Natalie with a bucket of wet sand
Nicole sifting through shells
The whole gang and the sand castle we built 
Grandpa and the kids on the banana ready to go!
Our KOA cabin...or as Natalie calls it-"our little house"So let me back track a little... and tell about our summer. Bear Lake was our biggest vacation this summer... the kids look forward to it every year. For me, Bear Lake is irony at its best. Why, you ask? I am afraid of bears and I am afraid of large open bodies of water. I hate having these fears...especially since Dave's family is a camping, boating, waterskiing, swimming family...
So why the fear of bears? Well, I have found out that ever since I became a Mama bear myself, I am more likely to fear things I can't defend my family against. A bears weigh too much for me to take him out, they run faster, they can climb trees...etc. I just feel like I have no chance against a bear. When I was in Young Womens all the talk about bears at Girl's camp freaked me out so bad. I had one of the other leaders put all of our garbage in their car so it wouldn't attract the bears. Right about this time, I also happened to be reading the Bible and read the story in 2nd Kings 2:24 where the 2 she-bears come out of the woods and "tare forty and 2 children of them" for calling the prophet bald head. HARSH!
My fear of water is little less laughable. Just a couple of bad experiences where both my mom and sis almost drown. Sigh... I was hoping to be able to be more comfortable with water by the time I am am forty...
I am quickly running out of time.
Anyway, here are some fun pictures of Bear Lake and I am happy to say I haven't passed on my fear of water to my kids.... now fear of bears...hmm
