We went to a place called Bear Lake two weekends in a row because it was so much fun.  It is about an hour and a half away and sits on the border of Utah and Idaho.  The water is so warm and the sand feels more like mud when its underwater. It is shallow for a mile, so it seems, that you don't worry to much about the kids, and there are mountains all around. Laura and I had fun reading our Twilight books while the kids turned uncle Seth into the mud monster.

                                         
                                                                              
We loaded the kids and the buckets in the back of the truck and headed up the mountains.  We were on a hunt for huckleberries.  (We found out that it was a terrible word for the rhyming game.)  Huckleberries are not easy to come by, and if it weren't for the darn Twilight books, I should have been scared of bears, but all I could think of were vampires.  Anyway, we picked a little, and ate a little, all in all I think next time I'll stick with the easier berries to find and pick. Laura and her mother-in-law have gardens with so many raspberries you can hardly pick fast enough.  I think I picked about 6 of these buckets full.  Laura made pies and jam, and I made about 10 large containers of freezer jam.  Some I mixed with those precious huckleberries and some with peaches, and had enough berries left over to freeze for winter and use on pancakes and smoothies. I missed my favorite - strawberries - next year, I guess.  I can't wait to get my own garden in someday. Nothing like eating those snap peas right off the vine.

Well, we did it!   After many years of trips to Wyoming to visit my sister Laura and her family, and many years of her convincing us to move here, we finally pulled it off. Not to mention, it is beautiful!

OK... so I am brand spankin' new to this blogging thing and very nervous. I am starting this in hopes that it can count as some sort of scrapbook/journal, since I do neither, but feel that both are important.   I am reluctant to do this in fear of letting others into the mind of Amy and exposing my inadequacies.  I'm startin' out with caution, maybe get more brave later...  Here we go!