Bear Lake

July was a fun and busy month. To start things off, we went to Bear Lake for a few days with Neal's family( on his Dad's side). We all stayed in a big cabin and it was so much fun to all be together! We went boating (complete with tubing and water skiing) one day, rented jet skis another day, played tennis, went biking, played some mini golf,  had a cake decorating contest(thanks Camille!), and of course played lots of games and visited! I didn't take many pictures, but here are a few.

Family! This is most everyone who came.

Just the Steve Johnson family.

The Beach!

Lydia surprisingly loved the water even though it was freezing!

Lydia happy and still enjoying the water!

Hanging out with grandma and ready for some lunch.

Playing games at the beach! 

Camille (our cousin) recently took a cake decorating class and thought it would  be fun to decorate cakes. Since we were there over the 4th of July, we did patriotic cakes. We ended up in two teams: Michelle, Stephanie, and I, and Camille, Annie, and  Kim .The cakes were already made- we just need to decorate. It turned into a fun evening with each group trying to outdo the other one. Our cake was smaller and falling apart, so it was interesting to try to keep it together and get the frosting to stay on and look decent. :) We finished our cake way earlier than the other group so we started to look around for something to make our presentation better. We found a pretty blue cup that worked great as a cake stand and then ran outside to pick some flowers and leaves to put around the base. When the other team finally finished their cake and saw what we had done, they found a taller cup and a prettier plate to use for their cake stand. At the last minute Robert (Kim's husband) ran out to the car and came back with some crazy headbands to put around the cake. It is hard to see them well in the picture, but they looked like a bunch of colorful Chinese finger traps together- and they had flashing lights to top it off. Who has those in their cars? In the end, Dallin chose their cake- because he liked the flashing lights. It really was a fun filled evening and we all had lots of laughs.

 

Playing games after breakfast.

Quite a few of us brought up our bikes and we enjoyed a nice, scenic ride through the town. Neal's parents rented this cool surrey bike and took Lydia with them. After a while they traded with us and let us take a turn. It was pretty fun!