Chapter 4

They had been driving for about five hours now. Lincoln had the twins singing Christmas carols with him, Sara was resting her head on Michael's shoulder and he had one arm around her and rubbing her back. His other arm was around Nicole was snuggled in close to her dad as she sang along. Michael smiled when Matt and Nicole would laugh when Linc sang the wrong words to the song. Hannah was also laughing at Linc. LJ was pretending he was Simon Cowell and made fun of his dad.

After another ten minutes of Christmas carols the van stalled. "Uh oh" Linc said.

Michael looked up at him "What?"

"Nothing car stalled" he jumped out and Michael got out too.

Both Nicole and Matt started complaining they were thirsty, so Sara got out of the van and grabbed two juice boxes from the back and gave them to Matt and Nicole. LJ started teasing Matt trying to steal it from him.

Hannah turned from the front seat to look at Sara "I hope this isn't a sign as to how the whole vacation is going to go, hence New York" Hannah laughed.

"Oh gosh" Sara said putting her head down on her hand "I hope not"

Lincoln came back from the front of the car "Well this puppy isn't going anywhere any time soon so I say we walk the rest. It is about a fiveteen-minute walk. Plus it looks like a storm is coming"

Everyone jumped out of the van and headed to the back to grab everything out of the back. Sara pulled out a toboggan that they could use to pull the twins and some of their bags. Sara, Hannah and Danielle carried a couple of their suitcases; Linc and LJ carried some boxes with food and other supplies. Luckily Lincoln had come out to the cabin to drop off the present and a few supplies earlier. Michael carried a bag in one hand and pulled the twins on the toboggan with the other.

When they finally found the cabin Michael, Sara, Hannah, LJ, Danielle and the twins relaxed on the front porch while Lincoln went to get the keys. When Lincoln hadn't returned Michael, Sara, LJ and Danielle went to help Linc find them while Hannah entertained the twins.

"Aunt Hannah what's going on?" Matt asked.

"We're not sure where uncle Linc went with the keys" Hannah smiled

"I can't find them. They must be buried in the snow," Linc laughed.

Michael was not. Sara came back onto the porch with LJ and Danielle. "So now what" LJ asked

Sara spoke up "There is a window open back there someone can climb through and open the door."

"Breaking and entering into our own cabin. This is so much better then the New York airport" Michael laughed shaking his head.

All eight of them headed to the back to where Sara had found the open window. "It's too small for one of us to fit but Nicole is the smallest and should be able to get through" Sara said.

Michael nodded and Nicole jumped into his arms and he brought her to the window "Okay you get inside and unlock the front door, okay"

Nicole nodded and disappeared into the cabin. While inside Nicole glanced around, everything was pretty much made of wood the floor, walls and a lot of the furniture. She wondered through the cabin trying to find the front door. Once she did she unlocked it and everyone scampered inside out of the cold carrying the bags.

When Linc entered he looked around and asked, "So what do you think?" with a big grin on his face.

Hannah looked around "It could use a woman's touch."

Sara gave a frown "And some air freshener" talking about awful smell.

Danielle covered her nose "It's like something died in here."

The twins on the other hand had nothing to complain about and started exploring. When it came to deciding who slept where Danielle was given the bottom bunk of the bunk beds while the twins shared the top. LJ would sleep in the same room on the single bed. Lincoln and Michael did rock paper scissors for the king size bed. Michael won so Lincoln and Hannah got the queen.

While unpacking their stuff they noticed how fast the storm had come in. Looking out the window all you could see was snow and you could hardly see the trees that surrounded the cabin. "Bad news I'm afraid" Linc said while entering Michael and Sara's room. "Due to the weather and the fact it won't clear up for quite some time the car repairman says he can't make it out here tonight and due to the holiday not until after Christmas"

Michael put his hands on his head and started to laugh, "This is way better then being stuck in an airport" he said sarcastically.