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First camping trip of the summer.

"A portrait of my daughter once a week, every week, in 2015."

Camping in the Uintahs

Last week we went on our first camping trip of the summer.  We went camping at Lost Creek Lake Campgrounds in the Uintahs with Bryce's parents.  We went up there on Thursday evening and then came home Friday night.  We were only able to stay one night but it was still really fun.  The weather was so much cooler up in the mountains, it was so nice getting out of the heat!  
Claire loved getting to play in the dirt all day long.  Here she is, still in her pajamas, keeping herself busy while breakfast was cooking Friday morning.

You can rarely find one of these two without the other these days.

Claire exploring the mountainside with Bryce.

Picking a few wildflowers.

Bryce was rocking back and forth on this log with Claire and she thought it was the coolest thing ever.  She kept trying to figure out how to do it by herself.

Even though it was a short little camping trip it was still nice.  I was really worried about how Claire would do sleeping in a pack & play but she did so great!  She slept through the night just like she does at home and she even took a good two hour nap during the day on Friday.  Bryce's parents took their nice camping trailer so we were spoiled and got to sleep in that instead of our tent this time around.  Now that we have taken Claire and she did so great we are wanting to go a few more times this summer.  I have never been to Yellowstone so we are going to try and plan a trip there before the summer is over.  Hopefully we'll actually follow through with our planning since I documented it here ;)!

Splashpad Round 2

Remember how the first time I took Claire to the splash pad this summer she hated it?  I met up with a friend and her girls at the Riverdale splash pad last week.  I was curious to see what Claire would think of it this time.  She was in a much better mood and it wasn't during her nap time so my fingers were crossed it would go well.  She loved it!! (Just like I knew she would).  I told Bryce about how much fun she had and we decided to take her again the next day since Bryce got off work early.  She seriously loved it!  She just squealed and giggled the whole time we were there.
I was so glad she liked it.  We took turns running through the water with her and I think we had as much fun as she did!  I think we will be returning to the splash pad at least once a week the rest of the summer!

Bear Lake Getaway

One of my best friends Shantelle called me up about a month ago and asked if I would take their family pictures in Bear Lake.  I was more than excited about the idea.  Bear Lake is such a gorgeous place and I thought it would really fun to take pictures there.  They invited us to stay up at their cabin with them this past weekend.  We stayed up there with them Friday night and did their pictures first thing Saturday morning so we had the whole rest of the day to play and hang out on the beach.  We had so much fun!  It really was one of the funnest weekends we've had in a while.  Their cabin is on a hill overlooking the lake and has a perfect view.  I took the picture above of the sunrise off of the deck Saturday morning.

Claire and Brielle had lots of fun playing in the sand and water together.

Tiny little painted toes in the sand :).

I wasn't really sure how Claire would do with the beach.  The weekend before when we went to Pineview it took her awhile to get brave enough to play in the sand and the water by herself.  Surprisingly she didn't have any hesitancy at Bear Lake! She loved it.  She played in the sand and walked out into the water all by herself.  And we made it the whole day without her trying to eat any sand, small victories!  Bryce and I also took her out in the water and swam for a little bit.  She seemed to think it was pretty fun after the shock from the coldness wore off ;).
They had a paddle boat that we got to take out and ride around in.  Claire doesn't look super happy in these pictures but she actually really enjoyed it... just the lifejacket not so much ;).
The view from the cabin and the private beach we got to play on all day!
After we took Claire out in the water for a swim we came back and snuggled her up in some towels to get warm.  I held her for a little bit and then passed her to Bryce and she fell asleep curled up on his lap.  He was pretty happy to get some extra snuggles from her.

My little beach baby.

Shantelle and I were brave and took the paddle boat out for a ride by ourselves with Brielle and Claire.

Claire helping Bryce build a sand castle.....and then destroying it of course.

Shantelle and her husband Nate brought these huge bubbles to blow on the beach for the girls to play with.  They were so cool!  It was fun to watch the girls giggle and chase them up and down the beach.

It was such a fun little getaway.  We had such a great time!  I loved getting to spend time with Shantelle and her family, and of course getting to swim and play on the beach all day.  Bryce and I have now added having a cabin in Bear Lake to our list of dreams ;).