Boy, are we exhausted. We have a week or two to chill before the next big adventure. Aren’t summers fun!

We’ve had a great camping trip (except a little run to the Montpelier,ID emergency room) with my family. I’d never been to Bear Lake so we had to explore everything.

We started with the Minnetonka Cave. Which was a surprisingly fun little tour. There were some pretty cool stalagmites and stalactites. (*edit- I’ve cropped out my brother in-law because he oh-so hates his face on the internet.)

Here is our little visit to the hospital. Emma took a spill on her bike at the campground. She had a nice bit of highway wedged into her cheek. Just a little memento to remember our trip. Too bad she wasn’t too happy about it but Dr. Bill seems to be having a good time.

We had a blast a the lake. The water was dreamy but Emma had to keep her face dry and was a bit melancholy about it for a few days. I can hardly blame her.

My little bro came along with us and I was supper happy to hang out with him. He’s been in NY this past year so it was nice to have him around. Unfortunately I took advantage of him a few time and shoved Leah into his arms to clean up camp or take a ride on the jet skis. Thanks Bro! You are welcome to come with us whenever you want.

We spent a day riding mow-mow-kycles and atvs. My little boy was enamored to say the least. I’m glad he has some sense in his little head though because when we dress him up for a turn on the 50 he realized that he was just too little. Too bad that Emma wasn’t wearing this helmet when she fell. Bike helmets just don’t protect the face.

While we were riding around the High Line Trail, the little girls had a blast picking wild flower and making princess crowns. There is a cute picture on my sister’s blog of the princesses.

On our last day we went and checked out Bloomington Lake which was amazingly gorgeous. I didn’t expect it to be so nice.

There was a rope swing that we all had to try out. The water was cold enough to take your breathe away but not freezing like you’d think it would be with glaciers feeding it. What a great time we had! We will definitely be making another trip to Bear Lake. Woo Hoo!