Early in the month of August, we went to visit my little sister who had married a rancher last year. They own lots of cows, bulls, (and more types of cattle--I learned a ton but regrettably, forgot most of it!) a dog, and most important and interesting, cats. : ) We stayed with her on one side of the hill, and the ranch was on the other side. It was a good seven miles one way, but the kiddos insisted on riding it the whole time. I think they put about 50 miles on their bikes that week!
Sophia and Ginger got to sit in the front--unheard of at home, but common practice in the middle of nowhere!
One day we went to Bear Lake. It was windy, but the water was warm and we had a blast! Livia showed off some dance moves:
. . . while Micah and our new friends challenged the fiercest of waves. One of the things I love most about Bear Lake is that it is so shallow for so long. At one point the boy band was so far away, but the water was just barely to their waists! We had to corral them (like cattle--see, I did learn!) to "our side" of the lake . . . too bad for boundaries and protective moms.
Daniel and Daddy stayed home for the first couple of days because of some rigorous football training. We have big starting-line-up-on-both-teams dreams this year, so practice was mandatory. Too bad for them, but not all was lost! Later in the week they joined us and Saturday morning Daniel "Biked the Bear". This is no small biking feat, folks. This was a true-blue scouting adventure that included a total of 55 or so miles, making a complete circle on one's bike around the ENTIRE lake! Something mom had dreaded for a few months (like from when we signed up for the merit badge), but came out with flying colors! "That was THE BEST RIDE EVER!!!" was mentioned a few (hundred) times. Glad he made it without any injury, glad he was at the front of the pack the entire time (including have to wait 1 1/2 hrs for the rest of the troop so they could all finish together!), and awesome to have the medal, merit badge, and some serious bragging rights.
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