Saturday, August 23, 2008

Fun in the Sun

Its that time of year again , Food, Family and Fun....wow that sounds like a McDonald's commercial doesn't it. We headed up to Bear Lake for a family reunion. My Aunt and Uncle own some land up there so we all brought our tents and trailers. We camped at night and spent the days at the lake. It was perfect and the water was clear and warm . My mom and dad brought up some jet skis and my Neice had her boyfriend bring up his boat and we played in the lake and the beach every day. Rick has been there, but not in the lake. He has been working crazy hours and really needed this time off to have fun. Which he had a really great time. Not all of my cousins or Aunts and Uncles could make it, which i was bummed. However the others did show, My mom and i realized that it has been about 5 years since my brothers and sister have been together all at once. That was Nice. I sure do miss family reunions, I love them all so much. Time to relax and talk and have a great time was what we needed and yet in the end it wasn't enough, we could have stayed longer, it was sad to leave. One of the Nights we were out by the camp fire and looking up in the sky you could see a satellite moving in the sky and a few night later while in Logan we saw the space station moving up in the sky. It was way cool, my dad is such a space freak, not surprising seeing how he works out at Thiokol where they build the boosters for the space shuttle. While we were playing board games i have come to realize that Tanner has a love for money. His eyes would light up when people would have to pay him money and would always ask who had the most money and was always looking for a way to get more. This should not surprise me, he is the one who would try and pull out his teeth just so that he could get money from the Tooth Fairy. Our little entrepreneur. The girls had a great time playing at the lake and playing with cousins. It was hard to get rick and my brother off the jet skis and me away from the fire and yummy smores.....no surprise there......





Here's our little lumberjack cutting the wood for the fire. check out those muscles.....



Hot dogs $1.00, cooking sticks $2.50 Smores stuff $3.00 Fire Wood Free....... Getting Sticky and burping up hot dog breath .......... Priceless..........


Kylie cooking smores.......shes a pro.


Can't you just hear rick singing " Come Sail Away, Come Sail Away, Come Sail Away with me"
Here is my Uncle Lynn , i can hear him now... wow i love my jazzie......
Tanner was on Uncle Todd's 4 wheeler trying to spin out in the sand. Any thing with wheels he can ride and rides well.
Tanner cooling off in the lake.....




The Kylie and Sydney and I are enjoying the sun and cool water. Time for a little relaxing.
Rick and Tanner coming in from a little time out on the jet skis. Tanner had a blast he drove for a while by himself and when Uncle Todd was on he did a rooster tail and Uncle Todd went flying off. Way to go tanner.
Kylie and Sydney Playing in the sand. We love Bear lake Beach but the sand tends to get into every little crack and crevice. Which you will find days later........
Kylie and her sand castle.......hurry take a picture before it gets washed away.
Wow thats a shocker ,Tanner in the muddy sand hole. I bet he is trying to find some Treasure.
At the end of the trip i ,myself found such a great treasure in all of the memories that i took from trip and the past memories that pop up to touch my heart.
I found a quote that seems to sum up not only the trip but life in general.
Greet the Sun,......... Welcome the Moon, ........... And Wish upon a Star.










6 comments:

The Hoyt Family said...

Hey tracy,
Sounds like you guys had a blast.... I miss Bear Lake.... Fun times..

christine said...

wow, that sounds amazing. i had no idea bear lake had such great sandy beaches! we've only ever just driven through there on our way to someplace. one of these days we'll have to make that our destination. looks like a super reunion!

Ramanda said...

Did you see the Bear Lake Lochness Monster?! You guys totally deserved this vacation!!! And how cool is that to spend time together with all of your siblings!

Candice said...

Oh my heavens! You just have the dang cutest family! I love the pictures! I especially love the one of you and the girls' feet! and that beautiful Kylie with her sand castle! :) What a fun vacation! Sure miss you guys! Hugs!

The Page Family said...

Great pictures! I love that quote! I want to go to the lake now. The memories are the best when they are with family. Just think you are making memories for your kids to do the same as they get older.

Stacy and Angela said...

Looks like fun! We haven't ever been to Bear Lake. Some friends have a family place there and they go a lot! We have always been too busy to go, but it looks like a great place! Glad you had fun! Love you guys!! Thanks for Mackenzies birthday card. She bought more little pet shop stuff!!