My little slice of heaven.

Sand castles, tube wars, dance parties, guitar strumming, eating, fishing, laughing, talking, swimmming, hiking, singing, surfing, boating, digging, playing, marveling.

These are many words that describe my most favorite place: Lake Powell.

How fortunate I am to have such an amazing family that took me and my kids on this adventure, where we could lose track of time and play in the sun. Such beauty reminds me how great god is.

Ryker's adventures:

What a big boy he is becoming. He was so fearless on our trip, trying  everything from rock climbing, surfing, to jumping off of the top of the house boat. He swam nonstop, caught lizards, got a sunburn, played with cousins, caught his very first fish with his Uncle Dallen. He slept under the stars, and made everyone chuckle with his awesome dance moves. What an amazing, energetic, and courageous son I have.

 first fish ( a carp)

 Braden teaching him how to surf.

 best buds Diesel and Ryker, this duo never stopped playing!

 Ryker's lizard friend that loved his belly.

 The owie is from a sand castle building accident! Never thought you could get beat up from building a sand castle? Think again. Apparently when you use actual heavy duty digging shovels this is what can happen:

 Violet's adventures:

I discovered what a little flirt this girl is. She was calling all the guys on this trip her boyfriend. Man, oh mighty am I gonna be in trouble with this boy crazy chica! What a funny, happy little girl she was at Lake Powell. She LIVED in the water and loved having sleepovers with Grandma Jen on top of the house boat.

 She was such a little Momma to her baby cousin Juniper. She could have held her all day.

 She wasn't so happy I interrupted her playing for a picture.

 Gotta love that look she has on her face!

 Little fish.

 She had fun playing with cousins and her brother.

Dash, Diesel, Finnley, and Ryker.

 I was so happy I got these shots of her just being herself.

She truly marches to the beat of her own drum. What a special, happy light she is in my life.

 Vi's feet in the sand.

 Jonah's adventure:

This mischevious bugger decided it would be a good time to unleash his terrible two's on me during our vacation. I was chasing & wrestling this one alot.

He gave his Mom a good steady sweat and it wasn't the Arizona sun either.

Jonah loved the sun, sand, and most ecspecially the water. Mostly he liked being chased by me.

Gotta love that dimple though, cute little bug.

 His little foot in the sand.

 He looks so sweet in this picture.

 And then here it comes, the tantrum.

 Sometimes you just gotta throw a tantrum in the sand right? Ha ha!

 I love his cute little face!

His favorite thing to do was to say, " one, two, dee!",

and  run into the water as fast as those little baby legs could carry him.

 His favorite word on this trip was "MINE".

Every toy, popsicle, piece of food, etc. was his. Hee hee!

I love my  feisty little guy. There is nothing better than a hug from this little hulk baby.

 I was amazed at the number of kids that we had that nobody got hurt! We had 2 newborns, 2 18 month old  babies, 3 toddlers, 2 boys, and 3 teenagers. Miracles do happen.

 I had some amazing moments here at lake Powell some of my favorites were hiking up to the scenic views with my brother and sisters,

 digging my feet in the sand,

 eating amazing food, having the tube war of a lifetime and laughing my head off while doing it, and last but never least our annual dance party :)