Lake Powell July 2012

 LAKE POWELL 2012 with the Karren Family

Lots of pics!

  We celebrated Gilbey's 6th birthday while on the boat.

 Anneke was a bit jealous!

 Happy Birthday Gilbey!

 Thank you for the fun bucket!  The kids had a great time sharing it.

 Grandma and Grandpa got him a fun cowboy hat.

 Gilbey caught a big carp!

 Look closely and you can see that even on a boat in the middle of nowhere, Anneke has a knack for finding pens and writing all over herself!

 The cool cave across the canyon from us.

Hairdo night

 

Fun cousins

 

 Onni's first pigtails!

 Not sure if she likes them

 Cruising through the living room.

 Gilbey caught a catfish, too!

Hmmm... should I go blast someone with these water tubes?

 

 Aunt Emily doing the dishes

 Playing in the water

 Cousins working together to make a cool waterway in the sand.

 And the grownups relaxing while the kids entertain themselves.

Anneke and Sammy playing nicely together.

 

Gilbey, Sadie, and Heidi climbing on the rocks

 

 Boat ride with Andy!

 Sadie

 And Gilbey!

 Big kids getting on the tubes to do some fun tricks

 Anneke and Grandpa saying bye to the boat.

And we're off!

 

 The view on our boat ride.

 Daisy standing up on the tubes.

Some kids on a tube with an awesome view behind them.

 

Gilbey and Salem tubing

 

Andy and Cole

 

 Getting back in the boat.

 Konner and Salem

 Jason on our "tow" back when the engine went out.

 Gilbey enjoying the ride

 Aunt Shauna and Konner

Anneke wants off!

 

 The house boat that saved us

 And the pontoon boat that towed us back

 Hanging out with family

Our houseboat location

 

 Anneke

 Gilbey

 Daddy

Sam

 

 Cole

 Aidan

Dillon

 

Andy

 

Heidi

 

 Sophie

 Calling on the radio

 Sadie

 Driving the boat

 Got to Aunt Maggie's late at night and Gilbey spent a few minutes asleep on her lawn before we got him a bed.

 Anneke is having fun at Aunt Maggie and Uncle Scott's house

Lena

 

Max

 

 Babywearing at the new mall in SLC

 The boys at the Salt Lake Temple

Me and the boys enjoying some ice cream while Anneke plays

Dillon doesn't appear in too many pictures on this trip.  Part of it is that he is at that age that he doesn't like his picture taken.  Part of it is that he read the Son of Neptune, Harry Potter book 7, Sword Quest,  Racing in the Rain, and another book that he swiped from his Aunt Laura while we were on the boat.  He is my son!   He had a good time swimming and playing in the sand too, but give him a good book and we don't see him for hours.

We had a blast.  We went fishing, boating, tubing, watersliding, roasted marshmallows over the fire, shared delicious meals with family, and shared an upper deck with 26 people while sleeping.  We survived the random windstorms overnight and learned to block out the snoring from the uncles and Daddy.  We had lots of laughs, good conversation, and lots of shared fun.

Thank you Steve, Johnnie, David, Shauna, Konner, Salem, Daisy, Laura, Sophie, Heidi, Andy, Rachel, Jason, Cole, Aidan, Sadie, Sam, Emily, Doug, Maggie, Scott, Lena, and Max for making our vacation to Lake Powell the best one yet!  And Jeff, Dirk, and Chris- you were there in our thoughts and hearts!  

Thanks for being part of our family!