Today we had an easy morning until about 10:00 and then it was hectic trying to get out the door. Lily and I cleaned the house, packed, and took care of various odds and ends before leaving for our trip to Bear Lake.
Georgia has not been feeling well at all lately with her anxiety and deep fatigue from Parkinson’s, but it was so important to be with family (and important to us for her to join), that she rallied and decided to join us for the Bear Lake excursion.
On the way, Georgia rest in a shady spot while the rest of us visited the Dinosaur Park in Ogden. Lily and the kids had been there before, but it was my first time. I loved it!!! The park did an amazing job of making me feel I was living in prehistoric time with actual dinosaurs. There were even dinosaur sounds coming from speakers around the park. These sounds concerned Clarissa (she thought they were from a dragon), as you can see in this video and the picture below.
I just learned it is not a new thing for Clarissa to be concerned about spooky sounds. Lily also told me that a couple times recently when she has put Clarissa down to bed, Clarissa will hear the air-conditioner and say, “do you hear that? That is a monster.” And Lily will say, “No Clarissa, it is the air-conditioner.” And Clarissa will repeat, “Air Conditioner…”
But as I was saying, the park was awesome!
I took my mask off as soon as I realized we were the only ones in the park except for a few others.
This picture reminded me of parent ducks with ducklings or Abby Road’s album cover. It was cute to see so much beautiful family spread out in a lovely park.
The playgrounds were all roped off because of Carona Virus, but we still had a wonderful time.
We then drove the rest of the way to Bear Lake. The drive was gorgeous and we listened to fun music. Today’s driving playlist consisted of Lucas Graham, Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys. 15 minutes before arriving, Clarissa had a major throw-up from the windy road. I cleaned that when we arrived.
Lydia had been driving us a little bit crazy because of her worry that we would not arrive in time to see fireworks, but we did in-fact arrive with three hours to spare. We also got word that a fireworks show was cancelled, so we thought we wouldn’t see the 4th of July fireworks this year.
When we arrived, we got settled and the children played. Clark and Swathi got Mexican food for everyone (they arrived before us because of our multiple stops for Ammon to pee, and Maddox roles.). It was so good!
After a lot of fun and playing, we put the children down. As I said, we assumed that there were not fireworks this year, but the grown-ups saw tons of fireworks going off around Bear Lake. I slipped into Lydia’s room and quietly retrieved her (from sleeping with Clarissa) so she could enjoy the fireworks. I think some of the other kids saw them too, but I’m not sure because I was busy trying to get Clarissa to fall asleep. I’m so glad Lydia could get her 4th of July wish to see the fireworks. I love that girl!