Heaven on earth

My heaven on earth is Bear Lake.  No ifs, ands, or buts.  I've been going with my family since I was 3 weeks old.  And I've been taking my kids with me for the last 4 years and it has made it both harder and funner.  It is harder camping with kids than without, but there is nothing like watching these little kids loving where they're at.  This year we got to go with my parents, sister Sharon, sister Janelle, and sister-in-law Sophie with her 3 kids.  It was so fun.  We went to Minotankah (spelling?) caves, spent our time on the beach, had a hail storm (which Ada just loved), Ada loved jumping waves when the wind really picked up, and they all loved digging in the sand.  I loved spending time with all my family, and especially that I got to see Sophie and new baby Jordan... even though we were both really tired.  Jer didn't get to come with us this time, but we had fun anyways.  The most ironic thing that happened out there was that I had my mom watch baby as I set up my tent, the kids beds, the air mattress, etc... and then a wind storm blew through and blew over all 4 of our tents that had just been set up.  Since I didn't want to deal with three crying kids if another wind storm blew through in the night I just moved all our stuff into Aunt Imogene's trailer...  It was a good place for us.  And I didn't have to deal with any emergencies over the night (besides Sammy falling off the mattress a couple of times and having to put back to sleep every time he started crying...).  Heaven on earth is letting your kids get dirty, laying and watching the beach, visiting with family, and just loving it.