Bear Lake in '08

Well a couple of weeks ago we took a little break and went to enjoy the great outdoors. We went camping at Bear Lake ! It was so nice and warm. Todd and I got HOT at night in our tent and that never happens! It was such a nice break.

On the day that we arrived at our destination we decided to take a hike in Minnetonka Cave. It has something like 444 STAIRS to the bottom! This is the reaction that I got after reporting that news.
Are you kidding me? These two can never be serious together!

Our campsite was so much fun and so pretty, but the dirt was SO fine. This picture was taken after only a couple of hours of being there. Nightly scrub downs were in store for this kid!

(SIGH) The beach. Is there any better place in the whole world? Especially this beach. It doesn't get deep for miles. All I had to do was veg in the sun, drink cool beverages and snap photos of one happy child who thought the beach was fabulous.

We talked our husbands into renting this SWEET paddle boat. It was quite entertaining watching the two of them paddle it to our spot together. The little boys took a while to warm up to the idea, but we eventually got a smile out of 'em.
Don't mind the blue wristbands, I was at the height of my nausea and I was willing to do anything to make it better. Even if that means wearing baby blue sweatbands on your wrist!

This is what they did for hours on end. Scooped sand and dumped it. This huge "sandbox" is a little boys dream come true!

Sometimes even the BIG boys need to act like little boys. Does this surprise anyone?

And then all the fun had to come to an end. After many snacks, drinks, toys and boat rides the boy was spent. What a day!

We had so much fun on our mini-vacay! We hope that we can do it all again next year.