LaKe PoWeLl!

This was the first year in 17 years that Grandma and Grandpa Boden did not come to Lake Powell with us and they were SORELY MISSED. So, it was just Mike and Riss and their 4 (Kendra-11, Gabrielle-10, Nelson-6, and Becca-4) and our crew of 7. It was a great week to go and we were very excited. We had gotten all things wrong with the boat fixed and were ready to party. We got there about 2 hours before Mike and Riss (coming from Arizona) got there so we decided to take the boat out and let the kids swim and tube. We weren't out there more than 5 minutes when I noticed ALOT of smoke coming out of the back. We turned it off, lifted the "lid" and it was smokey and water was coming in. We let it sit for 10 minutes and turned it on again aiming for the house boat. We got pretty close but had to turn it off again. We floated for about 30 minutes before someone noticed and offered to drag us to our house boat, thank goodness. Mike and Riss got there and they dragged us back to the the ramp so we could take the boat out. By the time we got it out of the water the water was up to the captains chair. We decided that we were not going to pay triple the amount to get it fixed at Lake Powell so thank goodness for Mike and Riss's boat. We just all took turns having fun the whole week. When we got back we found out that it was the lid to the oil (?) that had not been put back on (oops, Dave....expensive mistake). All's good now though, hopefully... :-)
 
LOL! Do you see a theme to this first collage. Yes, we all like to stick out our tongues when wake boarding. You should try it some time. It's helps you stay up better.

 
This year was the year that EVERYONE (9 and older) wake boarded. YEAH! Celebrate good times, come on! It sure is fun when your kids accomplish something and LOVE it!

 
The kids had tube battle, got bruises from tube battles (pictures doesn't show how bad Jenna's legs actually were), sunburns from not reapplying sunscreen while doing tube battles, rock jumping, sliding off the house boat slide, watermellon football (where you grease up the mellon with butter, seperate into teams and go for the goal), down time, and sparatic nap times.


 

The first night we were there, Dave and Mike went into town to get a couple of things that we had forgot to bring. We got all the kids down up top in their sleeping bags and matresses when not 20 minutes later DOWN comes the rain....and although it was warm at Lake Powell, it was night time and this rain was not warm. Riss and I were trying to get the tired, screaming (some) kids down in the house boat while we were trying depretaly to hang on to the shade tent so it didn't fly off the boat while freezing our tails off. Where were those men when you need them. HA! We thought we were taking the easy route by staying and sending them into town. Again, I say, "HA!". After that night though, the weather was perfect the rest of the time. It actually ended up being one of the coolest July's in the 17 years that I can remember. Only got up into the upper 90's. NIIICCCCEEEE! What a fun time and what great memories that our kids have gotten to share with their cousins over the years. Tyler was 6 weeks old the first time he went and he has gone every years since. It has become a tradition for our family and we LOVE IT!