Lake Powell

We got back from a week of Lake Powell on Saturday. We had a blast. It was hot, but the air conditioner on the houseboat was a lifesaver. We did a lot of swimming, building sandcastles, riding the wave runners, and watching movies at night. It's one of our favorite trips. A few of the group even took a four hour boat ride to go see Rainbow Bridge. Isn't it beautiful? It's the largest natural arch in the world, I think.

Shawn made this teepee one night when he wanted something more productive to do. We all thought he was kind of funny and then it turned out really cool. All he needed were a few animal skins to cover it with. The day after he built it another house boat pulled in next to us and Shawn was talking to them a little bit and he discovered they were a scout troop. Then they got talking about the teepee and how the lashing was good or whatever. What a scouting nerd!!! Just kidding.

All three of the kids slept in one of the basement bedrooms. We turned them sideways on the bed and then they all fit on it together. We thought they were so cute. Every night we'd look in after they were all asleep just to look at them.

Here's us swimming in the lake. It's one of my favorite things to do and the kids loved it. It's also probably the best wasy to stay cool in the afternoon. We did get a little sunburnt, but only on our shoulders, and it really wasn't too bad.

Shawn and Collin built this sandcastle one night. Collin loves to build. He's sitting in the "swimming pool."

Two years ago at Lake Powell, the boat next to us had built this huge waterslide. Then we saw a video of our friends Trevor and Wendy who'd done the same thing. We decided to try. They got all the plastic laid out and the hose and everything, but our beach just wasn't steep enough to make a good one. So, Shawn decided to make one for the kids. He build it up a little so it was steep enough. They loved it. Anthony even went a little crazy (no surprise there).

I put more individual pictures of each of the kids on their own blogs, so if you want to go take a look, feel free.