utah lake

Basketball games this year were down by the lake, so between games we went to explore it. (This explains why the boys were in shorts in the middle of winter.)

It was completely frozen over and we loved walking on it! 

 The side was really smooth, so we ice skated along it in our shoes. 

 Some people were ice fishing and the hole was really deep, so we knew we were safe.

 This hole had filled up and refrozen with layers and layers of bubbles. 

The boys discovered it and we studied it for a long time. So pretty.

 Snow and freeze patterns were pretty too. 

utah lake

Sometimes I forget that this little lake is just 10 minutes down the road.

The mountain views around the lake make it so interesting and pretty.

It separates the southern part of my city from the rest of the valley.

Good thing my mom has lots of out-of-country visitors to remind me about the cool places in our state to visit. This was her friend from Finland (on the right), who now lives in Germany. She brought her brother and his wife along. My mom loved showing them around and speaking in Finnish for two weeks straight. We even got to see the couple dance the polka in my family room,  and Adam scored one of his polka cd's, in which he plays the accordion. 

I should take the boys here more often!

Me and my momma- when I still had dark hair in early summer.

Sunset is best on the water, no?

Farm truck at one of the entrances to my neighborhood on the way home.