Bear Lake Adventure

Just before school started we had the opportunity to go to Bear Lake with our ward. Our bishop has a beautiful cabin up there on beach front property. With Nathan's calling as Executive Secritary, which is part of the bishpbric, we were invited with the other couples in the bishopbric to stay Friday night to Saturday. That Friday I got off work early and we headed up, took our time driving through Wyoming, who knew that was such a senic drive ;).. When we got to the cabin in the early evening, it was so pretty and a little chilly too. It was perfect and the cabin was huge! We were the first to arrive, so we got a personal tour from our Bishop. He told us all about the sentimental pictures around the cabin, and how each part of the cabin was designed. It was just beautiful, and it felt really homey. They did a great job in building and decorating the cabin to feel welcoming. 

As the night drew on we enoyed a yummy dinner with fellow ward members, and enjoyed a fire outside by the lake. The setting was just perfect. We were in great company and had a wonderful time, even after the fire the boys played a few rounds of pool inside. It sure was a perfect way to end the summer, as it was the last weekend before school started. 

Early Saturday morning Nathan left to be a good citizen a volunteer at a Make A Wish event, to raise money for cute children with cancer, to make their wishes come true. Just a little plug on that, I think it's a great opportunity to support sucha great cause. I sure didn't want him to go, but he has such a great time volunteering for them, and being a provider and making things happen for a lot of young children. 

Owen and Linn

After Nathan left I went for a beautiful run, I was able to run a long the lake and watch the sun rise, it was such a beautiful sight. Nature around us it just to magical, I always find it so refreshing to be out and enjoy our surroundings. With the afternoon coming on, we headed out to the water where Darci McMickle from the ward swam with me, she was so patient with me it was just so hard to get in such cold water. I was being a baby, but after about 30 min of trying I finally jumped in, and enjoyed the water the rest of the day. 

We had two boats up there, and I spend pretty much the entire afternoon on the Knotts boat, we tubed, and wake boarded. It was perfect. The weather was warm, and the water was great, it was really choppy but so fun. For lunch I ran up to the cabin to grab a sandwich before heading back out to the water, and on my way I stopped to play with Owen Orrock (In photo) and Aria Preece, two cute kids from our ward that were enjoying the playground. It's so fun to see the young kids having as much fun as the adults :)

Bear Lake was just beautiful and it was a perfect end to a great summer. Thanks to our Bishop and his hospitality. We had a blast!