Tuesday, June 20, 2023
We spent most of the morning sleeping in, but we didn't sleep as long as I hoped we all would. The kids insisted on eating lunch at their favorite restaurant in St. George: Chuck-A-Rama. After lunch, we spent the afternoon driving up to my parents house in South Jordan.
Ian loves Chuck-A-Rama!
Being silly in the van while driving up to South Jordan.
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
We spent most of the morning at my parents' house doing laundry and packing. The projected weather for Fish Heaven ID was much cooler than I thought, so I had to wash all of our warm clothes from our Ireland trip.
Ian snoozed in the bed next to mine when he wasn't at his cousin's house.
We stopped at Sam’s club for gas and some food for the cabin, and Erik made a brief stop at Walmart. I got a lot of fruit, a tres leches strawberry cake, and a few other things that we ended up not needing to buy because other people bought the same stuff. We ended up with doubles and even triples of things come to find out later. For lunch, I found a new chicken place just up the road on the way called Pretty Bird. It was pretty yummy and filling, but at $13 a sandwich, really pricey. The drive from South Jordan to Fish Haven took approximately 3 hrs. We arrived at 3pm and were the first ones there for a few hours. Erik started right away simmering his smoked chili. Everyone else gradually arrived, except for Bryce who didn't arrive until the middle of the night. The kids enjoyed exploring all the features of the cabin: chess, checkers, air hockey, pool table, bunk bed superhero room, outdoor swing, lots of board games.
Ian playing checkers with Aiden
Ready to eat!
The chili and cornbread muffin
Thursday, June 22,2023
Most of the cabin was woken up before 6am by a few certain little boys. I’m not sure if I was or not—I was kind of awake anyway. I got up to make sure the boys stayed somewhat quiet, so they didn’t wake up the rest of the cabin. Meanwhile, I worked on my Duolingo app while swinging on the big swing (I think it’s called a saucer swing). Erik went over to the clubhouse to exercise, and my dad was busy biking an insane 60 miles around the lake. Everyone emerged from their rooms one by one, with one of the last being my mom just before 10. Actually, I think the last was Bryce, but he didn’t come to the cabin until 2am the night before. Grandma, grandpa, and Makayla went to pick up some breakfast and cinnamon rolls which they shared with a few of us. We took all the kids except Gabe to the pool at the rec center to swim. Eric, Lisa, and I walked. Even though it was kind of chilly, the pool was warm, and the kids had fun swimming. We were the first to arrive, so we had the pool all to ourselves for a little until hordes of kids started coming about an hour into swimming, but the kids were about done anyway.
Elisa and Aaliyah enjoying the pool
The pool got really busy after we left.
The girls enjoyed the swing--until it betrayed them
For lunch we ate hot dogs that Lisa helped to grill. After lunch a few of us drove up to north beach to see about the pricing and hours and stopped at a few souvenir shops. We came back with a few sodas, and grandpa bought some jam, syrup, and a raspberry treat.
Hot dogs, grapes, and chips for lunch
Finding some treats to enjoy at Float On.
Back at the house, we got the boys ready with their swimsuits on, and Erik, Lisa, and I took them to the north beach to play in the sand and splash in the water. It was pretty chilly water, so the boys didn’t swim much. However, they sure enjoyed playing in the sand.
The boys played in the sand more than they played in the water.
We always try to spot the BOFA cabin while we're at Bear Lake.
It felt colder at Bear Lake than it did in Ireland, maybe because of a breeze or wind. Too bad it was cloudy and that it rained when we were boating. It might have been a little warmer if there was more sunshine.
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