Bear Lake

For our final hurrah, we did a day trip up to Bear Lake with the Jeffs family. They wanted to do a 50-mile bike-ride around the lake and let the kids play. Needless to say, I did not participate in the bike-ride, but we had fun playing on the beach.
Thirty-five weeks! Almost there!

Tyla and her cousin, Brendon, spent hours making a monstrous sand castle.

Alayna and Tiana loved running through the shallow waters. The fantastic thing about Bear Lake is the very gradual slope. The kids could walk out really far without getting too deep.

Tiana loved playing mud monster by covering herself in mud then washing it off and repeating.

Travis and Grandma Jeffs coming back from their bike ride.

River Rafting

Travis and Tyla got to go with Grandma and Grandpa Nielsen for the annual Ricks Family Float Trip on the Snake River up in Wyoming. They had so much fun! It was a 5-hour float trip complete with cliff jumping, rapids and throwing Grandma in the river! Tyla sat up front with Carl and Krista and paddled right along with the rest of them!

Travis and Grandpa Nielsen sat in the back to direct the boat.

Tyla was super brave and jumped off the cliff! The river was running so they had to throw a rope out to drag you back in so you wouldn't float away down the river.

Boating with Grandma and Grandpa

We've loved the boating trips that Grandma and Grandpa Nielsen have taken us on! We've been to Mantua Reservoir and Willard Bay. Alayna and Travis laughing together on the tube. She didn't like the tube very much because it kept splashing her in the face!

Tiana hanging out on the back of the boat.

Even Mason got in on the action with the tube. He wasn't super brave, but at least he did it once!

Then the kids just loved hanging out at the beach, playing on the tube, digging in the sand, collecting seaweed, and throwing rocks. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!

Summer Fun

We've had so much fun this summer that it has flown by! And thank goodness, too because it's tough to be pregnant during the summer! To start off the summer we took a camping trip up to City of Rocks in Idaho. It's a fantastic place that literally looks like a City of Rocks. Rock climbing die-hards flood the place each summer. The kids found a 'sandbox' just for them! It's actually the spot made for the tent but it had great sand to dig and play with!

Proof that a pregnant lady can still go camping!

Tyla and Travis climbing Bath Rock, the biggest rock there! She was so excited to climb it and scaled right up the hard parts all by herself. There is a huge crater at the top that fills with water and legend has it that cowboys would use it to bathe in.

We even hooked the kids into ropes and let them do a climb and rappell. They all loved it!

The crazy part of the trip was the sudden torrential downpour that left us all soaked, muddy, and broke our canopy. Luckily, our tent held up well and we didn't have to sleep in wet bedding!

First-Timer

Ok, I'm jumping in to the blogging thing! I don't know what I'm doing yet, but I'm sure it won't be too difficult to figure out.