Bear Lake Vacation

Every summer we get excited for the 24th of July when our family spends a week at Ideal Beach Bear Lake. We rent a condo from the Dattages and play all week. This all started from Grandma Meyer who used to bring my mom and her sisters over every summer when they were kids and it's been a tradition every year. This year grandma wasn't there because she passed away on the 26th of July 2007. She was still water skiing about 10 years ago and was a wicked tennis player too. When we were little and some of the grandkids would ride with her she would give a quarter to the first person who saw the lake. On the way home we had to stop for a famous rasberry shake. We miss her and but love to go to Bear Lake for the fun memories that we share.
Other favorite things we love to do at Bear Lake are jet ski, boating, mini golf and play on the beach. We spend hours on tubes in the lake. At night we have way good meals as we take turns cooking a meal during the week. Before we go to bed we have to have a good game of cards. This year it was Gin or Apples to Apples. Spencer just moved to Gillette Wyoming so he couldn't come. We missed him swimming with kids in the lake. Cole just started a new job in Denver, so he had to stay home, but we were glad Mindy came and brought the kids for a couple of days. Kylie had a broken leg this year so she was pushed around in her wheel chair (and dumped a couple of times.) We had so much fun and after nine days I wasn't ready to come home. Thanks mom and dad for the fun vacation and many memories that we have.

Me and the girls on the boat. We love to go for rides and Uncle Wayne is so good to take us all tubing, skiing or just out in the middle of the lake for a swim.

Camry on the tube with her cousin Kailey. Camry is a little fearless the last couple of years. She loves to take on big waves and go fast. You can hear her giggling and screaming from the boat. Jaiden likes to go for nice smooth rides.

What cute cousins. These are all the grandkids (12 in all) and we have so much fun. We have to laugh at Rylie in the front who loves to smile all the time except when we want a picture, then she just wants mom. It was so fun for all the cousins to get together. Even Peyton and Lincoln made it from Denver.

Mom and Dad playing golf. Each year we usually get in a round of mimi golf at Ideal Beach. We even got dad in on this one. Jamie and Kade and mom beat me and dad, so guess who had to cook lunch that day....yep that's me.

Slip and Slide

Last week we went out to Aunt Elisa's to slip and slide. She had two 25 foot sheets of plastic hooked together for a 50 foot slide down the side of their house. My kids were there for 4 1/2 hours playing with their cousins Zach and Carson. They loved to make big trains and go down together. Thanks for letting us come out. The kids had a blast. (Sorry about your lawn Blake). But it sure was fun.

Pet Snake

The last couple of years we have had baby snakes that have appeared around our yard. The first year we saw them in our garage and I got the neighbor boys to catch them and take them home :) The next two years Jason has caught them and taken them back to the creek behind our house. This year there is one pretty good size garden snake that I thought my girls would be terrified of , but NO! They have decided that his name is 'Sly' and that he is so cute. They told me that since they can't have a pet, that they are keeping the snake. They actually go out looking for him. Whenever I water the plants and he comes out from under the porch I go running back in. I never thought my girly girls would be chasing snakes. Maybe we will get another dog.

Swim Lessons

Well we just finished swim lessons at the Sports Academy. The girls have learned so much this year. Jaiden was diving through hula hoops, doing flips under water and swimming the full length twice. Camry learned to tread, shallow dive and thinks she can now only swim in the deep end. After lessons the kids got to play with their cousins at the same time. (Taylor, Kylie, Carson and Zach). We spent about two weeks straight in the pool and would still have to drag them out about four 0'clock. OK so maybe I didn't have to drag them out since I was trying to work on my tan a little too.

Jaiden diving through hula hoops.

Camry jumping in the deep end.


They love to swim so much that they spent their own money on new goggles.

Happy 4th of July

We just returned from a 4th of July filled weekend with family. On Thursday we went to the Riverton parade with Jasons sister Sheridyn and her husband Gary and their twins Kennadi and Treyson. Then we stayed the night at their house. (I was able to sneak out of the parade a little early to go see my cousin Tiffiny who has breast cancer (but is doing really well.)) All of Jasons's family came down the next day and we had a huge picnic, and stayed to watch the fireworks. On Saturday we went to Logan's Run the car show on mainstreet wih my family and to top off my weekend Jason cleaned all of my windows inside and out. They needed it really bad. It was a fun weekend and the kids had fun playing with cousins.


Camry eating a flag cookie twice her size.


Camry giving me the thumbs up with her toes. She can do all sorts of crazy things with her toes.



Chillin with cousins. At night they hunt for toads by the water.


Cooling of in the creek.