Pioneer Day at Bear Lake
On the 24th we went with our friends Jeremy and Heidi to Bear Lake. It was our first time visiting Bear Lake. I've heard from other people that this is a beautiful place, but being there and seeing it was better than I imagined. This is one of Utah's hidden treasures! I love this place. It reminded me of being at the beach. There were even small waves that came onto shore from the boats and jet skis riding around. And the sand was fun for the kids to play in. I recommend this place to anyone who lives in Utah and wants to feel like they're at the beach, without having to drive to a coastal state to get there. Our kids had a blast and spent the whole day playing in the water. They loved this little water hole that they're in where the water was warmer and the sand was extra messy. The only misshap that day was when we lost Kera! A good trip is not complete without losing one of your kids, right? :) We were all sitting and relaxing on the beach talking when I looked up and couldn't see Kera. Jacob was playing in the water, but I didn't see Kera. Then I tried to think of the last time I saw her, and then I started to panic because I hadn't noticed she was gone, but it had been about 10-15 minutes when I saw her last. She was right behind our spot chasing the sea gulls. Dave had dozed off in his chair and after remarking to Jeremy and Heidi that I couldn't find Kera, he suddenly opened his eyes and we all started looking for her. A few minutes before this I had taken her life jacket off because she wasn't playing in the water, she was just running around on the sand. Of course this had me worried even more that she'd gotten back in the water and drowned or something. So we ran around calling her name, and soon others around us noticed we had lost a child and they started to help us look for her. Some people close by us said they saw her about 10 minutes ago. So we all spread out and were looking for her. Jeremy and Heidi got on the 4 wheeler and were driving around. I didn't think she would go too far away, but I started walking down along the water asking people if they'd seen her. After about 5 minutes of panic and searching, one of the ladies helping us look said, "is that her?" She was about 50 feet from me and a woman was holding her. I ran to her and thanked the kind woman profusely. I grabbed Kera and asked her and couldn't believe she'd gone so far away from us. (Probably about a half mile away from our chairs). She was drinking a Capri Sun that the lady gave her and didn't look too worried. I thought for sure she'd be in tears, but no, she was just fine sipping her drink. The lady said she was wandering around and since she wasn't with an adult, she had Kera stay there with her and wait for someone to get her. When I asked Kera why she had gone so far away she said because she wanted to find a place where the kids weren't mean to her. Earlier that day there was a girl by us who came and dumped water on Kera and told her this was her lake, and she couldn't be there. This really had upset Kera, and she had cried about it. So this is why she went away from us, to get away from the mean girl apparently. Well, despite this scary experience, we had a great day at the "beach"/lake. We went to a little drive in place there on the beach that had great raspberry shakes (what Bear Lake is known for) and good burgers. The onion rings were delicious too! It's called LaBeau's (sp?) Anyway, a it was a good way to spend the Pioneer Holiday. Thanks for the invite Jeremy and Heidi!
On the 24th we went with our friends Jeremy and Heidi to Bear Lake. It was our first time visiting Bear Lake. I've heard from other people that this is a beautiful place, but being there and seeing it was better than I imagined. This is one of Utah's hidden treasures! I love this place. It reminded me of being at the beach. There were even small waves that came onto shore from the boats and jet skis riding around. And the sand was fun for the kids to play in. I recommend this place to anyone who lives in Utah and wants to feel like they're at the beach, without having to drive to a coastal state to get there. Our kids had a blast and spent the whole day playing in the water. They loved this little water hole that they're in where the water was warmer and the sand was extra messy. The only misshap that day was when we lost Kera! A good trip is not complete without losing one of your kids, right? :) We were all sitting and relaxing on the beach talking when I looked up and couldn't see Kera. Jacob was playing in the water, but I didn't see Kera. Then I tried to think of the last time I saw her, and then I started to panic because I hadn't noticed she was gone, but it had been about 10-15 minutes when I saw her last. She was right behind our spot chasing the sea gulls. Dave had dozed off in his chair and after remarking to Jeremy and Heidi that I couldn't find Kera, he suddenly opened his eyes and we all started looking for her. A few minutes before this I had taken her life jacket off because she wasn't playing in the water, she was just running around on the sand. Of course this had me worried even more that she'd gotten back in the water and drowned or something. So we ran around calling her name, and soon others around us noticed we had lost a child and they started to help us look for her. Some people close by us said they saw her about 10 minutes ago. So we all spread out and were looking for her. Jeremy and Heidi got on the 4 wheeler and were driving around. I didn't think she would go too far away, but I started walking down along the water asking people if they'd seen her. After about 5 minutes of panic and searching, one of the ladies helping us look said, "is that her?" She was about 50 feet from me and a woman was holding her. I ran to her and thanked the kind woman profusely. I grabbed Kera and asked her and couldn't believe she'd gone so far away from us. (Probably about a half mile away from our chairs). She was drinking a Capri Sun that the lady gave her and didn't look too worried. I thought for sure she'd be in tears, but no, she was just fine sipping her drink. The lady said she was wandering around and since she wasn't with an adult, she had Kera stay there with her and wait for someone to get her. When I asked Kera why she had gone so far away she said because she wanted to find a place where the kids weren't mean to her. Earlier that day there was a girl by us who came and dumped water on Kera and told her this was her lake, and she couldn't be there. This really had upset Kera, and she had cried about it. So this is why she went away from us, to get away from the mean girl apparently. Well, despite this scary experience, we had a great day at the "beach"/lake. We went to a little drive in place there on the beach that had great raspberry shakes (what Bear Lake is known for) and good burgers. The onion rings were delicious too! It's called LaBeau's (sp?) Anyway, a it was a good way to spend the Pioneer Holiday. Thanks for the invite Jeremy and Heidi!
I have to explain about the one of Dave and his friend Jeremy on the 4 wheeler. They had to ride on this one together back to the RV park where Heidi's dad had the other 4 wheeler. Heidi and I were laughing at the two of them together on one 4 wheeler. I also don't know why some of these pictures are on here twice. That's the way the grid came out and I didn't know how to fix it. Also, don't look too closely at my big belly or Dave with his shirt off. :)
The kids did cooperate later and let me get a good picture of them at G&G Andrus BBQ.
And of course they had to do a silly one.
I love this picture of the kids with Grandma & Grandpa Adams. We will all miss them when they leave on their mission in September! 
