Bear Lake vacation

Well, since we were already going to Bear Lake for a reunion, why not make a week of it and make it vacation?  Shayne took off a day of work, but then had to go back to work - so the boys and I stayed there with Grandma and Grandpa and had ourselves a great time!  Here are a few highlights of the week:

A picture of the boys with Great-Grandma Hunter

Danny turned 3!  (There was an earlier post dedicated to this event)

The boys had TONS of fun boating (tubing) with Steve and Chanin's family.  I opted to play it safe and stayed on the beach enjoying the sun and relaxing.  I have no complaints.

Cole loved finding more treasures, including a bag of these tiny seashells.  He planned to sell them for 5 cents each at home...  They came home with us but no seashell sale has been arranged yet.

Danny in Cherae's hat...  love this picture.

Hunter sporting his new sunglasses - he sure is growing up.

One day, we set out to the North Beach and plopped right down next to our BFF's Kristy and Chris - who also had a family vacation planned at Bear Lake that week.  Cole was SOOOO excited to spend the day with Emily, but in reality, he spent the day digging and creating and maneuvering water with Em's little bro, Max.   It was such a great day.

My boys posing for a "dive" into the special "soap" they had been making ALL DAY LONG.  I'm so glad they had so much fun.

It was a great week!!  Thank you to all the family and friends who helped us create such wonderful memories!

Bear Lake - Hunter Reunion

A year ago, we had an unforgettable experience of doing a grand-family reunion and we were all in the same room (30+ beds), babies, kids, and all - it was really funny (after it was over!)  Well, Shayne's parents organized the reunion at Bear Lake.  We met at a park and had an afternoon filled with "Hunter Olympics," "Minute-to-win-it" challenges, and water games too.  I had lots of pictures, but these are few that I wanted to share....

The remarkable woman we all adore and know that she loves us right back....

"Opening Ceremony"

One of the Olympic events - check out those hurdles!  And check out those leaps!

I wish I could remember the name of this game, but they had to shake ping-pong balls out of the boxes on their bums... it was funny!

The classic Oreo moving down the face challenge - no hands allowed.

Who is the fastest at emptying a tissue box with 1 hand....  Sheldon took top awards for this one.

I guess we wore Danny out - and he so loves Julia... what a wonderful cousin she is to him!

The finale was a bunch of organized water games - which, of course, turned into water fight....  We couldn't get Chris and Sheldon to stop till they were soaked to the bone.

It was a fabulous day!  We had a great turn-out - but we also missed a lot of wonderful family who could not be there.  Next year, ok guys?

Tooth fairy mystery...

Hunter lost a tooth last week - how can he lose another tooth when he looks like "toothless?"  I don't know.  Anyways, that night he made a special bed for the tooth fairy to rest on (which I think is a brilliant idea from our darling friend Myla) and we thought the tooth was next to the bed.  That night, the tooth fairy came, but couldn't find the tooth.  She wrote a sweet note thanking Hunter for the place to rest, but she couldn't find the tooth.  Hunter wrote a little note back apologizing for the mix-up as he had kept his tooth next to him.  I loved this note - it's a little torn up now (as this happened a week ago) but you see his anticipation of some cash from this kind lady.

Here is the mystery....
The tooth fairy came that night, she left 81 cents.  I was grateful that Shayne had remembered but wondered why "81 cents?"  Then he asked me the same question....  well, if mommy didn't do it, and daddy didn't do it...  I guess the Tooth Fairy really does exist and she prefers loose change.  Although, we did find 1/2 of the tooth later (Cole found it) and Hunter figures she only left a portion of the money since she could only find a portion of the tooth.  Honestly, I'm baffled!!