Bear Lake II

In mid-July we went to Bear Lake for an Elder family reunion.  It is always good to get together and visit with everyone.  The kids enjoy getting to know their cousins better, especially the ones they don't see much.

The first day we met at a park.  Charles helped a bunch of kids fish, but they didn't catch anything.  Curtis brought his homemade canoe and most of the kids enjoyed riding in that.  

Ethan, Charles, Eli and Allison.

Here is Joshua on his short stay in the canoe.  He didn't like the water in the bottom.  He sat down and that was enough for him.  He got out and didn't want to get back in.

The second day we went to the lake to swim and play.  The cool water felt good after being hot.  Charles and I had a turn in the canoe.  We swam, played frisbee and built sandcastles.  We had a picnic lunch there too.

Mark brought this raft.  The smaller boys (ours and Sam's) enjoyed it for quite awhile.  

Joshua enjoyed jumping over the waves.  The girls hung out in the water with their cousins.

We played a fun game in the evening.  The grandkids guessed which adult did which interesting thing.  Some examples were jumping off a roof pretending to be Mary Poppins (Mark) or having a cat jump on your head from the roof(Charles).

After that there was a ping-pong tournament.  Ethan played in the younger bracket.  Charles played in the older one.  Cherilyn stayed up until midnight watching Jared and Brett play the championship game.  Jared won.

Before we left Ethan wanted a picture taken of him in this tree.  He likes to climb trees but isn't allowed to at school where the trees are great for climbing.