Lake Powell, Utah

Way back on the 20th of June Hyrum and I set out to drive to Utah with our boys.  Emerson had flown down to Utah with Oma earlier in the week and so it was just Townsend and Julian on the drive down to Utah.  There was a lot less fighting with only one of the twins in the car:)  We drove down on a Friday and got to Oma's house in Orem with no problems.  We left Oma's on Sunday to head down to Lake Powell in Southern Utah for a few days of fun on a houseboat.  We were joined by Andrea and Craig Merrill and their daughter Stephanie as well as Katrina and Steve Doxey and their boys Cooper and Sam.  It was a lot of fun in the sun!

A photo of the houseboat in our own private little cove.  You can see the high water mark on the rocks around us.  I think it was down 50 feet from the high water mark.

Cooper Doxey giving Townsend a ride on the paddle board

Sam, Cooper and Emerson having fun on the "molecule"

Besides having Craig Merrill's boat to play on we also rented a jet ski.  The twins would ride around the lake and rev the jet ski all the way up to 50 mph!  I tell you, it was pretty scary being on that thing when a 10 year old was driving!  This is a photo of Hyrum and Oma going out for a ride.

Daddy and Emerson on the kayak.  Lots of fun water toys to keep boys happy and occupied:)

Cooper, Townsend and Sam being pulled by the boat.  I love Townsend's hair in this photo:)

Townsend tried wake boarding for the first time.  He got up a few times but only lasted a few seconds.  I was proud of him for wanting to give it a try!

Julian had lots of fun swimming around the little cove we were in but did not want anything to do with the jet ski or riding on any of the inflatables Craig had.  He was ok to ride in the boat and watch others get towed around on the inflatables but was too scared to try it himself.  But he sure loved swimming.  It didn't matter if it was the first thing in the morning or after dinner at night, he wanted to go in the water!

We stayed at Lake Powell from Sunday to Thursday and then headed back to Oma's in Orem.  We all got a little sunburned but we had a fabulous time.