4th of July vacation with the Averett Cousins

What a way to start off our 2nd month of summer vacation then the Averett side family trip to Bear Lake. We left on July 4th and meet the Colton's, Averett's, and Grandma and Grandpa Averett at the house we rented. As soon as we dropped off our stuff it was off to the lake for some time on the lake in Uncle Trent's boat and for the next 4 days that is were you could find us. The kids had a blast tubing, wakeboarding, surfing, kneeboarding, and swimming in the bluest water in Utah. Thursday we only got to boat for a little while until the rain came, so we spent most of the afternoon playing games while the kids played the every popular "oprhan game" that Rachel has made up for them. The rain fianlly stopped so Jackie and I went for  walk only to come across a place to rent this cool four seater bikes for the kids to ride around in. Well the kids had a blast for an hour racing each other down the street, but the best part for them was when the adults raced the kids and the kids won. Man that made us all feel a little old at that moment. After taking the bikes back we ran over to go and race go carts. The kids LOVED it and kept asking to go back!

Friday Jackie and I took Halle, Jaron, Treven, and Emery to a beach while the rest of the kids and adults went off to the lake. The little kids had a blast making mud castles,  burying themselves in the mud and then playing ball in the water. Emery found a ball and kept making Grandma and Grandpa come out into the shallow water to play catch with her. After a couple of hours the boating crew came to the beach and dropped off Tyler and Matthew and took out Jaron, Treven, and Halle to go and do some more tubing.

Saturday we became the best parents ever when we rented out the go cart place for an hour. The kids and adults alike had a blast racing each other. We even got Grandma Roses to go out in a go cart with Josh. Lets just say that she didn't go back out there. After the go carting and lunch we went back out to the lake for one more round of surfing, tubing and kneeboarding. The kids were finally a little worn out but we all mustered a little bit more energy to walk down to get the Bear Lake Famous shakes!

Ryan, Ryan and Trent even got some golfing in during the early morning hours while the mom's and kids slept. Every but Grandma and Grandpa went out on the boat and Emery even got out and did some tubing with mom. It was a fabulous trip and we can't wait to get together again for Thanksgiving at the Averett's house. Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for taking us all!