Lake Powell 2008

I can't believe that this is Everett's 3rd year at Lake Powell! It was fun to watch Evers be SO excited to do some of the activities Lake Powell has to offer. Everett didn't even put up 1 fuss about wearing his life jacket..YES!! Probably cuz he knew that anytime we were putting it on him he was about to do something that he wanted to do...get in the water or go on a boat ride!!!Reis was just along for the ride! He had a good time just doing whatever. Both boys did GREAT!!

Evers, aka mini-Bryan, wanted to do or go anywhere that daddy was. So, that included fishing. I didn't even think to get Evers a fishing pole...but he didn't care he just used one of daddy's big poles and would pretend to cast out. Daddy even gave him a lure to play with, which I think he thought was a real fish. Reis was having his own fun playing with empty water bottles and eating grandpa's chips!Evers LOVED the water. So, poor Bryan had to get in the water LOTS of times on demand (mommy didn't want to deal with the sharks in the water...I mean she had to take care of Reis :-) ) Evers even went down the water slide 2 times...so brave!! The first time he just jumped on the slide while I was waiting in the water scared for my little boy, which he had NO fear whatsoever, and Bryan had to grab him so they could go down together. Bryan and I didn't coordinate so well...they came down the slide and all this water went in my face and all I hear is "grab Evers" and I look over and his face was in the water. So, he was a little hesitant the 2nd time but we changed things up and Evers went down with mommy for daddy to catch him.Reis liked the water too...he just prefered to be in the little kiddie pool at our friends boat much better! Here are the 3 boys born in the same year already playing together!! Maybe they will grow up to be good friends just like their daddy's did growing up. This is only the beginning!!! Bryan and Garett blew up the tube in the house boat and the kids couldn't wait to get in it...they didn't know what fun was to come, that it actually went in the water!! Garet took both the boys for a tube ride....look what he started :-) Evers (and Easton) loved having his feet drag through the water and being bounced up and down on the tube. I didn't dare take him on a tube ride after that cuz that is what he wanted to do, the fun tricks that Garet did to him!!

Reis like the boat alot...so much that he would fall asleep everytime we went for a boat ride!Evers didn't nap all week!!!! AHHHHHH!! But towards the evening when you didn't want him to sleep cuz it was too close to early bedtime but wanting him to nap cuz you knew he needed one....well, if we were on the boat at the end of the day he would fall asleep.
Grandpa preparing to shave his head and he came out to scare the boys...they LOVED it!!!

Bryan and Garet went scuba diving on Father's Day while grandpa, Evers, Reis, Easton and I went along for a boat ride. The boys had a good time...Reis with his water bottle and the boys ate pop tarts to keep them occupied. Garet speared a tiny fish and brought on the boat for the boys to look at. Easton was enthralled by it...Evers not so much!!

Later that day, our friends from 2 coves over stopped by. This is our attempt to get a pic of all the kids....go figure, when you want them to pose they just want to throw a fit!!

Then we got a pic of all the daddy's with their kids. Look at all those boys (and one cute little girl...hopefully she will start off a girl trend...at least for my friends..NOT me right now!!!) I think it is SO cool that Bryan still has close friends that we keep in touch with from when he grew up as a little boy. TOO bad we don't live close to each other.

So a trip would not be complete with our friends if there wasn't a BOYS vs GIRLS game night. I really enjoyed hanging out with them and playing games...even though us girls got spanked on EVERY game we played!!!!

Who needs toys when you got wrappers!!!

Every meal time Reis looked like this!!! He doesn't like to eat so it is a battle field when we are done!!!




Thanks Bill for another fun year at Lake Powell. Sharee, thanks so much for coming! It was SO much fun...next year?!?! Also, I wanted to make a shout out to Ashley and Shawn....WE MISSED YOU TERRIBLY. Can't wait to see you guys next week though!!