Bear Lake

Oh man... lets just say that this was by far the BEST Bear Lake trip ever! I dont know if having Rylee made it more fun or that my brother had his boat there so we spent the whole time on the lake or everyone in my family was there or we got a whole extra day in... I dont know, but it was a BLAST!!!

I think anyone who reads my blog knows how picture happy I am, so there really is no need to warn you about the picture overload that you are about to have!

We all decided to leave Thursday afternoon after all the husbands got off work. We usually leave Friday morning, but decided to change it up this year. It was so much better! It gave us a whole extra day of playing! We got to Bear Lake about 9, and just unpacked, watched some Office, and went to bed.

Friday we got up around 8 and went down to the lake to set up all our chairs and stuff. Rylee was in heaven from the minute we got there. She went straight for the water and sand, and never thought twice about leaving! We were there about an hour when all of a suddent he water came all the way up and soaked EVERYTHING! Katie and I were the only two there, everyone else was out on the boat. We started grabbing everyones things ( and the babies) and moved them as fast as we could. There was a long stretch of water that was about a foot deep that seperated the beach from the other side. We splashed through that a few times carrying everything over. It worked out to be alot better place for the kids to play. The water wasnt coming in and going out, it was shallow, and it was warm. Rylee had a blast in it. All the kids did actaully. We spent the whole day down at the lake. My brother was nice enough to take everyone out on his boat all day. The kids went tubing, and the adults went wake baording. Rylee and my neice Sayla played so good together all day. They just hung out in the water, and played in the sand. Time always seems to fly by when we are there. I was thinking it was one maybe one thirty... ya, it was 5! We headed back up to eat dinner and then went swimming with everyone at the pool. My dad and Chase went to hit some balls at the golf course while we swam. Every year my dad buys everyone ice cream, so when all the kids were tired from the pool, and they were back from golfing we headed over to the store for a yummy treat. Its just a fun weekend with the family. We got the kids to bed, and started playing games that my sister brought. By the end of the night it was just the 5 "sisters" talking and laughing! It was such a fun day with everyone!

The next day was pretty much the same. The guys went golfing in the morning, and the girls took the kids swimming. Then we spent the whole day in the water... only stopping to eat! That night I was EXHAUSTED! Rylee was beyond exhausted. I felt bad for her. She jsut wanted to be left alone, but all the older kids wanted to play with her. I finally took her into our room, locked the door, and read her some books. She must have alot of Larsen in her... she needs her space! That night we went into town to get Raspberry shakes. They are the best shakes. I look forward to them every year! That night Rylee was so over exhausted that she wouldn't go to bed. she jusr cried and cried and cried... poor baby. We fianlly got to her baed at 11:30... which was fine except that she was back up at 5! She wasnt jsut awake.. she was crying and awake. You can hear everything in the condo, so I was scarmbling to find something to make her quiet. She didnt want her bottle, books, doll, or breakfast. The only thing that she wanted was froot roll ups! So, yes I am mother of the year and let me 1 year old eat a box of fruit roll ups at 5 in th morning! It kept her busy and quiet until 6:30! Finally at 7 the other kids started waking up. We could leave our room and maybe get some fruit in her. She was so wired from all that sugar that she was just running around being a mad woman! I had to get her out of there before she woke everyone up. We headed down to the play ground with some of my neices and nephew. Perfect idea! We got back about an hour later and started packing up to go home. It was such a fun weekend, but it went by way too fast! Thank you t the Davis' for the wonderful weekend!!! Its always a good one! on the way home we drove through the Uinaths, and stopped of at Grannys for some dinner.

We had to get a picture of all the food in the fridge. It was jammed packed! This isnt even half of it either. The cupboards and counters were all full too.

The boys going out on the boat

Me and Ella "Rose"

Chase. I took this from the beach. I turned out pretty good.

Ry with a mouth full of fishies

A few of my nephews and neice.

Aren't they the cutest?

My brothers and Chase.

My brother D came up form Colorado with his family. Its always so fun to get together with them!

This picture pretty much describes her excitement she had all day!

Ry and Say!

My brother Mat. He had jsut done something cool, then turned and threw up the peace sign. Pretty funny!

We had a blast on the boat!

Chasey is fun to watch wake baord cause he is so good.... probably the best!

My nephew is so cute. He wanted to wake board so bad. he had fun watching all the guys in the water.

Me and my SIL took some of the kids out on the kayaks.

Say and Ry

The picture kills me... I looked over to see where Sayla was and she was downing my diet dr pepper.

The boat keepers!

Thanks Mat and Katie for bringing your boat!

Chase helped the kids build a pretty sweet sand castle

What a good dad... pulling the kids on the kayak

The finished product

Me with Ry and my neice Ella.... the two "Jeans!"

Ry was so dirty and sand covered that Aunt Kaite cleaned her off for me... then babysat her so I could go on the boat!
My brother and his wife on the sea doos

Going baording again

These two crack me up

Perfect night of swimming

Ice Cream

More time at the beach

A couple of my sisters kids

One of my favorites

Love this picture!

Dustin got up... YEAH!!!

The only time she napped was when she was on the boat!

D and Chasey.

Keeping each other warm... that water is cold!!!

Katie showing us how to shake it

Getting shakes

The only family picture we got

The beach in our jamas.

We went to look for nephews shoes, and to get Ry out of the condo

Ry and her strawberry bum

Dancing!

Going to get drinks before heading home

We made Bear Lake shirts. I tried real hard to get one of Ry and Say... it didnt really work.

My brother in SIL

We didnt think to get a family picture until after my sister and brother left, so this is jaut a few of us! Can you tell how tired we are?!

After 3 days of no sleep... she crashed...Not for long!

Grannys for dinner!

I cant wait until next year!!!!