Bear Lake

Wow!  Time flies. I must post more and especially about our fun times at Bear Lake before I forget them all.  We went there for Labor Day weekend and had a really good time!  The weather was perfect and we went to the beach all day Saturday and Monday and it never rained and the water wasn't even too deathly cold.  Also, this was Elisabeth's first real trip this far from home and she did marvelously well!  She still went to bed every night at 6:30 and woke up at 6:30.  Her naps weren't too stellar because there was so much to see and do but she LOVES to see and do new things so it was right up her alley.  Here we are enjoying the beach on Saturday.

 Tee hee.  Paul says she looks like Stevie Wonder here.  So cute!

 The lovely Naomi. 

 My dearest Bethany.

 Sweet, sweet Eleanor. 

 Here I am trying to protect Elisabeth from the sun under a big tree.  Bless those people who planted trees on this beach a long time ago. 

We stayed at Dave's lovely townhome/cabin at Bear Lake and it's a great place!  We love going there.  It's right by a heated pool and close to town.  Also, it was nice that a lot of family was there with us so we had built in babysitters whenever we needed them.  For example, on Friday night we left Elisbeth with grandma and went for a lovely bike ride around town and got some dinner.  So fun!

Here is Elisabeth looking so cutely distressed with Bethany. 

On Saturday night, Jared came and we had worked on a Futurama surprise birthday party for Paul and he brought Paul a Futurama carrot cake and a funny banner and the whole family got into it.  Then, Paul and I went for a swim and when we came back everyone said surprise and we sang him happy birthday and he loved it.  Then we all made funny hats out of tin foil and took pictures.  It was so fun!! 

Here is Paul looking handsome and happy about his cake. 

 I caught him right in the act of being happy and surprised when he found out it was carrot cake.  His favorite!

 Here we are wearing our funny tinfoil party hats. 

Here's Paul and his mom wearing their cool hats. 

 I couldn't get over how sweet Caroline looked in hers. 

On Sunday, we went to church and it was soooo packed with vacationers.  It reminded me of stake conference.  We sat in the Relief Society room and watched church on the TV.  Here is sweet Elisabeth surrounded by her lovely cousins after church.  I love this picture. 

 Aunt Tiffany loved holding Elisabeth who looks so happy and doll-like here.  Cute!

We went to the beach again on Monday and were going to leave that afternoon but it was getting late and we were aftraid we were going to hit a lot of traffic so it was nice to know we could stay through Tuesday. 

 She looks like a little flower in her sun hat. 

 I loved carrying her around in the ergo baby.  It saved the day while we were at the beach and she took naps in it. 

Well, that was pretty much our trip.  It was the first vacation we have taken in months and we loved it! Next, we will be going to Colorado in October to see my parents and to go to Colorado Springs.