Bear Lake

We had our annual Bear Lake trip this past weekend with my side of the family.  It's always nice to get away and enjoy some nice weather at the beach, wake up to the lake view, and not worry about any responsibilities that you would normally do back home.

The kids love going to the playground because of this particular item:

They love going in circles!

Daniel got his first taste of tennis.

Playing at the beach. (The water was very cold.)

The boys did some off roading and went shooting.

And there's always lots of food to eat the entire weekend.  This was Daniel's breakfast on Sunday morning.  He actually had a hard time finishing this off.  However, with time, he finally finished it.

We also found out on the way home that Megan gets carsick.  Of course, who wouldn't get sick going through Logan Canyon?  At the bottom of the canyon we had to stop so Megan could finish emptying her stomach outside of the car.  At least we had lots of clothes with us to make it easy for her to change out of the yucky ones.

We look forward to next year's trip to Bear Lake.

Snakes in the garden or Mice in the fridge......which do you prefer?

I prefer the mice!

I found this little critter while doing yard work. This would be the second snake I've seen in my backyard this week. Earlier this week, Bryan mowed the lawn and found a snake that looked much like the one in the picture. However, that one was dead. The kids thought it was so cool and they even got to touch it. I was hoping this was the only one......Not so. I was out weeding and this little guy in the picture caught my eye. Of course, Bryan wasn't home to take care of it.  But I was expecting him home any minute.  I was hoping that it would still be there when he got home so that he could take care of it for me.  But by the time he got out there it had disappeared.  We have not found it yet.  I am done weeding in the backyard.  I may not even step foot in my backyard again.

Daniel's School Field Trip

Daniel's first school field trip was at the zoo. Although Daniel has been to the zoo many times, you would have thought that he had never been by the excited screams of seeing the animals. He was also very excited to ride the school bus.