On July 11, we headed to SLC via Chigaco. Little Bird did quite well on the flights. We were glad the longer flight was fairly empty and allowed us a couple rows to spread out.
We were all very glad when we arrived and could stretch our legs while we waited for luggage and our ride.
We had hoped that LB would take a nice nap on the way up to Logan, but it was not to be. She was wide awake and wanted to make sure we all knew it.
In Logan, our first stop was for Aggie ice cream. The Blue Mint was delicious and LB enjoyed the cone. Afterwards everyone enjoyed running around on the lawn and letting the cousins get to know each other.
We headed over to the "A" for some family pictures.
We checked out the hotel pool and experimented with the new underwater camera. For dinner, we met the rest of the extended family for dinner at Sizzler and then crashed for the night.
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Friday morning we headed to Minnetonka cave. It was surprisingly crowded, so we ended up waiting for a couple hours until it was time for our tour. While we waited, we ate our picnic lunches, played frisbee in the parking lot, and all the little ones played in the dirt and wandered around.
Little Bird's favorite part of the cave was the rocks that Caleb let her touch and she learned to say rock. It was nice and cool inside and we got a workout with the 880 stairs.
Then we had to rush to get back to Garden City and to the Pickleville Playhouse for "Bandito Rides Again." It was a funny melodrama about a Spanglish speaking villan you can't help but like. Most of us were laughing out loud and all the craziness--Harlem Shake, pop ballad, crazy lady, etc. "That just happened." We would definitely recommend it.
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Our room in Papa Bear Lodge, had a great view of Bear Lake and we woke up to this beautiful site on Saturday morning. Caleb headed out early with a few other people to help pick up the SeaDoos and boat.
Little Bird like walking around in the shallow water and playing in the sand. When Caleb carried her into deeper water, she didn't seem to like that very much. And she definitely didn't like it when we tried to take her on a canoe ride, so it didn't last long.
While Camberly took Little Bird back for a nap, Caleb spent hours riding the SeaDoos. He got Brighton to drive so he could take some videos and pictures out on the lake. He spent so much time out there he ended up with a crazy sunburn and very sore muscles.
After dinner there it was time for family games and a lot of laughing.
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Sunday morning was picture time and then just time to relax and play. At noon some of us went to church across the street. Then it was nap time (for adults too) or playing games until dinner.
Poor Little Bird woke up from her nap sick and was just a snuggly little girl for the rest of the day. Even though she wasn't feeling well, she was still a smiley little girl.
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Monday we packed up and headed to the next half of the adventure, but we couldn't leave without stopping for raspberry shakes. We had such a fun time seeing all the extended family.
