Daines: Our Family: Bear Lake Beach Trip

For several years we have talked about going to Bear Lake as a family but sadly every summer has quickly slipped away without us going. This summer we decided we were seriously going to make it to the beach. The girls wanted to go so bad, they would play "beach" while playing pretend. Technically the girls and I went last year but the weather was so yucky and the beach was nasty so we didn't even get to pretend we had played on the beach. We tried just setting a day to go but unfortunately the weather didn't work out so we picked the following Wednesday to go and again the weather didn't work. We had really hoped to go on Blake's day off so we wouldn't have to rush but the weather had other plans so we decided to make a quick morning trip that Thursday. This trip ended up being really really quick because Blake had to be back to work by 4 and Kenlee had back to school night at 5:15 but we still had a really great time.

The girls were in heaven digging in the sand and playing in the water. Poor Jordyn had swimsuit issues the whole time that we were there. All I can figure was that the swimsuit creator figured that they needed to plan for a diaper because it is way to large for any little girl to keep on her bum without a diaper. We saw A LOT of bum cheeks the whole time we were there. The first thing Kenlee did when we got there was build a sand castle, she had been planing this since we told her we were going to Bear Lake. What a cutie, she studied up on her technique and then even built a moat around it.

We had a very quick picnic lunch on the beach and even had fun with all the seagulls begging for food. Jordyn was fascinated with them and really wanted to pet one. She promised me she would not touch it, she just wanted to pet it. Oh the logic of a two year old. Poor Tytan spent the whole trip under a towel and blankets. Since I can't put sunscreen on him and he burns like his red headed daddy, this was the only way to protect him. It was a good thing for his sake that it was a little windy that day so he didn't over heat.

The following Monday was Labor Day and since my dad bought a new boat we decided to take it out for trip. So again we headed to Bear Lake for the day. We spent the day up with Karlee's father-in-law Wes at the Thompson's fantastic cabin. The day was sunny but really windy so it was hard to stay warm. Even with the wind we had a great time. The girls dug in the sand, played on the paddle board, rode on Poppi's really fast boat and tested out the sailboat. By the time we packed up to go home the girls were obsessed with Wes. He spoiled the girls and let them ride in the sailboat back and forth, brought them down in the taco bus to pick up the rest of the stuff and gave them a ball to take home with them. At lunch time he even made them some hot coco to warm up. Baby Mac is going to have amazing grandparents on both sides!