Hangin' In There: Bear Lake

We went on our "annual" friend camping trip this August. We all decided that Bear Lake would be a great place to go, and it definitely didn't disappoint! The weather was perfect....it sprinkled ONE day for about 5 minutes, and we had a lot of fun hanging out. We have the best friends in this world, and it's a privilege to spend time with them. They are amazing people to put up with my craziness, and my occasional breakdown when I yell at my children. I can't wait until next year. Thanks you guys.

I didn't take many photo's this year, because ~ well ~ you'll find that when I am in a stressful situation (that I find stressful) I switch into survival mode. Survival mode does not include photography. "Why were you in survival mode?", you ask? Well I had a month-old newborn and 5 other kids on a CAMPING trip. **sigh**

Here are the photo's I DID capture...sorry. Next year will be better. Just you wait.

Here's a photo of what our kids decided to do most of the trip, and that was collect sea-shells. I think we ended up with 3 or 4 water-bottles filled. They had a lot of fun.

Here is our beach set-up. I learned a valuable lesson sitting under these, and that is this: that white awning is NOT sun-proof. Poor Faith was sitting under there an entire day and her little face got sun-burned. I felt horrible. Luckily, it wasn't too bad, but for a newborn I'm sure it wasn't fun for her. Sorry little Foof.