Bear Lake 2013

This year for Christmas my Mom gave each of us a trip to Bear Lake.  She rented a Beach House with 7 bedrooms, a wrap around deck, and a huge grassy yard with a fire pit.  It was a really nice house.  We had an amazing view of the water, and so many fun things to do.  

After arriving the first day and unpacking, we headed over to the community pool.  We all splashed around, and had a great time.  When we started getting hungary for dinner, it was time to go back to the house.  

Ruby and I in our matching swim suits :)

The next day was Sunday.  Those who had bikes, went on a 2 mile ride.  I guess it took a little coaxing to get Elle to come home.  She got really tired.

We took the Kayaks, and went to a rocky beach.  The water level is very high, and there aren't a lot of beaches right now.

We had some really fun campfires, roasted marsh mellows, and made smores, made tinfoil dinners one night etc...  The fire pit was well used by all...

The three babies :)  

Ruby, Ryden, and Oliver

My mom really wanted a group picture.  And then each family split off, for little family pics.  I think this is the first family pic with everyone in it, since the 3 babies were born.  My mom is always on top of these things.  

I just LOVE this picture.  I love Ruby's face here :)  Although Ruby isn't happy in this picture, my Sister in law Monica and her mom Norma, are so good with babies...  

We ate many many amazing meals.  There was a lot of seriously yummy food the whole time!

Here we're having a breakfast of fruit crepes and omlets in a bag.

I think my favorite day had to be our big beach day.  We went to the North end of Bear Lake, and the water was so warm, and shallow forever, and the kids played and played with the sand toys, and everyone paddled Kayaks, we ate lunch on the beach, etc..etc...  

There were two little sand bars, which we put umbrella's on.  This one was called Ruby's Island, and the other, Ryden's Island.  

Thanks grandma and grandpa, for an amazing trip!!

Ruby, on her Island :)  She and Chris actually spent a lot of time out in the water, under the umbrella.  

Me and my siblings.  

Camber, Jennifer, Cord, Dax, and Brighton!

A whole bunch of us in the water.  Different groups of kids just having a ball.

Cousins!!  

The babies were on the beach in the shade, but the rest of the cousins posed for this fun little picture!

We had this Island when I was little.  It seemed so much bigger then.... Of course, there are a lot of kids sitting on it in this picture.  Cord and Doug pulled the kids around in the water.  

Everyone paddled around in the Kayaks at some point.  Here is a picture of Bree and Chris.

Couldn't resist this pic, of all the drying towels.  Our Beach House had an amazing deck and we used it for all kinds of things...

One night, when I knew my girls wouldn't like what was for dinner, Chris and I took them to a little place in town for Burgers and Shakes.  The fries, and fry sauce weren't bad either!!  I enjoyed this meal with just our own little family.  A little bit of down/quiet time.  

One day we headed over to the KOA, and played at the playground, jumped on the jumping pillow, and rented banana bikes etc...  And don't forget the Snow and IceCream Cones!  

I Seriously took a few hundred pictures easy.  But could only post some of my favorites.  This was a really amazing family vacation.  The kids had sleep overs, swam and played until they dropped.  Stories were told.  There were campfires, beach days, games, movies, bike rides, and more fun than I thought was possible.  My girls were seriously worn out!  Now we need a vacation, from our vacation! haha!  Thanks mom and dad for this amazing Christmas present.