November 07, 2012

Lake Powell

We went on our annual trip to Lake Powell with Grandpa Dave, Becca, Darrin, Nikki, and Ella. This is always the trip we look forward to each year, and we had a blast. Dave and Becca towed the boat with their expedition, Bryce and I towed the two wave-runners with our expedition, and Darrin and Nikki drove the fusion. It was a fun train of cars all the way to Powell. Getting everything onto the house boat is always a chore, but it was worse this year with two babies on board. We had to take two trips in order to get everyone and everything on the boat.


It took Lily awhile to get used to the life jacket, but she was so stinking cute in it! She loved hanging out on the back deck and playing in the water. It was so hot while we were there we had to keep getting in the water just to keep cool. 



 Lily loved being on the ski boat. She always wanted to be up in the bow and she would get so excited whenever we would start going. I am so happy that our little one is a boat girl! She even had a fun time driving the house boat with her Grandpa Dave. 



It was extremely hot this year, so luckily there was a nice breeze most of the time. That wasn't so great for wakeboarding and skiing, but we were glad to have some cool air. We did everything we could to keep cool. Nikki brought up a swimming pool for the little ones, and we would hang out on the tubes and use umbrellas for shade. It was pretty creative, I thought.





We didn't get a ton of wakeboarding and skiing in this year because the water was pretty choppy, but we still got some good runs in. Becca and I even got some air, which was way fun. We got Darrin on a wakeboard and he did awesome. Bryce is getting better each year, we couldn't believe how high he was getting. 












We went to explore "Connie's Crack", and again it was incredible. We were brave enough to take Ella and Lily with us, and they loved it! 









It was such a different trip with the babies, but we wouldn't have changed it at all. We had to be a little creative with them, like bathing them in a cooler and taking naps naked because it was so hot. They were so good together though and they really made the trip! It was such a fun trip and we can't wait to go again. 









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