Laughing All Day Long

Yesterday we had quite the adventure in Bear Lake. We had planned a trip to go to a play at the Pickleville Playhouse, The Hanging of El Bandito, with the Hales, and decided to make a day of it. We started out with high hopes of venturing into Minnetonka Cave, but after following the directions of mapquest, we ended up in the middle of nowhere on some dirt road. Thanks to Steve's GPS, we ended up back on the right road, but an hour behind schedule. By the time we made it up to Minnetonka Cave, the tours had been all booked up until 4 o'clock. We were forced to abandon our plans, but still had 5 hours before the play, and needed something to fill the time. Lacey remembered hearing that the Bear Lake county fair was going on in Montpelier, ID, and we were once again on our way for another adventure. Before we made it to the fair we stopped at a park and ate our lunches. Steve had this great idea to put only the peanut butter on the bread, so the jam wouldn't make the break soggy. It is a great idea, but the bread stuck together really bad. This is Steve working his magic at getting the bread apart!The park we were at was pretty cool it had great swings. There weren't enough swings for all of us to ride forward. Patrick's face is perfect for riding the backwards horse! The fair was great. We walked around the shops, watched a hypnotist for a while, and then as we started to watch a band, Steve realized it was his cousins who he hadn't seen for quite a while. Fair food is always the best. These are mozzarella sticks(mozzarella in corn dog batter) Yummy! Patrick is so animated with picture taking. I love all the faces he makes:)Next to the band, there was a mechanical bull that we kept watching people ride. I have always wanted to ride one, but never had the guts. Patrick and Steve talked Lacey and I into riding the mechanical bull. It was a lot of fun!Here is a video of me ridin' the bull. The camera battery ran out just before I fell off. I can't seem to make it go the right way, if anyone knows how, I would love to learn.

Patrick and I had never been to a play at the Pickleville Playhouse before and didn't really know what to expect for the play. The Hanging of El Bandito was a melodrama which meant that the audience would boo when the bad guy (El Bandito) would come on stage and cheer for the good guy. It was so much fun! We hadn't laughed that hard in a long time. The guy who played El Bandito was so funny and did a great job of throwing in a ton of Nacho Libre quotes which is a favorite movie of ours. Everyone knows that when you go the Bear Lake it is a necessity to stop and get a burger and raspberry shake. So Good!We had a really great day, I haven't laughed so much in one day for a long time. Thanks so much for the invite Steve and Lacey, we had a great time!