Lake Powell 2011

Yes....another late post. We went to our annual Lake Powell trip in June. We were only able to go a couple days this year because Darrell had to start residency, but it was a blast and one of the best Lake Powell trips I have been on. We met Darrell's family in Page to do some extra shopping on Thursday. This is Sarah finally falling asleep 5 minutes before getting to the Lake...of course she was whinny and cranky for a long time before this, but she wouldn't fall asleep until we almost got to the Lake.

We stayed the night on the house boat Thursday night while it was still docked at the marina. We then launched on Friday morning. This is Emily and Derek driving the house boat...scary! Derek took the job pretty seriously.

Here is Emily and Sarah enjoying the breeze in their hair as we look for a place to anchor. Friday was overcast all day and is was beautiful. It was still warm, but with the sun hidden it was actually not bad. Even better was that the water was still warm enough to swim in. Emily loved the water and spent as much time in it as she could. She also loved burying herself in the wet sand.

An early morning picture after arising too early. Gotta love the girls' hair. The kids were always up at the crack of dawn ready to go again. It was hard to keep them contained in the down stairs bedroom until a decent hour.

And of course you can't have Lake Powell without lizards and fish bones. Derek would spend all day trying to catch lizards if he could. There were times his face was so red because it was so hot and he was chasing lizards.

Snapshots of the sweet girls in their life jackets.