Lake Powell

We had our annual Lake Powell trip the second week in July. My mom's family have been avid watersports people ever since they were little. My grandparents have a houseboat and it's a tradition we all look forward to. We pull down the camp trailers and camp, but meet up at the houseboat every morning. My grandparents opt to just leave the houseboat parked in a cove and then we do all the exploring on the boats.

We headed down on a Sunday and came home Friday. It was and always is extremely hot in July. I kind of wish we could either do the trip earlier or later in the summer months, but it has been difficult accomodating people's schedules, so my grandma has left it as the second week in July. That is one nice thing about camping, is going back to sleep in the air conditioned trailers. I like getting off the water; it's a nice little break.

This year we spent some time at Antelope Point playing on the platforms, getting ice cream, etc. That is a fun place to go...a little too much fun for the kids. The girls asked daily to go back to the ice cream place.

Tube Wars were a big hit this year, unfortunately, I missed those boat rides and Jared didn't do a good job of cameraman/driverman so I'm missing some pics.  Jared did attempt surfing while the kids were tubing, luckily Zach took the wheel when Jared decided to jump in and went SLOW.  Jared did run out of gas during one of their outings. Gas is not cheap if you have to get it on the water...we made sure to gas up everyday to prevent that from happening again.

It was a lot of fun with the girls this year. They did great on the drive down and drive back. We watched Little Rascals way too many times. They keep asking when we can go back to the place where we camped and swam a lot. Can't wait until next year. :)

Jeff wore this singlet the entire day, it was a classic...he is basically our brother from another mother. It will be sad when he leaves on his mission next year. :(

We had a great time!!! Hopefully next year we can make two trips.