day!

Super healthy breakfast of rolls, chocolate milk, and diet coke... Don't judge at least I ran first right?

Camper Heaven

I've always dreamed of an Airstream. Right now instead I have an 80's driveable beauty. But hey it's still a camper, it runs, and it was a bargain. I am itching to fix it up but nothing really motivated me. That is until I stumped upon Sarah Schneider's amazing amazing blog and her collaboration with my fav - Anthropology. Can I please just steal this camper?

I mean the entire thing is to die for. Talk about perfection.

Love the use of tile, wallpaper, and mirros to add to the glam factors.

I even love the bathroom.

Some of this is so easy to do in my own little camper - especially now that we have an Ikea nearby and I know I could do this on the cheaper side. It may require hours at the sewing machine but it's winter now so I am fully A OK with this task.

We don't have the extra bedroom but the rest is somewhat similiar. I really really need to transform my camper into this perfect little slice of camper heaven. Don't you agree??

All pictures are from Sarah's blog Love. Sarah Schneider click here to see even more. While you are there you really should check out her full blog as her house and kiddos are sooooo cute and swoom worthy.

Mahoney State Park

 

 

We used to go to Mahoney State Park at least once, if not twice a year for a little escape from the hustle and bustle. Now that we have the house in Niobrara we don't visit very often. Luckily my parents "won" a cabin at a fundraiser auction a few months ago so we ended up with a great weekend away.

 

 

 

Our cute little cabin had perfect views of the water and was nice and spacious.

 

Even though the weather didn't necessarily cooperate all weekend we still managed to fit in a nice walk with a trek up the tower.

 

 

And some solid time in the water park where we were able to channel our inner child while being adventurous down the slides (which for sure gave me whiplash), practicing flips off the board, and hanging out in the wave pool.



We capped the day off with a little putt putt golf and happy hour at the lodge before retiring to our cabin to cook dinner.

 

A perfect, low key, relaxing family weekend for sure.