Lake Powell

We took our annual Lake Powell trip a little bit differently this year. We took our trailer instead of going on the houseboat like usual. We had a BLAST! We went with my parents and my brother Nate, his wife Leslie and their baby Eman. (Evan or Little E) The boys had so much fun playing on the beach in the sand and the water!
Grandpa Jim Bob wrote their names in this sand cliff and they thought that was pretty cool.
We snorkeled and looked for "treasure" at a couple of the beaches. Nate found the best prize- a pair of prescriptions glasses that turn dark when they get in the light. They were probably pretty expensive glasses and whoever lost them probably had a crappy time for the rest of the trip. :)
Little E was quite the trooper and he had lots of fun too! The weather was perfect and no one got sunburnt! How often does that happen? The water was higher than it has been in the past but we thought it was maybe a little bit colder than usual. We were at Bullfrog instead of Wahweap so that may have a little to do with it too. My favorite part was taking the boat up the Lake and driving down some big, beautiful redrock canyons. We haven't done that for many years and that was always one of the highlights for me when I was growing up. We also did a fair amount of wakeboarding and skiing. Nate showed off his mad skills at wakeboarding and Grandpa Jim Bob and Jeff impressed us with their pro skiing. Grandma Debbie got a new nickname this weekend- grandma Dory! Dawson got to sleep with Grandma Debbie in the trailer and apparently started talking the second he woke up, before Grandma was completely akake. In a sleepy state, she asked him the same question twice and he was apalled! So, thus, the nickname- Grandma Dory. (as in Dory from Finding Nemo)