Bear Lake 2009

Every summer my family goes to Bear Lake. They've been going since my dad was 13. Well, this year, Brian's family decided they wanted to start a tradition like this as well. And they just to happened to plan it so that we didn't have to make two trips up to the lake. We went up on June 26th and stayed with Brian's family first. We went swimming and hiked the Minnetonka caves. 888 steps. Long walk, but very cool. Literally. 40 degrees. But fun. At the end of the cave, they turn off all the lights and it's complete dark. Then they asked for a volunteer with a diamond ring. I got chosen and they shot a laser pen into my ring. It threw red dots all over the cave. Very cool.

We also went to the beach for a walk on Sunday. None of us got in, except Stuart couldn't resist. He ended up covered in mud. Gross.

On Monday Brian and his cousin went for a bike ride, and because they took so long, the rest of us got shakes without them. They made their choice. :)



On Monday night we headed over to my family's condos. We chatted and played a fun silly game called Ninja Strike. You look ridiculous while playing, but it's really fun.

The picture of me looking over the glasses is my imitation of what my mom looks like sometimes when we're teasing her.


Of course you have to have the water pictures. Brian and I only went out on the boat once, because the water is freezing, but it is still a beautiful lake.

Brad and my cousins are all goofballs that like to pose for silly pictures.

Brad is getting really good at wake boarding, but I had to still put the picture of him wiping out.


One of the favorite traditions is to launch water balloons. We fill up hundreds of balloons and launch them out to the boys waiting to catch them. Then the boys usually turn around and start a water fight with the ones they caught. This year, it began when they came around and popped the water balloons right on top of my grandma & grandpa's heads. We all got involved and were soaking wet, but good memories were made.

Bear Lake was a little different this year, because there were so many people missing. (One was still on his mission, and the other 3 married couples were in summer school. Who does school during the summer?!?!)We only had 3 granddaughters, one from each family. But we still had a good time. We played the traditional candy bar game, which went really quickly when there's only 10 people playing. Hopefully next year more people can join us. But then again, I don't know where we'd put everyone if they all came. :)