Idaho Adventures, Part 3: Bear Lake

All righty roo...yes, these pictures are officially over a month old now. Aaaah! I hate being so behind on my blog. But some way or another, I am going to get caught up, really I promise!

So, on our big Thalgott Family excursion, Friday July 3 was going to be beach day. This was after a night of camping, which I have to report went fairly well. It was Sam's first time and he slept great until about 4 am and woke up itching like crazy because he had close to 4,000 mosquito bites (I swear!). He was miserable! So we were up for a little while and miraculously, he went back to sleep after about an hour, so I guess I'll just say it could've been worse! But I think regardless of how my kids slept, I still would have slept terrible because I was so worried about them waking up.

So, most of us were pretty tired for beach day, but it didn't seem to phase us! We stopped in at Grandma Wilks's house for breakfast and headed down to the lake. There's not all that much to really report about our time at the lake other than it was just the perfect day. I know I've probably been overusing the phrase "so much fun", but really...it was so much fun! The kids were in heaven, they got along, they were happy, we were all relaxing...it was just a really great time. The water was pretty warm and the great thing about Bear Lake is that it's very shallow for a long ways, so you don't have to be super worried about the kids while they play.

So with that said, I'll (pretty much) let the pictures speak for themselves...





(funny how they don't realize that when you try to wipe the sand out of your mouth, it only makes it worse!)


Cash had a few swimsuit issues, which resulted in a really sad and unfortunate sunburn the next day!
Tyler learned how to do the kickboard and loved it!
And even little Pierce got in on the action and loved his time at the lake!
Sam put a new meaning to having sand in every crevice. Seriously, it was unreal!


Uncle Todd dug out a big hole and it started filling with water and the boys called it the "hot tub" and jumped in and out of it over and over...



And a few quick family pictures before we left...the Kirwans definitely win the prize for the best one. They look much happier to be having their picture taken then the Thalgotts do, that's for sure! And I realize now that this is the only picture of me from the whole trip...I've got to be better about that!
And we headed back to Grandma's house, and then back to camp. And the boys were both asleep before we had even made it off the beach. All that playing can really wear you out!

And now stay tuned for the 4th of July, coming next...