Lake Powell

For our Family Vacation this year we went to Lake Powell with the Harding and Williams Families. We rented a house boat and each took our own ski boats. We had a great time! The weather was nice (a little hot, but not to bad), the scenery was beautiful, and there was plenty of fun things to do. We did a little cliff jumping, a little hiking, sliding off the houseboat, playing in the water, and of course playing behind the boat (Skiing, wakeboarding, kneeboarding). I took so many pictures that I don't want to bore you with them all in one shot, so I might keep posting Lake Powell pictures for awhile. Here is the first batch.

Boat Trouble

Friday evening we all took our boats out to play.  In our boat we had me and Wyatt, Sadie, Kamryn, and Kamryn's two friends Austin and Dylan.  Derek and Brynli had gone on the Hardings boat.  We decided to go exploring some of the canyons.  We had gone down Davis Gulch (one of the side canyons off the main channel) when all of the sudden our boat quit.  There was no power at all.  Wyatt, being the mechanic that he is, tried to diagnose the problem, but to no avail.  There were no other boats in sight so we got out the oar and a ski and started paddling toward the main channel.  After paddling for quite some time we decided we had better say a prayer and ask for help.  After the prayer we continued paddling toward the main channel.  I totally felt calm and peaceful and knew that everything would be alright.  It was getting dark so we told the boys to try and go to sleep.  (Sadie was already asleep, she slept through it all).  We finally got to the main channel and tied our boat to the buoy.  We figured that we could just spend the night there and in the morning there would be someone to tow us back to the houseboat.  We found some dry towels to act as blankets for the kids and got ready to spend the night on the boat.  We figured that the others back and the houseboat would be a little worried since they didn't know where we were  (and we had a couple of their kids).  Wyatt and I were totally calm and ready to spend the night on the boat.  The kids were all asleep and Wyatt and I were just about to go to sleep when we heard a boat in the distance.  Randy and Mike had come to rescue us.  They towed us back to the houseboat.  Luckily the moon was bright so we could see a little better  in the dark.  It was about 12:30 when we finally made it back safe and sound.  What an adventure.  

Hole in the Rock

Saturday evening we hiked  "Hole in the Rock".  It is were in 1880 the Mormon Pioneers lowered 80 wagons down the canyon.  It was very neat.  It is amazing that they were able to get their wagons, animals, and all of their families down this steep area.  Everyone and everything made it down o.k.  Their faith was incredible.  It was a fun hike.  Thanks to Tari and Stacey for watching Brynli and Sadie.  I can't imagine taking Sadie on that hike.  It was a fun hike and all the kids that went with us did great.

A Fun Surprise

On my way home from the summer games Wyatt called me and said he had to go to Salt Lake for work, so he would just meet me at my sisters and we could travel home together.  He seemed like he was taking longer than he should so I called to see where he was.  He said he had to make an emergency stop, but he was now on his way.  When I asked why he had to stop, he said he would surprise me.  Well, this is what he pulled up with.  A new boat, and just in time to go to Lake Powell.  We all love to go boating, so it was  a great surprise.  We had to test it out on Monday before we took it on our long trip.  It was the first time we had been boating this season.  We had a good time.  It was a little cold  to get in the water, but we enjoyed the boat ride.  Kamryn and Wyatt were the only ones brave enough (or dumb enough) to get into the water.  It really got us all excited for our trip to Lake Powell.

Summer Games

Sorry I haven't updated lately.  I have been very busy.  I have been in and out of town the last couple of weeks and it's not over yet.  I'm getting behind on my blogging, so I figure I better try to catch up.  I will start with first things first.  Kamryn had his first tournament for his traveling soccer team from June 11-14.  It was at the Utah Summer Games in Cedar City.  Wyatt had to work so I took the kids by myself.  I left Derek with Wyatt because they had the Father and Son campout the same weekend.  It was a little crazy traveling with three kids by myself, but all it all it was a pretty good trip.  Kamryn thought it was great.  His soccer team lost all their games, but it was the first time they had ever played together as a team, and they are a young team.  They played well together, and they did tie one of their games.  They only scored one point the whole tournament.  It was in the last game and everyone was so excited that they scored.  Kamryn personally played very well.  He's turned out to be a pretty good little soccer player.  Kamryn's favorite part of the tournament was the opening ceremonies.  It was really neat.  They had all the teams walk the track together and then they got to sit in the middle of the track.  They had all the mascots from Utah there, like the Jazz Bear, the BYU Cougar, etc.  Collin Raye was their to perform and they had an amazing fireworks show.  I wasn't able to get any good pictures, but it really was cool.  My soccer pictures aren't great either.  I get so excited watching the games that I sometimes forget to take pictures.  Being there with the kids by myself didn't help either.  Anyway here are the pictures from the Summer Games.

These pictures are of the kids jumping.  They had an athletes social where they had free pizza and all kinds of these big blow up toys.  It was fun for the kids.


Brynli and Sadie enjoyed playing at the park while we waited for soccer games to start.

New Release

Kamryn Mansfield is back with even more action than ever before. The dark flatulent avenger Bat Guy saves the town again. His latest mission: to put the hammer down on One Armed Jack only with the type of twisted ending only Kamryn can dream up. Enjoy Bat Guy 2: Rex Strikes Back.

Splash Park

Monday, we went to the Splash Park with the Hardings.  It was a lot of fun.  The kids had a great time playing in the water, or just playing on the grass (Sadie didn't like the water much).  I had a great time too, relaxing in the sun and watching the kids play.  It's nice to get away from home and just forget about all the things you could be doing, just really relax.  It was good that we went on Monday, so we could get our sun in before all the rain we've had this week.  Not really much to write about, so I will just let you look at all the cute pictures.

I think these kids are a little young to be dating?