Happy 32nd Birthday Honey!

Ryan turned 32 on Friday. For his birthday, he wanted to go camping.

We packed up and headed up to Teardrop Lake, which is one of our most favorite camping spots. It is northeast of Ashton, right on the border of the park. So we are in the heart of bear country, but we've been going there for about 7 years now and have had no issues. Although, the first time we went up there, I was a little nervous about bears. We didn't encounter any, but on the way out, a couple of miles from where we camped we saw 2 bears, one on the side of the hill in the brush and the other was walking right down the road in front of us.

We went with the Searles and Copleys and my parents and brother also came up. On Saturday, the Tuttles came up to play in the lake with us. It is just a small lake, maybe 3/4 mile long and 1/4 mile wide, and much of it was shallow enough you could walk anywhere you wanted to go. We had a couple of rafts, and the kids had a great time taking turns paddling them all over the lake. We swam and boated and fished all day Saturday, and ate of course. It was such a fun camping trip. Thanks to all our friends and family who came up to play!

Kaylee was the ultimate fisher(wo)man on this trip. She caught 5 fish, which was more than everyone else combined. Good job, girl!