4th of July-Lake Powell trip

We spent last week at Lake Powell & got there on the fourth of July. It was Ryan & Kami's family, Sam & Janae's family, Josh & Misty's family & Our family minus Marlee (my mom & dad babysat her for us-yea).

The kids watched the fireworks from the top of the house boat:


The next day we moved the boats out to a different place on the lake:



On the top of the house boat:

Laun & Clayton on a wave runner:

Clayton was always tring to catch something:

Laun & Porter on the wave runner:

Laun & I on the wave runner:

My handsome boy:

Clayton was so excited to catch his first fish of the trip:

Porter with his Uncle Sam:

The guys:

Me & Lucy:

Kami, Me & Misty:

The kids liked watching the fish get filleted:

Clay on the Kayak:

Port on the kayak:

Laun took me out on the kayak too:

Porter & the Smart boys ready for a ride:

Kalli on this cool thing that help kids learn how to ski:

Janae, Misty & I- we were brave enough to let Sam pull us with a wave runner:

Josh with his boys & our boys-I think they were over the weight limit:

The boys swam so far with Laun & Sam looking at fish under water:

Ryan found a great spot for the house boat- a sandy beach:

Lucy & I with some of the kids-the tube rides were so fun:

My boys have so much fun with the Smart boys:

A pile of kids coloring & eating cereal:

Clayton loved the fishing- one morning he woke some of us up with his excitement of catching a catfish; he yelled,"the fish whipped me with its wiggly whiskers":

He caught 11 fish total on the trip

Laun & I on the house boat:

Some of the kids in the relaxation station:

Clayton was nervous about cliff jumping (I can't blame him, me too) but, Laun offered him a treat if he would try it. He talked to Laun for awhile about it because he was nervous:

Here is Clayton jumping:

Porter jumped too but I didn't get to see it so, no pictures.

We took the boats out to have a picnic:

We found a great spot in the shade with lots of sand to eat our picnic:

Porter making a sand angel:

Porter had a great time sitting with his uncle Sam on the back of the boat:

The boys with their treats at the marina store:

These guys made the funniest faces:

Laun wake boarding:

The kids had a great time digging holes in the sand:

Porters smile looks so cute with his missing tooth:

We made smores the last night:

We had a lot of fun & it was nice to spend time with our boys. We were so thankful to my parents for watching Marlee for us, it made the trip so much easier. And I think Marlee had fun with her grandparents. We missed her & we were all so excited to see her when we got back.