First Day of School

It's that time of year again.  First day of school pictures!

Baylee - Age 17, 11th Grade

Mrs. Tester

Jackson - Age 8, 3rd Grade

Miss. Crowe

Wyland didn't start until the next day. So this isn't his official first day.

Wyland - Age 6, 1st Grade

Mrs. Misrasi

Lastly,

Oliver - Age 3, 2nd year of Preschool

Miss. Lori

Lake Powell, Day 2 and 3

On our second day we headed out to the beach.  That means we ferry two groups out to the beach.  Then the kids can play on the beach and we take turns heading out in groups to play on the boat.  We got everyone there and starting playing on the boat with the adults.

Mike and Amber had a go on the tube.

Then Jeramie and I.  I do not like going on the tube.  It scares the crap out of me.

As in VERY painful if you get tipped off.

I was seeing my life flash before my eyes.

It was good times though.  After mine and Jeramie's turn we headed back in to the beach.  Mike pulled the prop up since we were getting close to the shore.

And then it happened....

It got stuck.  The prop that is.  As in wouldn't go down.  So there we were stuck on the beach with lots of people.  Two boats worth of people.  And we were located about halfway between the two closest marinas.  So we had to choose the best course of action.  We had no choice but to load EVERYONE onto the boat at the same time which makes me nervous to no end.  I think it makes me nervous because of that one time we were in a seriously UNSAFE position at Lake Powell.

It was a very very slow ride back to the marina.  With the prop stuck up you're not able to go fast.  It would have been ideal had someone stopped and offered to give us to tow.  We did have someone stop, however they were from another country, didn't speak much English and merely stopped to ask for directions.  We did eventually make it (maybe an hour and a half later, for what would have taken 20 minutes tops) and everyone was safe and sound.  That's always a good feeling.

The adults felt like the day was ruined since we couldn't play on the boat the rest of the day. The kids were fine since we hit the pool for the rest of the day and they LOVE going to the pool.  The good news was that after all was said and done my dad was able to fix the boat just fine.  We just needed to pull it out of the water in order to do it.  Not something you can do when you're on the beach.

Jackson learned to dive on his own.

PLUS was brave enough to jump in the pool and swim to the side without his life jacket.

The view from the pool isn't an ugly one.

Next thing we knew it was our last day and time to head home.  We walked to the pool for one last swim.

Yep we did.

Because sometimes little boys have to pee really bad.

Despite the boat issues we all had a really great time at Lake Powell.  Until next year friends.

Lake Powell 2014, Day 1

We didn't make it to Lake Powell last year due to scheduling conflicts and people dropping out.  Plus a busy summer.  So this year we were really looking forward to going.  I guess it isn't really a case of doing much different down there than we do up here at one of the closer lakes. But it's always a longer weekend and you just can't beat that Lake Powell scenery.  It's just such a beautiful place.  Plus the water is usually pretty calm and not to mention much warmer than Jordanelle!

On our first day we headed out onto the lake for the day.  Zarley had ridden down in the car with us and Mike and the rest of his family were coming later that day.  The water was perfect.  It's funny because when my dad first got his boat we were go go go all the time with the wakeboarding.  Now with the kids we spend a lot more time just kind of floating in the lake while they jump off the boat and swim.  Swimming in Lake Powell is a lot more pleasant and they want to do it for a long time since the water temperature is so nice.

We even got Baylee off the boat down the ladder this year!!  She hasn't done that in YEARS.  But thanks to the calm waters not making the boat rock too much she was willing to give it a go and really enjoyed herself.

This was also the first year that Wyland was willing to actually JUMP off the boat.

Jackson always willing to jump.

 And my little dare devil.

I don't think there's much Oliver won't copy his brothers in doing.

Which apparently included wake boarding with Dad this year.

He LOVED it.

Jackson and Zarley play REALLY well together.

Then Mike and the fam arrived and decided to teach Jackson the joy of rock jumping.  Now I don't have a issue with this all that much.  Kind of scary to watch a little bit.  But I'm so proud that Jackson wasn't afraid and was willing to be brave.  He watched Owen do it first and followed without any hesitation.

There he goes.

No fear on that face!

We ended our day at the pool like we normally do.  What a great start!