Lake Powell

Last week we had the awesome opportunity to go to Lake Powell with some friends on a House Boat. It was so much fun! Most people would think, "what's the big deal? It's just a Lake." The big deal about Lake Powell is that the water is warm! The weather is warm! And when you go on a house boat, you can drive the boat out into any canyon of this huge lake, park it on the sand, and be almost totally secluded from other people! We spent most of our time Swimming, skiing, playing in the sand and relaxing. It was a great vacation, and a sorely needed one too. With work being crazy for John lately, he deserved a week away to do nothing.

John had a great time there his favorite thing was skiing (though I don't have a picture of it) It took him a while to get up, but once he did, he loved it!

He also went knee boarding, cliff jumping and fishing (though they didn't catch any fish).

My favorite part was the water rocket (aka the water weenie). All of us went on it (except Colin), and it was great! The kids got a slower kid friendly ride, but somehow still managed to tip over. The best part was that they both got right back on after the initial shock was over and still had a great time. Erin even kept requesting faster rides! I also liked the slide on the back of the house boat. We all went on that too (minus colin), though Devin only went once.

After we went off the slide we would swim in the deep water. That became Devin's favorite part!

Erin's favorite part was the knee boarding! Yes, she's an adventurous soal.

She probably spent 90% of her waking minutes in the water! She loved the slide, the water weenie, and the kneeboarding, but she also went skiing! She didn't have to try very many times before she got up for a few seconds!

Even more adventurous, I think, is that she went cliff jumping! She loved that and went so many times, I lost count.

Devin, as I said, loved swimming in the deep water (with Dad of course). He also loved going on the Wave runners (which he called the motor bikes), and went on the speed boat when ever he could.

We took him on the knee board, which I though he would enjoy. He screamed the whole time!!!!! It was really funny, and he never wanted to get back on, but I think he's glad he went. (I think!?!) I'm glad he did.

Is it bad that I think that's funny! I went on the knee board later. I think I know why he panicked. I think it was fast, and he felt trapped. Now that I know I would have dropped him off earlier.

Colin Loved playing in the sand. That's mostly what he did while we were there. The day we got there, he walked out into the water and swam and played. He even cried when I pulled him out. However, I couldn't get him to go back in the water volintarily for the rest of the trip.

He loved the boat, though. Whenever I asked him if he wanted to go on the boat he always said "Yea" in his cute little voice.

You would think that our vacation ended there. But since we left the boat on Friday, and we were so close to the Grand Canyon, we couldn't resist. We spent Friday night in a Hotel, and explored the North rim of the Grand Canyon.

For those of you who have never been to the Grand Canyon you should definately see the South rim first. But since we both have already been there, I'm glad we went to the North rim. I've always wanted to go there, and it was closer to home.

We were very tired after that and glad to have a Sunday off before going back to work.