Labor Day Weekend

It is true that this post is coming several weeks late! Work and school keep Bryce and I busier that we could ever imagine!Sorry for the delay...this was just one family outing I did not want to leave out! 

We decided to head up to Bear Lake and camp over Labor Day weekend. Saturday morning, me and Bryce, Tyanna and Trevor, and my mom and dad set off for the adventure. What a lovely day it was! The sun was shining in full force and we were all looking forward to a relaxing getaway.

We made camp at the Sunrise Campground, near the new Bear Lake Overlook. The sign said "full" be we took our chances and drove in...Bingo! There was one spot left for us! Nice! That never happens! We got our tents set up and made a quick lunch. We went on a short hike called Limber Pine. It was beautiful. We all laughed and had a great time together. Next we headed down to Garden City to Pickleville Playhouse. I highly recommend trying it out! We saw Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. It was such a fun play! Bryce had never seen it before so it was new and exciting for him. Have you ever seen it? Remember how the songs are super catchy? Especially the one that goes something like "It was red and yellow and green and brown and scarlet..." And on and on! Well, you guessed it. We were all singing the songs all weekend :) We ate dinner at Merlin's Drive In.

 The next morning we woke up and went to church in Garden City. My, my, was it a sight! The church was PACKED! I could not believe how many people were there! The locals were ready though. The ushers handles the masses like pros. All the rooms surrounding the chapel had flat screen TVs mounted in them so the service could be broadcast to accommodate more people. Because it was the first Sunday in September, it was a fast and testimony service. It was interesting to hear the testimonies of so many strangers. It was a nice service. We spent the rest of the day finding adventures and enjoying nature. We walked to a spring, crawled into some ice caves, and hiked to Bloomington Lake. Everything we saw was so beautiful! For dinner we had dutch oven potatoes and cobbler. So yummy!

All the kids rode in the back of the truck...fun yet bumpy!

The water was really coming out of no where!

We had to CRAWL into this place...I was proud of myself!

Bloomington Lake was totally beautiful!

A small bull moose just chilling in a pond.

Sunday dinner at camp.

We planned to go swimming in Bear Lake Monday, but, unfortunately, the sun decided to never show her face. We drove to the beach but we just could not bring ourselves get out and try the water. So, we headed home. Tyanna and Trevor were with us because, sadly, their truck blew up that morning... like seriously, blew! Bryce and Trevor went out fishing Monday morning and on their way back to camp Trevor's radiator blew. They parked it off the side of the road and we waited for a tow truck. It sounds bad (and it was) but it made it kind of fun because they had to drive home with us :) We went home through Emigration Canyon and Mink Creek and stopped to shoot the guns. I am glad we had them! It was a lot of fun! The Bennington girls were proud to show the boys their skill! Thanks dad and Bennington family for teaching us well!

This is a tomato Bryce blasted!

We can shoot! Oh Yeah!

All and all it was a fabulous camping trip! Might I just add that Labor Day weekend + Bear Lake Parade of Homes + a sold out Pickelville + beautiful weather = a crazy and VERY crowded Bear Lake! It was all so fun though! Thank Heaven for long weekends!