Bear Lake

Trevor and I had such a wonderful weekend this past weekend. We went with our group of good friends to Bear Lake for three days without any kids! The Empey's hooked us up with an awesome condo that was right off the beach and a fancy boat that everyone drooled over every time we went out.

Here's a group shot of all of us (minus Sarah, who's taking the picture). Joel, Jen, Lindsey, Paul, Kelly, Zak, Me, Trev, and Cam. I'm not sure what we're eating in this picture but we had some AWESOME eats while we were up there. (Although I must say, Trev and I were only in charge of ONE meal, and we forgot the main part of it at home. Good thing there was more than enough food to make leftovers with!) We all brought snacks as well and had a "treat trough" that we indulged ourselves in.

We went on the lake all three days and had a blast! It was just nice to relax and enjoy the beautiful surroundings and great company.


Here's a picture of Joel putting us all to shame wakeboarding. I only attempted once and only barely got out of the water. Oh well.

This is Trevor and Paul attempting to tube at the same time. They decided it was too small for two and were to insecure with their masculinity to go at the same time.

In the evenings we hung out, ate like pigs, and played Rock Band (Thank you Erwins!). Yes, that is me with a towel on top of my head looking oh so attractive.

One of the mornings we were there the boys went golfing so the girls went out. The nearest movie theatre, spa, etc is a good 30-45 minutes away so we decided to rent a bicycle built for four and take a stroll around the city. Good thing none of our butts are too big, because there were five of us! We had the funnest time strolling around Garden City and were all exhausted by the time we got back.

We are so lucky to have such a great group of friends! We all have so much fun and there's never a dull moment when we're together. The time definitely went by too fast, and we're looking forward to doing this again!

It was so nice to get away and leave the kids at home (thank you SO much Shel and Marc for making this possible for us!!!). This was definitely the longest we'd ever left Brooklyn, but we didn't worry at all because they were in great hands. They seemed to have a blast while we were gone because they weren't even that excited when we went to go pick them up! They went swimming, rode ponies, went to the park, etc. (look at Shel & Marc's blog to see all the fun pictures).

(Thanks to Sarah and Kelly of the great pictures. I still can't believe I forgot our camera!)