4th of July Weekend

We spent the 4th in Bear Lake with the Cooks this year.  We headed up on Saturday afternoon.  Eric had read on the internet that the fishing was good at Laketown Reservoir so we decided to take the kids fishing.  Unfortunately, we only caught one fish before the kid’s attention span ran out.  David was the lucky one who got to reel it in.  He was so proud.

Here is Ellie trying out my new floppy sunhat.

 

 

 

 

 

David’s 1st fish.

A few Sundays ago we discovered a new family activity that we have come to love.  Catherine and JD told us all about geocaching, and now we’re hooked.  We drove all around Syracuse one evening looking for local geocaches.  The kids (especially Ellie) like it because they think we are treasure hunting.  It’s so funny. 

On Sunday afternoon we drove around Bear Lake looking for more geocaches.  We found a few and then throughout the weekend we noticed other people finding the same ones.

 

Here is a picture of a few of us finding a geocache at the Bear Lake scenic overlook.

After Geocaching, Eric and I took the kids to hike the Limber Pine Trail.  Grandpa Dave and Corey came too.  The trail  is really just a little nature walk.  Perfect for the kids.  The trail goes by the Limber Pine, which is a tree that is 560 years old.  The kids were impressed by the tree in the picture below.  We learned that it came to be like this because of sun and snow.  Crazy.      (Unfortunately, Ellie really didn’t want to come on the hike and cried so hard in the car that she gave herself a bloody nose.  What a drama queen, right?  She was fine once we got going.)

On Sunday evening we went to Sweet Water and swam in the pool.  It was so hot in the cabin, none of us could stand it.  We were having a great time when the worst thing ever happened.  John fell off the ladder to the waterslide right on to the cement.   He had his lifejacket on and it kind of cushioned his fall, but he still hit his head.  It hurt him so bad.  I was so worried.  I called Dr. Uncle Mike right away and he told us what to watch for in case he got a concussion.  Luckily, he didn’t get one, or break any bones.  He was okay by that evening, and even better in the morning.  Still, that goes down as the scariest thing ever.

On Monday it was too overcast to go out in the boat so we went back to Laketown Reservoir with Catherine and JD.  We fished with a fly and a bubble, my favorite way to fish.  The fish were jumping all over the place, but we only managed to catch two.  It was like they were taunting us.  After fishing we helped to clean up the cabin and headed home.

That evening Alaina, Grandma Jean, and Grandma Teresa joined us on our front lawn for the West Point City fireworks.  Our kids enjoyed them, but were definitely wiped out after such a busy weekend.  Eric has been working so hard lately that is was good to get away and spend some time together.