2nd Annual Bear Lake Trip!

 So we did our 2nd annual trip to Bear Lake (north shore!)

When we got to the Montpelier KOA it started raining, so we hunkered down and played games while the storm passed!

 Tyson being a classic 7 yr old....

 Macy used Tyson as a pillow while watching a movie!

 Lily loved the just her size broom!

 When I saw this old fashioned phone booth, we had to take a picture...I barely remember them! :)

 The nature walk trail bridge at the KOA!

 Me and my girlies!

 If I want to be in a picture I have to take it myself!

 We sure rough it when we camp!!

 Our sweet set up!

 We went swinging....

 played Bocce...

(Tyson was really good at it!!)

 ate smores...

 and of course went to the lake for 2 days!

We love the north lake!

 Macy was a bit of a Diva! ;)

She did whatever she wanted!

 I had to change her swim diaper and she refused to put her swim suit on again, and when I turned around I found her like this in the lake!

 Water fight with Dad!

 This first day got a little cold when the clouds would cover the sun, but it was still a lot of fun!

We rented a jet ski and the kids loved it!

 We tuckered out the girls each day!

That night we went to the local movie theatre where they were showing Despicable Me 2!

It was an old dumpy theater and was packed! I guess going on family night to the only theater when it is showing a kids movie should have been a clue! ;)

 The second day at the lake was a lot warmer and we tried renting a standing paddle board!

 The standing paddle board was a ton of fun!!

 Clear water and rippled sand!

 Brandon and Tyson used the paddle board first. They fell A LOT! :)

Brandon said Tyson was so nervous that anytime they would get off balance Tyson would panic and they would tip over!

I went out after them and never fell into the water ;) even with Lily or Tyson on it with me!!

 Before we had to take it back the kids tried it out!

Here is surfer Tyson!

 He also paddled a little bit!

 Surfer Lily!

 So much fun!

 Macy enjoyed a lot of chocolate! (so did I!!)

 Me and the old man!

Our sweet set up with all our beach toys and floaties!

That night for dinner we went to the only real restaurant in town. It was a Mexican place and the KOA owner recommended it to us! It was quite yummy!

The 4th day we packed up, grabbed some t-shirts for the kids, got the legendary Bear Lake Raspberry Shake and headed home!

Another successful Bear Lake trip! :)

Big Rock Candy Mountain!

 Girls camp at Big Rock Candy Mountain!

This was my first girls camp at YW president and I do have to say that things went pretty smooth!

I only had to talk to some girls on the first day letting them know they needed to be nice to everyone, and I had to stop some girls from sneaking into the river without permission but that was all of the "fires" I had to put out!

 This was the funnest camp I have ever been to as a YW myself or a leader...

One day we got to do an 8 course zip line!

 Ready to zip!

 With some of the leaders

Suzanne, Me, Linda and Holly

 Natalie and her husband apparently have a whole bunch of costumes at their house, so she brought this unicorn head and scared me and Debbie one night, then they came up with a plan to have the girls do an exercise routine in the morning doing the "pony exercise" and that is when I came galloping in and scared the girls!

I think the leaders may have had more fun at camp than the girls did :)

I have an amazing group of leaders!

All of them were able to come except for Melissa since she just had a baby!

Debbie, Nikole, Linda, Julie, Me, Natalie, Holly and Suzanne!

 The girls were eaten alive by mosquitos!

This picture doesn't do it justice!

Another day we got to go white water rafting which was so much fun!

The girls especially liked it since our river guides were young and muscular!

The camp theme was "The Amazing Place" so our camp director did it like the amazing race and when they got to the end we talked about the temples!

It was a great camp! The girls were great, the leaders were awesome, our bishopric is the best!

We also had a convenience store at the camp (since it was like a KOA) and Natalie took great care of me bringing me a diet coke everyday!

Ahh! I hope all girls camps are as great as this one!

 While I was gone the kids had a GREAT time!

The first day they spent with Nana and went to see Despicable Me 2!

The second day they spent with Grandma Wendy and she took them to the aquarium! 

And on the third day, Brandon took work off and took them to the zoo!

They loved the zoo!

 They got to see all of the cool Lego exhibits!

 Brandon wasn't sure if they could bring food in (It must be a Mom thing to know that stuff!)
So they got to eat there and got the cool shaped mugs with slushies in them!

I was sure the kids would ask me to leave again since they got to do so many cool things while I was gone!
But when I got home I was greeted with big hugs and fun stories!
They did miss me!! but the had a great time with Grandma, Nana and Dad!