Lake Powell 2011......
I know it's been months! I'm finally back.....actually I've been blogging here and there along the way, just haven't finished any until tonight.....so YES 4 new posts.....LONG posts. I know you just come for the pics anyway, the words are for my history :)
Yay!!! We made it to Lake Powell this year!!! The kids just kept waiting for the plans to fall through. We have gone every year since Josh was born and he's always loved saying he has been to powell as many times as he is years old. Well we just plain ruined it for him two years ago. We just couldn't get it figured out and then last year with the China trip, it threw everything off and we didn't make it happen again. With the kids getting older, it's difficult to near impossible to take them out of school....BUT this year we planned way ahead and scheduled it for the week before school started. And amazingly enough, we GOT it! The kids were thrilled.
It was an awesome trip......definitely one of the best. We had a wonderful spot that provided shade most of the day and the kids just had a wonderful time.
There was lots fishing.....the boys thought it was great until they actually had to touch the fish to get them off the hooks and throw them back in. They begged the mommies to help but we definitely didn't take the "bait" on that one. But it did not deter them.
There was swimming, skiing, wakeboarding, jumping off the top of the houseboat (as opposed to using the slide) hiking, sleeping under the stars, bringing in bedding and finding sleeping space for 19 people when the rain came and didn't stop, tubing, meeting up with neighbor friends, and on and on!!
Nick tried skiing for the first time and got up on his FIRST attempt.....
Grandma and Grandpa's annual treasure hunt...
Of course lots of eating......
Meili couldn't get enough. She was jumping off the boat almost immediately and took every chance she could. She and Cora had a blast.
We had moments of awesome girl time...
We had Uncle Jared moments.....
Sleeping moments....
Awesome SURFING moments thanks to our dear friends, The Chews, who happened to be camping just down the way from us a bit....
Cheerleading moments.....(from our perfect form, I know it's hard to believe that neither one of us were cheerleaders)
We even had our moments of pure messiness....
Thanks everyone for a FABULOUS trip!! Can't wait until next year! :)
Yay!!! We made it to Lake Powell this year!!! The kids just kept waiting for the plans to fall through. We have gone every year since Josh was born and he's always loved saying he has been to powell as many times as he is years old. Well we just plain ruined it for him two years ago. We just couldn't get it figured out and then last year with the China trip, it threw everything off and we didn't make it happen again. With the kids getting older, it's difficult to near impossible to take them out of school....BUT this year we planned way ahead and scheduled it for the week before school started. And amazingly enough, we GOT it! The kids were thrilled.
It was an awesome trip......definitely one of the best. We had a wonderful spot that provided shade most of the day and the kids just had a wonderful time.
There was lots fishing.....the boys thought it was great until they actually had to touch the fish to get them off the hooks and throw them back in. They begged the mommies to help but we definitely didn't take the "bait" on that one. But it did not deter them.
There was swimming, skiing, wakeboarding, jumping off the top of the houseboat (as opposed to using the slide) hiking, sleeping under the stars, bringing in bedding and finding sleeping space for 19 people when the rain came and didn't stop, tubing, meeting up with neighbor friends, and on and on!!
Nick tried skiing for the first time and got up on his FIRST attempt.....
Of course lots of eating......
Meili couldn't get enough. She was jumping off the boat almost immediately and took every chance she could. She and Cora had a blast.
We had moments of awesome girl time...
We had grandkid moments with every SINGLE last grandkid...OR SO WE THOUGHT!!!! I guess Brookie was apparently taking a little nap!!!
We had Uncle Jared moments.....
Sleeping moments....
Awesome SURFING moments thanks to our dear friends, The Chews, who happened to be camping just down the way from us a bit....
Cheerleading moments.....(from our perfect form, I know it's hard to believe that neither one of us were cheerleaders)
We even had our moments of pure messiness....
But all-in-all just moments of good old fun......
Thanks everyone for a FABULOUS trip!! Can't wait until next year! :)
Loved, LOVED the updates. It feels like I'm caught up again. Everyone looks so great and it sounds like a busy, and wonderful Summer. I loved the look back at China and seeing Lili and Meili and how much they have grown. Pretty amazing. We love you guys and miss seeing you. Happy for an update--now we need to get together.
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