Bear Lake 2012

Last month we made a quick trip up to Bear Lake for some r&r.  When we got up to our Sweetwater condo we were greeted with no snow and a very cold wind.   No snow in Bear Lake?   Our dreams of playing in the snow, building snowmen, making snow angels, and going on 4-wheeler rides over piles of snow were dashed.  We still had a great time.  We made a fire every night, watched movies, snuggled, played on the playground till hypothermia set in, threw rocks to break the ice, played games, went to the Bear Lake Pizza restaraunt, and Rich took the girls skiing for the first time.



I'm not a skier.  I've been twice.  Both times in Junior High with my P.E. class.  I never got passed the bunny hill, and never even got close to mastering that.  In fact, I couldn't even get off the lift without falling and having to have my ski instructor drag me out of the way or stop the lift.  Every single time.  Rich, on the other hand, has been skiing since he was a child.  It's something he wants to share with the kids, so while we were up in Bear Lake he took Lilia and Sophie to Beaver Mountain to give it a whirl.



According to Rich, Lilia did great, after not very long she was going down the kiddie hill by herself.  Sophie did ok, but got tired really fast and was frustrated a lot -  It's hard work lugging around those heavy skis.   Rich got the workout of his life, snowplowing, having to pick up and manually move the little people, helping them up, strapping them in, and trying to teach them what to do.  But he loved it and has got the skiing "bug" and has been begging me to let him go again ever since.

{Taking a picture of the kids on the stairs.  It's a Reeve family tradition}

The kids just had fun going up and down the stairs, sleeping in the bunk beds, drawing pictures on the coffee filters, and eating oodles of snacks.  It doesn't get much better than that!