Big Bear Concludes

Hello Monday!  We are home.  We had an absolutely fantastic time!  The 5 days we were there zipped by so fast.  Too fast.  The sign of a great trip, I would say!
I will try to post some of the highlights from the last two days.  Mostly for my own sake, to save the memories. 
Some of these may be out of order, since I uploaded Greg's photos last night too, and there are some good ones!
Almost all of our days were spent on the boat.  We bobbed, we trolled, we cruised, we floated.  We fished, we anchored, we drifted.  All of it....perfect!
One day, all of the guys decided to jump into the cold waters of Big Bear Lake.  Greg and Gennifer both caught a terrific photo of my son Drew as he vaulted his 6'5" body off the side of the boat.  .
I think we need to enlarge and frame this.

I love this picture of my husband!

With our son Drew.

Gennifer and her Daddy.

In this photo of Gennifer and Greg, I think Gennifer and Erika look so much alike.  And I never think that they do.  But surely, they must.  Most of the time when we were under way, we were bundled up like this.

At camp, we never tired of this fabulous view.

Sitting on the rocks.

Feeding the ducks.

Enjoying delicious meals.  This is Drew's girlfriend Diana.  She is a teeny tiny little thing, and eats like there is no tomorrow!!!!  We are all jealous!

On the 4th of July, our friends Tom and Jae came up with their boat.  We didn't get to spend much time together though.  On Saturday, our friend Ron and Sue came up for the day with their boat.  We fished side by side throughout the day.  Then enjoyed a couple of hours that evening sitting at camp, eating double dips, and laughing like we always do.  There is the Big Kahuna on his beautiful new boat.

One night, we were looking through photos on  Greg's camera, and I came across one that he took of me laying on the back of the boat, reading of course.  It was the most unattractive, unflattering, awful picture ever, and I tried to delete it.  But the camera was swiftly removed from my grasp to prevent it.  The camera was then passed around to show the photo, and we were doubled over in hysterical laughter.  It seems that the flag on the back of the boat, just so happened to be lined up in such a way, that it appeared that I could have been holding the flag somewhere on my person.  This brought the house down with laughter!!!  Or motorhome, as the case may be.   We were in tears we were all laughing so hard.  My son in law said he would never be able to see this photo without giving a salute. And there were threats that it would be sent in to the Ellen show, or the late night shows.  Sue said if she didn't see this on my blog she would be so disappointed.  My daughter will surely put it on her blog.   So I shall be the first.  Think what you will.

Yeah.....lovely!    Thanks Dear!  He "claims" he was taking it of the relaxation station seen on the water behind me.  They all got quite a laugh out of this.  I fear it will be coming back to haunt me for years to come!!!
Most of the time, I could be found with my nose in my book, like this.  I read the first book in the Grey series, and half of the second.

We got to enjoy my son's music back at camp in the evenings.  That was such a nice thing to listen to while preparing dinners.

We also managed to get a few naps in.

We had a magical moment on the night of the 4th.  We were all on the boat, and Jake noticed the moon was rising up over the summit.  I mentioned this in an earlier post, but I didn't have any photos.  Luckily, Greg did.  It was truly a beautiful thing to witness, and I won't ever forget it!
At first, only a sliver of light.

And then, within only a few minutes, this magnificent golden orb rose up into the night sky, leaving a twinkling trail of light across the water.  Like fairy dust was sprinkled into a perfect symmetrical line across the beautiful indigo lake.

For me, this was the star of the show!!  The fireworks were great.  But they paled in comparison.
I like this photo of the kids on the boat.  That bundle of red and white behind them, is me, wrapped up in my thrifted afghan, that actually had quite a patriotic and/or nautical look to it!!!

It was one of, if not THE best trip we have ever taken as a family!  I will cherish the memories we made forever!!!
We closed down camp yesterday about 10:00.  But before heading down the hill, we stopped at our favorite restaurant in Big Bear, Blanca and Pierre's.  We sat outside and had a delicious meal.  This is Blanca taking our order.  We love her. 

We came home to triple digits!   Ugh!  So having spent the past 5 days in such glorious weather was refreshing.  We unloaded and unpacked.  Drew and Diana left for a while, saying that they would be back later.  When they came back, Drew was sporting a spiffy new buzz cut!  I was elated!!!  He is such a handsome guy, and even though he is a musician artist kind of guy, he looks SO much better with short hair, so we can see his handsome face!!!!!  After I stopped hugging him, he and Diana went out back to blow up the relaxation station so we could put it in the pool. We never even took it out of the box at the lake.  It was just too cold.

Tadaaa!  We are going to love this thing!!!  In fact, I will be out there later on today with my book!  I even got on it last night, fully clothed.  I did get a little wet, but it felt good in this hot weather!

But first, I have to deal with this!!!

I am eager to catch up with all of my favorite blogs.  I have enjoyed your nice comments!!!  And I will be around to see all of you soon!!!!
As always, thanks for stopping by Simplify!
XO  Kris