Bear Lake

This year for my parents anniversary, they decided to rent out a cabin for the weekend up in Bear Lake.  We had a lot of fun all hanging out together.  The weather was beautiful except for the most incredible lightning show I have ever seen sat. morning.  It was so loud I could hardly sleep and one had to have hit right outside our door...the whole house shook!  But the rain clouds moved out quickly and we had some beautiful sunny days!

These next few pictures were from Bloomington lake.  If you have never been there, I suggest you go.  It is about an hour drive from bear lake...mostly because it is slow driving.  It isn't that far, but it is one of the most beautiful places I've seen!  And the brave (not me) loved the rope swing.  However, do you see that glacier....it made for some freezing water!

Darin flying into the ice water and loving every minute of it!

There isn't a lot of room for babies to roam around...Dawson was fighting to get down and crawl around the whole time!

Brandon's turn!

I finally gave in:)

After Bloomington Lake, we stopped at Minetonka cave.  It was fun, but a little long to keep a almost 1 year old entertained in the sling.  I was a little fearful of dropping him in the cave, but the rest of the kiddos had a good time.  It was cold, but really neat to see!

The next day was spent at the beach.  My parents couldn't get the lights on the boat trailer to work so we ended up without a boat, but we did rent some wave runners and thanks to my friend Carrie, we were able to spend the day at Ideal Beach.  The pool and grass are perfect, and I couldn't believe how high the water is this year....unbelievable if you have seen it the past ten years.  All of those weeds you use to have to walk through to get to water are now completely covered and the water actually comes up to the sand! We had a really fun, sandy day!

Baby Parson looking so grown up!