On Sunday, July 7th, we went to church a little early. Carter got to meet w/ the bishop to get interviewed for his baptism coming up, and I made copies of his baptismal program. Steve taught his primary class, which ended up being just Carter, so they talked about baptism. I was supposed to help in nursery, but no kids came, so I went to Sunday School. After church, we packed up the last few things, then drove up to bear lake. We met Stacie/Phill up there, and Kim/Jeff up there. Jeff stayed for dinner, then drove home.
We thankfully were able to reserve 2 campsites, next to the lake. Since the lake was high this year, we could simply walk to the beach from our campsite, instead of having to drive over to the day use area. It made it much easier to play at the beach, then come back to the campsite when we needed food or to use the bathroom. Since they let you put 2 tents in each campsite (or a tent and a camper), Kim stayed in Stacie/Phill's site, and the next night Carrie stayed in ours in our tent. They were right next to each other which was nice. There's had more shade and trees for hammocks, and ours had a large fire pit, so it worked out great!
The boys playing in the water. Having tacos for dinner.
The boys digging a big hole in the sand, while Jeff "supervises." Then playing on the hammocks.
Beautiful sunset by the river. This was the campsite we stayed last year in our tent by the river, which we loved, and why we wanted to go back. Big Creek Campground is nice for the shade.
Hudson digging in the sand in our campsite. Beautiful sunset.
Hudson found some ash and didn't know it, and got it on around his eye; silly kid.
It was a nice big firepit area.
Making a fire to make s'mores. More of the pretty sunset.
A Mexican family next to us made ribs and bbq corn. They were kind enough to share with us. They were both super yummy! Sitting around the campfire and enjoying the beauty around us.
The next morning getting breakfast.
After cleaning up, we were on the lake.
Claire, Alexa, and Carter soaking in the sun. We brought the little kayak for Hudson to try.
He figured it out pretty quickly and was able to paddle on his own!
Piper couldn't help herself. She kept trying to bite the waves. Conor and Nyles playing. Kim and Cameron trying the innertubes. Carter giving Conor a back massage. Hudson pretending to float on the paddle board (they forgot the connector to blow it up).
Hudson eating some gummy worms. Phill's battery died, so we had to jump it a couple times.
Fun at the lake. The weather was great in that it wasn't cold, nor crazy windy or stormy.
Silly Piper. Nyles and Conor swam to the buoy several times playing a rescue game.
Amazingly they had enough energy for it. Steve and Phill on kayaks.
One time we went out on the lake, and Phill had Carter behind him on the same kayak. They both reached to touch the buoy, and then they both fell in. Stacie and I had to help to flip the kayak back over and get them back on the kayaks.
We all rode down the river as well, just to explore. It was hot over there, and we couldn't go very far, but it was still fun. Piper tried going on the kayak, but she couldn't leave the waves alone, so she almost went in and took Steve w/ her, so he brought her back to shore. Phill and Steve going to flip Kim over in the innertube. She jumped off before they got to her.
Me, Phill, Kim and Stacie at the beach. Hudson on the kayak w/ Isaac swimming by him.
Hudson spotted a butterfly in the water. We then saved it and brought it back to shore.
Conor and Carter playing in the hammocks, then w/ Hudson by the campfire. We had spaghetti for dinner. We were all pretty hungry from swimming/kayaking all day. Carter drinking a lemonade in the hammock.
Phill then went and picked up ice cream shakes for everyone after dinner. Carrie/Lynsie showed up around 4pm that evening. They slept in our tent we set up for them. Conor and Nyles getting the fire going, then enjoying their shake.
Fun around the campfire and enjoying the beautiful sunset.
Enjoying s'mores and microwave popcorn (from our camper since we had full hookups).
It was a short, but fun trip. We packed up and left by 9:30am the next morning. I had a Dr appt w/ the Rheumatologist at 1:45pm, so we wanted to make sure we got back in time. The Dr. ran some more tests to rule a few more things out. Ultimately she's thinking it's psoriatic arthritis. I'm going to meet w/ her in 6 weeks to see how I'm going and what the next course of action is.
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