4th of July at Bear Lake

We spent the 4th of July weekend up at Bear Lake. We are so lucky to have a wonderful place to stay thanks to Grandpa and Grandma Schwitzer. We love going up to Bear Lake every year and staying up at their home. This year we had the whole Schwitzer family which is 28 people in one home. We had such a good time and our kids have still not stopped talking about all the fun they had with their cousins. Sarah had the kids make these cute 4th of July shirts and it was fun to have all the grand-kids matching. In the picture above a few of the grand-kids are missing because they had fallen asleep. All the kids were exhausted after each day and there was always one child knocked out on the couch.

Our first day on the beach was a lot of fun. The kids would just play and play in the sand. There was always some sort of sand castle or village being constructed at all times. Anne is lucky to have 2 close cousins Evelyn and Kate and they had a blast playing on the wave runners or on the beach.

Jason hanging with Grace and Alex. They were making some sort of lake for one of their castles.

Anne was our brave child and would go out on the wave runners. Jason is still a little afraid and had no desire to go out. Mike said that one time he took her out and he started to go little faster than usual. He heard her scream and thought she was scared but, she was screaming and laughing because she was having so much fun.

Jason felt a little better staying closer to shore. All that know Jason know that he is Mr. Safety. He is always concerned that one of his sisters will get hurt or himself. So, he preferred rowing this boat along the shore and he had a great time! He did row out with Mike in a bigger boat out to a dock and jump off the dock into the water! He was really proud of himself.

Eliza loved, loved this duck. She always had to have this duck around her waist and she would walk around saying "duck". She enjoyed playing in the sand and throwing it in her hair. I will be trying to get sand out from her hair for weeks but, it was all worth it. She loved just being outside and playing.

This was the best picture I could get of my kids on the 4th of July. On the 4th we hung out at the house in the morning and the kids played basketball and games. In the afternoon we headed back down to the beach for more fun. That night they would not allow fireworks on the beach so we had a good time with sparklers. Other people however did do fireworks and it was really pretty to watch fireworks out by the lake. We had such a great time and look forward to next time we can head up to Bear Lake.