First here's one more I missed of the boat tour, us 7 plus cuties Jayda and Xavier in the freezing river!
And on to the rest of the post....
Can I just say that boating is INFINITELY more fun when the water is warm?? It was the best thing ever!! Here's Maris and Katelyn on the tube, and Kate and Owen.
Kurtis, Eric and Emma.
This was the very first time we stopped the boat and all jumped out and climbed back in a few times, swam around a bit, then kept driving. Repeat many times! It was SO much fun!!
One of those times, we were in a little cove and we had it all to ourselves for over an hour. We swam over to the side where there was this little ledge and played on it forever! climbing up rocks nearby and jumping off, watching Grandpa climb way high and jump! It was a great spot. Here's the whole crew minus Grandma and Grandpa.
Mary took this picture of us lovely ladies- Lauren, me, Whit and Kate.
These three were HILARIOUS on the tube together! yelling and laughing...
and Xavier making up his own signs for things, instead of the typical faster, slower, and stop signals. He is a crack up! You can see Maris trying to get him to stop haha. And here they are staked out in their spot in the front of the boat, usually with Owen too, loving riding the bumpy parts! And you can see all the house boats tied up in the background.
It was all fun and games until that one time Eric got hit by the kneeboard when he fell off...and came up bleeding! I took him to get stitches, yikes! He was so annoyed that we had to end the lake time early that day because of him.
enjoying the ride!
That one time Emma fell asleep in a weird position! We covered her up so her back wouldn't burn.
Katelyn and Emma enjoying some breakfast in our room! The first night we had an ant fiasco, but after that the hotel was great!
Emma and Lauren were buddies! And Owen with a huge smile when he got up on the kneeboard!
All the kiddos up in the front.
Screen shot from a video Mary took- Owen, Xav, Maris and Jayda were basically acting like they were on a roller coaster, it was hilarious! Screaming and laughing with their hands in the air.
Owen and then Jayda, kneeboarding.
Maris kneeboarding! and Owen Kate and Whitney out for a swim.
Me and my Maris living it up in the sunshine!
More cheesers on the boat!
All 7 of the kids!
relaxing on a calm spot.
Me and my Emma!! Silly girl was afraid to jump off the boat...or go on the tube. We bribed her to jump off ONE time but that was it. She seemed to enjoy the boat rides well enough though.
these 4 playing on the beach.
This kid. was made for this! He had such a great time!
There was a lot of this....
pointing out things along the way!
Favorite aunt and uncle status! Kurtis' long hair though....it was out of control on that trip haha
One more of these 3 with the pretty cliffs behind.
And a rare pic of Grandma out for a swim with Maris!
I'd say Lake Powell lived up to the hype!
