Lake Powell Trip No. 2

So we were waay lucky and got to go to Lake Powell twice this summer. The time in June was only for a couple days tho. This past week was the actual planned trip and we were able to be there for almost the whole week. and as usual, we had a BLAST. we always come home saying we wish we could live at lake powell. we both love it soo much! it was especially fun for sam this trip because all the brothers were able to be there (all 5). he is way close to his bros and was so happy to be able to hang out with all of em together. it was nice to see everyone and all the neices and nephews. it is crazy how much they are all growing up and what not. a couple are finishing up high school soon and a few more are comin up on the age that i remember sam and i as teens. kinda funny because i think back to the first time i went to lake powell back in high school with sam's family and how we would hang out with HIS first cousins who were all teenagers. so crazy to think of sam's nieces and nephews being that age or close to it! anyways, we had fun and cant wait til next summer, of course! thank you to Dad R. and Patricia for letting us come! especially letting us come both weeks this summer!

getting ready to wakeboard on the first day:
2 mile hike with jeff, michell, patrice, and whitney to the "island" around the corner, in the next cove:

the island in the background:

on the island! you have to swim out to it, then there are some fun cliffs to jump off of:
sam doin jet ski tricks with his older bro jeff, lol:so the mable died! but we had fun on this new tube thing called the viper, kinda similar:
hole in the rock! if you click on the pic, you can see michell, patrice, and some of the kids walking along one of the cliff things:
yay! made it to the top! it seemed a lot harder than in june.. prolly bc it was a lot hotter this time around...

wakeboarding, startin to get the hang of it. i can go outside and back in the wake now pretty easily.. maybe next year, i will try some jumps! lol maybe..... :
sam doin jumps:


chillin on the viper:
with jessie on the way to see rainbow bridge. i love riding on the ski boat thru these cool narrow canyons:
the group that went to rainbow bridge:
sam's dad got a new board for a sport called "wakesurfing," you arent strapped in, and ride close behind the boat the surf the wake.. soo fun and actually pretty easy:

i did it! this was actually on the last day, right before we rode to the marina. i wish i woulda tried this sooner in the week so i coulda gotten better at it. no worries tho, there is always next year! lol... so fun!