summer

I’m still trying to post about Bear Lake before Fall hits in full force. (Not sure what “Fall hitting” really means here in the desert because it’s so dang hot until the end of October I swear, but actually this week it kinda feels like fall because it got cloudy…

Warning:  There are a lot of pictures in this post.  And a large percentage of them are jellyfish.  And part of the story is a little serendipitous (and crazy) which is just what we were looking for on this road trip 😉  Despite the large number of pictures though, included…

For years I’ve been dreaming of driving the coast of California.  So much beauty there!  It’s been beckoning me to come explore.  I’ve always thought it would be such a great way to spend an anniversary or drive with my sisters or girlfriends “some day.”   Well, this year I…

This summer we spent a big chunk of time in California. When you live in the desert you’ll do anything to try to beat the heat, and California is the perfect spot to do that. It is not, however, a great spot to beat the traffic.  This was our map…

School went ahead and wrapped up in the desert nice and early (May 19th).  I’m mad about how early it gets out because that means we start way too early (August 3rd…ouch!) but that’s a post for another day.   Today I’m just talking about those last few days because…

Hello!! We are here, alive and well (as well as you can be in the desert at 118 degrees…ha!).   We have been traveling for the last few weeks and it feels so great to be home, hot or not, unpacked with a washing machine and more than three shirts…

It makes me happy when my kids are as enthralled with the beauty of the earth as I am. But then again, I guess it’s not hard to be overcome with how knock-dead gorgeous the earth is up at Bloomington Lake (up in the mountains by where we stay at…

Lucy has been collecting empty toilet paper rolls in her closet for a long time.   I kept asking her what she was going to do with them and she always claimed she had something great in mind.   Well, she finally put her collection to use a couple weeks…

Summer is in full-swing around here.  Grace just told me that in two weeks we’ll be half way through our summer vacation.  What?!?  How is that possible that time is whipping away so fast? I signed up my little girls for dive team this summer figuring that everyone who lives…

Part one is HERE (bonfire music kick-off, real-life-relay, fear factor) and part two is HERE (minute-to-win-it and family pictures).   Here’s the wrap-up… Food We eat well at Bear Lake.  I know food at reunions can be done much more simply than we do it up there, but for some reason…