Bear Lake Belnap Reunion

Two years ago, we met for a Belnap reunion and had such a blast that they decided to do it again- Hooray! We packed up our tents and our swimming suits and headed up the mountain (stopping first in Logan for lunch at the Bluebird cafe and for squeaky cheese at Gossner's cheese factory, of course!). One of my favorite parts of the trip was listening to "The Willoughby's" by Lois Lowery. She is known for more serious books like "Number the Stars" and "The Giver" but "The Willoughby's" is one of the funniest, well written, over the top books. Even Zach appreciated it! Read it. You'll like it.

Anyway, we made to the lake, had a little contest setting up the tents (you can be sure I won), and the fun began.

On Saturday, we spent ALL day at the lake. Hyrum has the peeling skin to prove it. We decided that as handy as the spray sunscreen is, it's a lot harder to tell exactly where it is and how much coverage you got. Lesson learned. Also, Zach needs to wear a hat when he goes out on a boat for 5 hours.

AND, you are not necessarily safe from sea gull poop EVEN if you are sitting under a canopy... Zach learned that the hard way as well.

Remember how Afton loves the dirt? Turns out, she also loves sand. She didn't eat it but she played and played. In this picture, Zach had just buried her foot and she pulled it out. Poor babe had a super snotty nose but she was a sport anyway.

The boys had a squirt gun war, thanks to Uncle Phil who instigated most of the fights.

Zach and Phil are in the middle of a stand off. Silly boys never grow up!

Speaking of boys... Oh, I'm talking about Kenton and Nicholas- aren't they cute?

Thanks again Grandma B! Invite us again next time!