We've been hanging out at Bear Lake for the last week and a half. We went up for Raspberry days and had fun spending time with friends and lots of extended family.
The kids spent a lot of their time playing in a tree on our property.
Sadly, on Saturday an airplane crashed on our beach as we watched. Chris was the first on the scene and the two people aboard did not survive. It was fortunate that it
happened early in the morning because not very many people had set up on the beach yet. We are sad for their family and wish it wouldn't have happened.
Despite the tragedy,
We spent lots of time on the beach, soaking up the sun and playing. Jessie and Jackie brought up this cool water trampoline to play on.
Chris can build some wicked sand castles...
The boys can't get enough sand, which seriously penetrates their swim suits, so it cannot be washed out!
Kaitlyn did a "Spa day" with her friends on the beach.
This is how we set up each day ...
Chris left on Sunday evening so he could work during the week and I stayed up at the lake with my friend Shauna and her kids. We decided that we could live there if we needed to!
Kaitlyn and her friends Jessie and Sammy got creative with cat tails and weeds, weaving them into
place mats.
Jack found a "baby cat tail named Thomas."
We even did some laundry- this is Shauna by her trailer.
We got creative with the campfire treats. Here we are making eclairs-complete with pudding and frosting-YUM!
When Chris was there on the weekend, we went on a great hike up to
Bloomington Lake. It is a beautiful glacier-fed lake high up in the Cache National forest.
It had an amazing rope swing that our friend Jeff wasn't afraid to try, even though it is freezing water!
Cameron wore his funky hat that he picked up at the Raspberry Days craft fair.
Here are all of the kid's friends that we hiked with.
During the week, while our husbands were gone, Shauna and I decided to head up to Star Valley, Wyoming to visit her mom and ride some horses. It is a beautiful valley.
