Lake Powell '10

 We got to go to Lake Powell this year with Kevin's family.  They have a time share houseboat down there.  I am SO LUCKY that they have that.  I grew up going to Lake Powell every year for our summer vacation.  Then when I got married my parents stopped going & Kevin's family was going to be going to Lake Powell every year! Yeah for me!

 I LOVE to be there.  This year we went the middle of September.  The weather was PERFECT, hardly anyone was there.  We decided it was best if we left Jackson home & take Ethan with us.....great idea!  I figured we could deal with one kid at Lake Powell.  My mom took Jackson while we were gone.  

THANKS MOM!

 Ethan was out on the beach & in the water from sun up to sun down......he was busy, busy all day.  It was paradise for him playing all day with his cousins in the sand & water.  

 This is where we stayed in Halls Creek bay.  It was SO nice

 This is my sexy husband skiing. We would get up early to ski & the water was still glass in the afternoon.  True heaven.  

 This is my awesome father in law skiing.  I love this picture of him smiling!!

 My cute Ethan on the back of the houseboat.  Most night he would just crash & in 2 seconds he would be asleep.  He didn't want to sleep on the top with the rest of us.  He just slept downstairs on the bottom bunk &  did awesome.  

 This is me.....I LOVE to water ski!! It was GREAT.  I'm even 2 months prego there.  

Baby's first water ski experience & trip.  

 The tubes were a huge hit with the kids.  

They just were tied on the back of the houseboat & they would jump in & out of them all day.  

 More pictures of my hubby!  We took something like 300 pictures of everyone skiing.  

It was hard to decided which one to keep and delete.  

 This is a picture of the last day.  We were on our way home & the weather decided to reek havoc on us.  It down poured on our way to the pumps.  We only had one engine the whole time & then on the way back the other one decided to quite but then started up again.  The wind was crazy.  It took forever to do everything.  At least the weather was bad the day we were leaving.  

Doug did a great job manning the houseboat....what a stress!

I love this picture that I took...of course:) This is one of Kevin's brother, Kyle skiing!

More fun in the sun

THANKS for the awesome time.  It was one of the greatest Lake Powell trips.  

Great food, fun, friends & family!! 

Father & Son's outing

 Kevin's took the boys on Sept 10th & 11th to the Heber Valley Camp for father & sons.  It was a great time.  I got to stay home & have a girls night! GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN

  

 The boys seemed like they really like it.  They had fun climbing all over the bunk beds in the cabins & being with their dad.  Kevin is a great dad & the boys love being with him....how did we get so lucky?!?

Jackson's first bike ride

Kevin decided on Sept 6th that it was time for Jackson to learn to ride a 2 wheeler with training wheels now that Ethan has up graded his bike.  I didn't think that Jackson could pedal is since he would never pedal on his tricycles.  He would always Flintstone it.  Sure enough my kids surprise me....he got on the bike and took off! I think it maybe easier to pedal on a bike then on a tricycle.  He loved it & feels like a big kid.  

I love the outfits they are sporting.  The are Transformer costumes.  The boys got them from may parents for Christmas last year & have been wearing them non-stop.  They are pretty cute when they put the masks on & everything.....they sneak around the corners in the house & try to scare me with their guns.  Boys!!

Camping at the Spruces

Every year my family goes up to the Spruces the weekend of Labor Day.  They have been doing this ever since I can remember.  It use to be a Ward camp out but now has turned out to be a just a friend camp out...there are people that use to be in our ward, in our neighborhood, friends of friends, children of families that use to be in our ward.....so anyone who wants to come is welcomed.  

 My brothers & sister come up when they can.  This year my mom & dad rented a nice trailer for the trip.  We spent a lot of time in there...it was nice.  I didn't get many pictures of the trip but one night we had a dance off where all the grandkids danced around like crazy monkeys.  It was fun!

Bear Lake '10

 This year in August, Kevin's family took a trip up to Bear Lake.  Kevin's uncle & aunt have some property up at bear lake right on the beach......it's a sweet pad they have there.  They have this big grassy area to set up tents, so we went camping for a few days.  

 It was a lot of fun just hanging out at the beach all day.  The beach is great because it is very shallow for a ways out so the kids came play in the water without you worrying too much.  The boys could have played all day& night........& they pretty much did.  Jackson would zonk out right before dinner & not wake up till 9 or so. 

 My niece Grace & nephew Mitchell

 My cute niece Caroline

Just chillin under the shade tents.  

 Kevin & his brother Kyle decided to ride their bikes one morning around the lake which is about 50 miles.  There they are in all their hot biking gear! 

 This is our lovely accommodation.  

 Our cute boys in the water!  They are really good at keeping their life jackets on.  Which makes my life a whole lot easier.  

 It was an awesome time up there.  I love being there.  The water was a bit cold, but we jumped in & went out on the tubes a few times.  The water is pretty up there.  Thanks for the fun time family!!

Ethan's 5th birthday

 For Ethan's birthday he wanted to go to Boondocks.  Lucky for me I joined their club & got a free all day pass for him on his birthday.......so off we went to Boondocks.  It was fun to be there with just Ethan.  Ethan's birthday was on a Friday....Kevin had to work & so I sent Jackson to my mom's.  

 We got there right when it opened & there was no one there for an hour or 2......so we could do whatever we wanted without waiting.  Ethan wanted to play mini golf.  We played both courses all the way through.  I was surprised that he wanted to keep going.  We did the go-karts a few time over & over....he loved it but he favorite thing was......LASER TAG.  

It was funny........ I asked him if he wanted to play & he said no.  I explained the game to him & told him to just try it.  I knew he would like it once he was playing......so I made him stand in line with me even though he wasn't too happy about it.  We got in there & he LOVED it............we played 4 more times.  After we were done with Boondocks, I asked him his favorite thing & he said Laser tag.  

He said, "Once I knew that they weren't shooting real guns I liked it!" Silly boy, I guess I forgot to mention that the guns were not real.  

Kevin came after work with Jackson & we played for a little bit on the jungle gym thing & did the video games.  It was a awesome day just me & my 5 year old! 

Happy Birthday Ethan!  It seems like yesterday we were driving to the hospital to have you.  

Time flies way too fast.  We love you very much & couldn't imagine life without you.  

We are excited to spend many more birthday's with you.  

Camping at Wasatch State Park

 At the beginning of August some of my family decided to go camping at Wasatch State park.  My brother has a trailer & my parents rented a NICE one......so we all went up there to spend a few days just chillin'.   

 One of the days we went to the lake & spent the day out on the boat tubing & having fun on the sand.  

 We had fun on the tube but Jackson wasn't too thrilled about the idea.....he just wanted to go back to the boat.  

Here are my cute niece and nephew on the tube.  

They had lots of fun playing on the small little boat ramp that was right there on the beach.  

 One of the days we walked around Cascade springs.  This is my crazy family.  

It was a fun little walk around. 

 I love taking family trips.  It was a fun time to just chill with the family.  

THANKS for the fun time.