Vacation Pics!

We have had so much fun this past week. Every August Mike's family spends a week up in Bear Lake - the kids had a ton of fun this year (not to mention that Mike and I also loved it!). Grace has been asking Grandpa Todd when he's going to take up on the boat for months now - and she was not disappointed. She loved it - he tried to let her steer for a while but she was more interested in sitting in the passenger seat, however her good buddy Mr. Max loved to drive. He was so stinkin cute about it - every time we got on he walked over and climbed up in the seat, when Todd would try to steer he would grunt and push his hand away, the look on his face is priceless!



What would Bear Lake be without a little mini-golf? Mike and me, Tylor and Travis, Grace being obstinate, aunt Caya and Grace, and Grace's hair. (Yes, I did her hair, all by myself! And that is 3 elastics!)

Grace does not like sand. When we go to the park she spends most of the time picking the sand or wood chips out of her shoes. Last year she cried and cried so I wondered how this year would go. It took her a few minutes to warm up to the idea of walking in sand, but soon she was all over it. She played, waded in the water and then Grandpa took her out for a jet ski "water car" ride. She totally loved it!

I wasn't worried about Max liking the sand, he's all boy - He just sat in the sand/rocks/water on the beach for hours. He played with sticks while we attempted to build a beautiful sand castle (mud hill). He let Mike bury his legs and I think he really would have stayed there all day.

Of course we had several hours to spend at the park. Grace would not let me get a picture, I asked her to look at the camera and she shouted "I don't wannta mom!" So it became a big game to get her looking at the camera, when I finally got one after 3 days I laughed and teased her. So what does she do? Looks straight in the camera and says "Cheese!" Like it was her idea - that's my girl! Max loved the slides and climbing up the stairs - he's so much more brave than his sister.

These are just some of my favorite randoms from the week - My niece Daisy, she's so little and sweet, aunt Caya playing with Max, Grace pretending hair life jacket is her tail and dancing on the deck, the chipmunk face, Tylor and Daisy and Grace on the "butt" with grandma's hat.



This was all of the grand kids ((Travis, Tylor, Daisy, Grace and Max)) up at Bear Lake last year - notice how they all sit still and sort of face the camera?

To one year later... it's amazing how much changes in a year! I ran out of space on my memory card after this last picture, or I would have tried harder... Hopefully Aunt Beth got some good ones!

I got a wild hair towards the end of the week that I didn't want my vacation to end. So Mike's family was leaving Friday night/Saturday morning so Mike and I decided to head to Wyoming and visit my friend Stacy. I didn't give her much notice - (So thanks for letting us crash :) We had so much fun. My kids loved it (and trashed her house...) Grace found a friend who would let her dress up and play with strollers and babies. Max loved the boys and the puppies. (We'll try and forget that he didn't want to go to sleep that night..) This picture is Grace and Ally playing in the kitchen under the bar stools... Grace followed Ally everywhere!

Sadly vacations have to end. We have to come home, clean out the car, unpack and go back to work. Wouldn't it be nice to just vacation everyday?