Monday, August 22, 2011

Bear Lake Trip

This past weekend we spent up at Bear Lake with the Nielson clan. We had so much fun spending time with family and going to the lake! We missed the family that couldn't make it though! The kids had so much fun and are already planning our next trip!
During our drive, we stopped in beautiful Logan to see the temple.




We rented a cabin for all of us to stay in. That worked out so well! This was the view of the lake from the cabin.
Tessa loved playing at the cabin! She was a handful most of the weekend, but she kept us laughing.
Tessa and Zeke could have dug in the sand all day, everyday if we had let them!
Eric and Adam in front of the water.


Mamma was smart and brought some air mattresses that the kids used as rafts. They were a hit!
Tessa loves to wrestle! Uncle Jake was kind enough to wrestle with her.



The kids had an awesome dance party and then we played the candy bar game.


Showing off their candy!

Early Saturday morning we had a crazy storm blow through! This is a picture I took of the storm and the sunrise over the lake.
Another fun day at the beach! Mamma, Uncle Matt, Tess, and Roxy.
I buried Adam and he loved it!
The cousins had lots of fun playing together!
I loved the boat rides! They were relaxing for me and they put my kids right to sleep almost every time they got on.

Adam and Zeke were showing each other how big they could open their mouths.

Ellie, Adam, and Eric on the tube.

Tessa, Eric, and Roxy
Tessa is our water baby! She would have lived in that boat if we had let her!

I even got to go with the kids on 2 boat rides. It was fun to ride with them and see how much they loved being on the boat. They loved when Uncle Jake played the Pirate song!
Our last big activity of the weekend was going to get famous Bear Lake raspberry shakes! We finally had to head back to the cabin after each of the kids had had their turn crying over something. Most of them were injuries. However, Tessa's tears were over brownies in her ice cream. What crazy kid doesn't like brownies in her ice cream?! That would be our Tessa for you! Luckily, Mamma saved the day and shared her plain chocolate shake with Tessa. All the other kids had accidents of some sort that ended in tears. It isn't a good family vacation until all the kids are crying, right?
Thanks everyone for such a fun weekend!