Surviving our first family vacation.

Our first real family vacation this Summer was at Bear Lake. All of Mike's immediate family came as well making more of a family reunion. It had lots of craziness but lots of fun stories to remember because of it. Poor Ava happened to be involved with all of the stories. That poor child is definitely accident prone. So story begins we ended up staying at the KOA. The first 2 days we were there we got rained on. It was so cold. It was very nice that we happened to rent a cabin. I felt bad for all those stuck in a tent.  It was so cute I thought. We had the hook ups with our since we paid extra thinking we were just going to get a extra set of bunk beds for all the kids to have a place to sleep but we ended up having a separate room from the kids, plus a T.V. / DVD Player, and a refrigerator. 

 

 

Bear Lake is gorgeous.

 

 

You can see how excited Wyatt was to be stuck in a vehicle surrounded by girls. lol

 



 

Our Cabin

 

The second day we were there I guess Mike's Dad, Grandpa Rod, bought all the grand kids kites. So we spent quite awhile flying them. Madi happened to pick a Mickey Mouse kite but to her surprise when she opened it it was a Iron Man kite. So funny. Also her kite was the best one out of the group. So she was definitely fine having a boy kite. 

 

Such a sweet picture of Mike and Ava flying her kite.

 

 

 

 

 

We even had a double rainbow. It was beautiful.

 

On out trip it also happened to fall on Ava's Birthday. The big 3!!! We had pre-ordered cupcakes to take with us on our trip. I did half princess and half Spiderman for all the girls and boys to be happy. To our surprise most of them survived the drive. I was happy so obviously the fridge came in handy. :) So we just had a small celebration and we brought down some presents for her to open. Even his family members got her gifts as well. Lot of new toys, clothes, and a scooter. Super cute. She was a very happy camper.

Unfortunately this is about the time the horrible stories began. So first before her birthday celebrating started I lost her. She had walked away without anyone even realizing it. I of course was running around searching for her, starting to get emotional, thinking worse case scenarios. Luckily Mike's brother David found her just playing in a big puddle. It was seriously only about 5 mins of looking but still being a mother you know how it feels when you get that horrible feeling of wondering where or what has happened to your child.

Later that same day Mike's brother and sister in law brought their 2 dogs along for the trip. They are sweet dogs they are but one of them is a little more hyper and younger then the other. They were outside and all the kids were petting them while they were eating pig ears. Not sure what it was about Ava but she ended up getting bit by the younger one Sally on the face. Seriously again I had gone somewhere for just a minute,  so when I heard Ava had been bitten by a dog I was freaking out. Especially hearing that she had gotten bitten on the face. It could of been really bad. I have seen pictures of others with some major permanent damage from incidents like that. Luckily she only ended up with a scratch by her lip and one on her nose from it.

The final incident was later that night. We had built a fire and all the kids kept slowly inching closer and closer to it with their little camping chairs. Ava of course wanted to be like everyone else. Unfortunately she lost her balance and literally almost fell into the fire. Mike grabbed for her but not without some damage. Her poor wrist got the worst of it. 2nd degree burn plus her fingers on the same arm had blisters across. Her hair had gotten burnt as well and one side of her face from her nose across her cheek got burnt, but it looked more like a sunburn. So I count my blessing that it wasn't worse. That her face didn't get the worse of it and have to live with such horrible damage the rest of her life. I am grateful the Mike had such quick reflexes. That someone was watching over her cause all of those incidents could of been a worse outcome. Other then that all the kids were walking bruises from one fall to the next.



 

 

Look how little she use to be. So cute.

 

 

Birthday Girl!!!

 

The final day was finally no longer raining so we decided to go the the Lake. There are a few areas that are like the beach where there is sand instead of rocks. It was so cold. No rain but still so windy. I seriously stayed in my hoodie almost the whole time. The kids were troopers to be in swim suits and actually play in the water some. Mike and his Nephew Tanner were out there like it was perfect swimming weather. I must of married someone cold blooded. lol It was actually really fun though to be with everyone and have a picnic at the Lake. Lots of people but it was beautiful.

 



 

 

 

Kaylin is such a little model. Poor Madi so cold. lol

 

 

The camping grounds even did little train rides. So fun and cute.

 

 

So that's the end of out first family vacation. Like I said so crazy and lots of running around. But we all had a great time. All of the damage has healed. I am sure in no time someone will end up adding more bumps and bruises to the list. We shall see how long it takes until the next family vacation. lol I am hoping this Fall but we shall see if Mike is up for it that soon or not after Bear Lake. :)