Weekend in Bear Lake

Normally, school is out by the 1st or 2nd of June and Shawn takes the kids to Bear Lake while I ride my bike at Little Red in Logan, but this year, school doesn't get out until June 6th and then we are headed to Boise, so we decided to spend Memorial Day weekend in Bear Lake.

Everyone is excited to go to one of our favorite places on earth.

The water temperature was a whopping 54 degrees, so getting in wasn't really on the docket, but being on top of the water was acceptable.

Jonas on the paddle board.  This has become a family favorite - at least when it's a little bit warmer.

Shawn and Jonas were the only ones willing to brave the water.  I had every intention of going, but just couldn't stay warm enough to do it.

Love this kid and his hair.

Love this guy, too - even without the big hair.

Samantha enjoyed some scootering in her pajamas.

Building sand castles on the beach.

When I saw this, I was pretty sure that things weren't going to end well.

Cold air and cold water didn't bother these kids too much.

There was a great deal of time spent combing out Samantha's hair that had been neglected for a number of days.  Next time, we may just cut it off instead.

The nice thing about Bear Lake is we can all stay pretty happy just watching the water.

Megan is such a good friend to Peter. It's so fun to watch them together.

Of course, no trip to Bear Lake is complete without a little reading...

...or ipod playing.

The kids got out the blueberry but no one ever quite finished the project of blowing it up completely.  Didn't seem to matter.  They played in it anyway.

We also spent some time at the pool and hot tub.  (I think that was the only place I felt warm all weekend.)

Carrying buckets back and forth is a good use of time as well.

And eating ice cream cones makes the trip complete.

We can't wait to go back.