Bear Lake and Newton Pioneer Day 7-24-15

We had so much fun at Bear Lake with my brother and his kids last year that we decided to do it again this year.  We met them at Bear Lake on Friday the 24^th of July.  It was PACKED.

We brought our pop-up tent, which is seriously the best thing in the hot sun.  It is so much cooler under the tent.  The kids played while we sat and visited. 

 Kaden was extra fussy for some reason.  He didn’t enjoy the water like he has in the past.  He fell asleep for a bit but when he woke up he was still cranky.  It’s very different than I am used to him acting at the lake.  Later we found out why he was so miserable.  He came down with a fever over 103.  Poor thing.  But he wasn’t fevering, at least not bad, when we were at the lake.  But I’m glad we had some shade for him.  It’s miserable being in the sun when you don’t feel well.

We packed up from the lake and headed to Logan.  The view of the lake is so breathtaking when coming out of the canyon.  I always want to stop and take a picture, but it's not really a good spot to stop.  I tried to snap one with my phone, but it doesn't do it justice.

We stopped for dinner at Pier 49 (yum!)

Then checked into the hotel.  We let the kids swim.  Ryan swam with them.  I was from dealing with a cranky baby the whole day and I didn’t think Kaden would want to swim so I didn’t put my suit back on.  After a little while Kaden was bouncing around on my lap trying to work his way over to Ryan in the water.  I had the bag with some swim diapers in it so I just put him in a diaper and handed him over to Ryan in the water.  He was a happy baby for about 10 minutes or so!

Hotels are not super fun with so many kids, especially young like they are.  Kylee and Sadie were trying to share the pull out bed but Sadie wouldn’t leave Kylee alone.  So I made her climb in bed with me.  Kaden was so, so, so sad while I was trying to get everyone else showered and ready for bed so that I could put him to bed.  Then he woke up fussing quite a few times in the night.  When I picked him up around 2 or 3 I changed his diaper and felt that his legs and feet were freezing (he had kicked off his blanket and apparently the room was a little chilly) but his head was hot.  That was my first clue that he must be sick.  I knew something was off just by how he was acting.  I nursed him and tried to warm him up.  He still didn’t want to go back in his crib so both Ryan and I were rocking him and walking around with him in the middle of the night.  Eventually he fell asleep peacefully for a few more hours.

We had breakfast in the hotel and then got ready and packed up to go to Newton.  We made it out in time to watch the parade.  Always a fun time.

The man that used to always lead the parade on his horse passed away so they had his horse with flowers in memory of him.  Jaclyn and I used to get rides on his horse when we were little.

There's always a truck spraying water.  Sometimes more than one.

After the parade they did a ping pong ball drop from my cousin’s plane.  It was really crowded!  The kids loved it.  Sadie was the only one who got a ball.

We got out of the heat for a bit to feed Kaden, have lunch, and then headed over to Lyndy’s parents to visit with her and let our kids play.  They played in a kiddie pool and on the trampoline and had fun while I coddled cranky Kaden.  He was just cranky or sleeping the whole weekend.  It was sad.

I talked Ryan into staying for the water fun this year.  The kids loved it!

I told them to get as foamy as they could and let me take a picture.

And I got one picture of Drew and Ryder.

It was about this time when Kaden’s head was too hot to ignore.  I knew he was sick.  We packed up and headed home.  He did pretty good, sleeping most of the drive.  Anytime we stopped, he cried and cried, though.  I got him some medicine as soon as we got home.  He fevered like that for a couple days and then broke out in a rash.  The diagnosis- Rosealla.

It was a fun weekend!  I was happy to spend time with my family and Lyndy and I even got to visit with Karlee a little and Jaclyn a little (luckily I had seen Jaclyn earlier that week with my friends and talked then).