Bear Lake

BEAR LAKE
We went up to Bear Lake last Saturday. To me it's like going to Disneyland. It's the only fun escape possible besides going shopping in SLC. The pool isn't being put up this year, so it was fun to go play in the water. I of course got severely burned on my back. I'm still wearing my bathing suit to work under my clothes. TMI...I know! I'm thinking it must have been a second degree burn. It's a week later and I still can't sleep on my back. :( But it was worth it we had fun.



Cheeto face! Notice the floaty on the left that didn't get used. :) We had to go way out to the really cold water to get deep enough for her to even float.

Grandma was scared at first that Luke was going to be too cold. He's usually freezing when he plays at home in the water. And the water was COLD! But he numbed up and had a blast "falling in the water".

We went to the north side of the lake where the water is really shallow. It was nice cause we didn't have to worry as much about the kids. I didn't have to worry about the water cause Abby was more curious about the dunes. When we first got to the lake the Harper kids took off for the water and she just headed for the hills. FREEDOM!

Playing in the Sand
I bought a big basket of sand toys and Natalie bought quite a few too. So there were lots of things to play in the sand with. I think that's what I spent a vast majority of the time doing.

Time to warm up and eat Lollipops. When we got to the lake it was in the upper 60's.
Kinda cold for swimming! Luckily it warmed up fast. :)

Amy...Amy...Amy...Amy...
"Where's my shoe?"
Amy...Amy...Amy...Amy...
"I want a "tookie"!
Amy...Amy...Amy...Amy...
"Where's my truck?"

"LUKE GO TO SLEEP!"

So Tired! Going....going...

...Gone!

The end of long day.... a nap at last!

Why is it that no matter how many toys you offer kids, they always end up with something random to play with. All the kids have done it. It's been goin' on for years. They just push the chairs around. The sound is beautiful...nothing like plastic scraping on concrete. Sometimes the red chair is the highly coveted chair...sometimes it's the green. We never know. Many a tear have been shed over having the best chair color. Play on kids...play on.!

This takes talent and concentration....two chairs at once...It's AMAZING!!!

Abby on her Journey to the top of the porch steps. Back and forth...back and forth.

Success! She made it to the top of the porch steps!

Abby picking her nose? :) I don't know why Pete hangs out with Ab when she eats? It's not like she throws all her food on the ground or anything....odd?

Miss Kendra eating her hot dog! We had fun roasting hot dogs and
having s'mores on Saturday the 5th.

Abby loves to be outside! Her she is in Luke's car. He makes
sure she knows this when she gets in for a ride. "That's MY CAR!" :)

Fourth of July
Here comes Abby. This is what Abby wanted to do all day. Up and Down the steps!


Our big fireworks show is on the 3rd of July so here we are on the 4th not wanting to wait until 10 pm for the sun to go down to play with the sparklers. Two days in a row of keeping the kids up just wasn't going to happen.

Lukie Boy is just at that age were the fireworks bothered him at first. The whole sparkler thing was somewhat concerning as well. Thus the puzzled look on his face.


All in all we had a fun 3rd and 4th of July. We've barbecued each night and done lots of work on the Stevens house to get it on the market. The girls even got to sew on Friday! Yippee!