BECCA,
Thanks for the post, what a great way to wake up, turn on your computer in Busan, Korea and see Lake Powell w/Family. We appreciate it!
Mom & Dad
As all of you know (and if you don't know.... you clearly don't know me super well), my family and I are a little bit obsessed with Lake Powell. When I was in 6th grade my dad bought a couple Sea-doos for our family. Little did he know that would turn into a full-blown obsession! The next year we bought out first houseboat, then a ski-boat, then another houseboat, then a new sea-doo, then another houseboat, and another new sea-doo, then a new ski boat, and a few years later a new houseboat. It's been a very expensive obsession for him, but words cannot describe how grateful I am for it! My dad has made countless sacrifices to be able to afford these things when we first got into them, but I know he'll say it was all worth it.
My family is a very close family, and we have absolutely no doubt that a main reason for our closeness is boating/Lake Powell. In fact, we often refer to our family in terms of "pre-boating days" or "post-boating days" because it really is that noticeable how much closer we are.
This year, it was a very bitter-sweet journey to Lake Powell. Usually we have a day by day count down figured out MONTHS in advance. This year, however, it was a little harder to do that, because we all knew that once Lake Powell was over, we only had a few more weeks with Mom and Dad here. We had such a great time, and created so many new memories that we will all cherish forever!
Here are a few (ok 60) pictures to help document our week... Thanks for taking all the photos Jen!!!
Austin got to experience his first sucker- as you can see... he LOVED it! Gramma Cindy was his BEST friend after she gave it to him!
Dustin got a new fishing pole for Father's Day (a little early) so he took it to Powell and we bought a "kid" pole too- here's Bop teaching Erika and Landon how to fish...
Bop is a little worn out from all he's had going on... between tax season and getting ready to move across the world, he was a bit worn out... So he took a few good naps....
And Porter wants to be just like his Bop, so he took a few good naps too!
He even took a few with Gramma Cindy AND Bop!
Landon and Austin even got in on the nap taking trend! (I'm pretty sure Jen was ok with that!)
The kiddos spent a ton of time playing in a blow up pool on the top-deck since the lake water was WAY too cold! Thanks from bringing it Uncle Mikey and Aunt Chels!
On Sunday when we went in to church, we decided to have a picnic at the park and let the kiddos play for a bit... and by kiddos I mean the 3, 5, 51, and 52 year-old kids.... The babies and those of us in our 20's just hung out and watched.
Gramma Cindy had some serious fun taking baby boat rides with her grandkids and painting Erika and Mya's nails....
Uncle Mikey, Landon, and Dustin spent most of the week on iTouches and iPads playing games....
Porter and Austin got to spend some great bonding time- thanks to all of us wanting to play with them!
Gramma literally spent every free moment playing with her grandkids!
Jen was rather ambitious and took her kids on a few hikes while we were there... Dustin, Porter, and I took naps while they exercised!
We spent every free moment playing games together... We decided my mom is officially the worst B.S. player ever! Not that that's a big shot!
When Dustin wasn't sleeping you could find him out on the back deck fishing- I actually ended up really enjoying hanging out back there... but Shhhh don't tell Dustin :)
This is when he caught his first fish with his new pole- of course we had to take a family picture!
I was very happy with how much everybody used Dustin's pole- Dad even caught his first fish! We all thought it was pretty funny... he caught his first fish and now he's headed out to become a fisher of men.... :)
Landon helped catch a bunch of fish- and he LOVED it!
When we asked Mya if she wanted to see a fish she was so excited... until she saw a big ol' striper flopping around in the net... then it was instantly "No fishy! Buh Bye Fishy!"
Austin wasn't so interested in fishing- but he sure did love taking his baths!
What would Lake Powell be without a few good flips, raileys, and grabs on the wakeboard? Thankfully Uncle Mikey and Aaron wakeboarded- so the rest of us could sit in the boat and be warm!
(How beautiful is Chelsy? I mean really- it's ridiculous! Nobody should look THAT good at Powell!)
Uncle Mikey even taught Erika how to Wakeboard! She LOVED it and did such a good job!
Gramma Cindy was the one always leading the way in the 55 degree water!
I finally gave in and followed suit, thanks to my two little buddies helping me in :)
Bop and Gramma cuddled with their grandkids as much as possible-
Clearly the kids were ok with it!
Nothing like some golfing off the top of the houseboat to make a Lake Powell trip complete!
Thanks again Gramma and Bop for an amazing week at Lake Powell! It's gonna be incredibly hard to not go for the next three years- but we are so excited for our July 2014 trip!!!
Thank Heavens for the strong men in our family- this was the first trip EVER that I haven't had to dig any anchor holes! It was awesome! We had some incredibly strong winds come up while we were there- the houseboat next to us lost it's anchors and ended up beached... but we stayed nice and straight and safe all week!
As all of you know (and if you don't know.... you clearly don't know me super well), my family and I are a little bit obsessed with Lake Powell. When I was in 6th grade my dad bought a couple Sea-doos for our family. Little did he know that would turn into a full-blown obsession! The next year we bought out first houseboat, then a ski-boat, then another houseboat, then a new sea-doo, then another houseboat, and another new sea-doo, then a new ski boat, and a few years later a new houseboat. It's been a very expensive obsession for him, but words cannot describe how grateful I am for it! My dad has made countless sacrifices to be able to afford these things when we first got into them, but I know he'll say it was all worth it.
My family is a very close family, and we have absolutely no doubt that a main reason for our closeness is boating/Lake Powell. In fact, we often refer to our family in terms of "pre-boating days" or "post-boating days" because it really is that noticeable how much closer we are.
This year, it was a very bitter-sweet journey to Lake Powell. Usually we have a day by day count down figured out MONTHS in advance. This year, however, it was a little harder to do that, because we all knew that once Lake Powell was over, we only had a few more weeks with Mom and Dad here. We had such a great time, and created so many new memories that we will all cherish forever!
Here are a few (ok 60) pictures to help document our week... Thanks for taking all the photos Jen!!!
Austin got to experience his first sucker- as you can see... he LOVED it! Gramma Cindy was his BEST friend after she gave it to him!
Dustin got a new fishing pole for Father's Day (a little early) so he took it to Powell and we bought a "kid" pole too- here's Bop teaching Erika and Landon how to fish...
Bop is a little worn out from all he's had going on... between tax season and getting ready to move across the world, he was a bit worn out... So he took a few good naps....
And Porter wants to be just like his Bop, so he took a few good naps too!
He even took a few with Gramma Cindy AND Bop!
Landon and Austin even got in on the nap taking trend! (I'm pretty sure Jen was ok with that!)
The kiddos spent a ton of time playing in a blow up pool on the top-deck since the lake water was WAY too cold! Thanks from bringing it Uncle Mikey and Aunt Chels!
On Sunday when we went in to church, we decided to have a picnic at the park and let the kiddos play for a bit... and by kiddos I mean the 3, 5, 51, and 52 year-old kids.... The babies and those of us in our 20's just hung out and watched.
Gramma Cindy had some serious fun taking baby boat rides with her grandkids and painting Erika and Mya's nails....
Uncle Mikey, Landon, and Dustin spent most of the week on iTouches and iPads playing games....
Porter and Austin got to spend some great bonding time- thanks to all of us wanting to play with them!
Gramma literally spent every free moment playing with her grandkids!
Jen was rather ambitious and took her kids on a few hikes while we were there... Dustin, Porter, and I took naps while they exercised!
We spent every free moment playing games together... We decided my mom is officially the worst B.S. player ever! Not that that's a big shot!
When Dustin wasn't sleeping you could find him out on the back deck fishing- I actually ended up really enjoying hanging out back there... but Shhhh don't tell Dustin :)
This is when he caught his first fish with his new pole- of course we had to take a family picture!
I was very happy with how much everybody used Dustin's pole- Dad even caught his first fish! We all thought it was pretty funny... he caught his first fish and now he's headed out to become a fisher of men.... :)
Landon helped catch a bunch of fish- and he LOVED it!
When we asked Mya if she wanted to see a fish she was so excited... until she saw a big ol' striper flopping around in the net... then it was instantly "No fishy! Buh Bye Fishy!"
Austin wasn't so interested in fishing- but he sure did love taking his baths!
What would Lake Powell be without a few good flips, raileys, and grabs on the wakeboard? Thankfully Uncle Mikey and Aaron wakeboarded- so the rest of us could sit in the boat and be warm!
(How beautiful is Chelsy? I mean really- it's ridiculous! Nobody should look THAT good at Powell!)
Uncle Mikey even taught Erika how to Wakeboard! She LOVED it and did such a good job!
Gramma Cindy was the one always leading the way in the 55 degree water!
I finally gave in and followed suit, thanks to my two little buddies helping me in :)
Bop and Gramma cuddled with their grandkids as much as possible-
Clearly the kids were ok with it!
Nothing like some golfing off the top of the houseboat to make a Lake Powell trip complete!
Thanks again Gramma and Bop for an amazing week at Lake Powell! It's gonna be incredibly hard to not go for the next three years- but we are so excited for our July 2014 trip!!!
Thank Heavens for the strong men in our family- this was the first trip EVER that I haven't had to dig any anchor holes! It was awesome! We had some incredibly strong winds come up while we were there- the houseboat next to us lost it's anchors and ended up beached... but we stayed nice and straight and safe all week!
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