"It's a Pirates Life for me"

so we invited ourselves to powell.
literally.
well tyler did.
he text me friday morning and said, "I've got an idea.... if we just show up they can't really turn us away..."
long story short, he asked his mom if we left lucy home if we could come for the weekend.... she agreed.
so we left lucy with my parents for the weekend and left friday evening for powell!
it was awesome.
amazing.
and everything i needed- one of the best vacations ever.
(AND- Clara is smiling now. it's so cute!)

we stayed up 'iceberg canyon'
 
way too many pictures. as usual.


the 'relaxation station'-- having no kids there (well clara came...) was so amazing. so relaxing!
mel and bonnie




no worries. it was only jessi and like 7 teenage boys the whole time.
they entertained us all....

issac, preston, derek, and connor


Tyler V. not to be confused with Tyler P.C.


Bishop Crosland- he has a few kids from his singles ward there too.

i wish jessi were prettier....




i also wish i made more awesome faces while jumping on a wakeboard- ya. i'm like a whole 12 inches off the water. hard. core.


sexy husband.


the vorhees's boat


a little love sending your way....
'hole in the rock'-- where the pioneers lowered all of their wagons, animals, etc... basically off a cliff.
we hiked up it.
apparently when you don't exercise for 9 months you don't have leg muscles anymore...
i thought running for the last 3 weeks would help- nope. my legs were a shakin' the whole time!


if you look close you can see the boys climbing up the right hand side

love jessi's face in these. hahaha.



so cute and cuddly....


my little oriental baby. love.






kim-dad

j-dog.



sar-bear


tyler. flying through lake powell. =)


these boys played football jumping off the slide and houseboat for like 2 hours straight on sunday.





 



the hill family came- bart, gwen, and their son derek
gwen is hilarious. loved her!


loved sandi's hawaiian shirt for our luau on sunday night! so awesome.

limbo.



mel, sara, linda, and tyler v.

preston, connor, jessi, isaac, and derek


so we were on there the first half of the trip-- but it was so fabulous!
the theme this year was 'it's a pirates life for me'-- loved it. 
we got home late monday night and so wished we could have stayed until friday like the rest of the crew!
Clara was an angel baby all weekend, and is such a sweet little girl!

Here who was there this year when we were:
Bonnie, Jeff, and Jessi
Kim, Linda and Tyler Voorhees
Bart, Gwen, and Derek Hill- friend Preston
Jessi's friends Isaac and Connor
YSA- Sara, Mel, and Matt
Sandi Sekulich

Thank you Bonnie and Jeff for letting us come! We love Lake Powell!
It seriously was the most relaxing vacation I have had in such a long time, and lake powell is one of my most favorite places in the world. Ahhh... Loved it!

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