Last week we were able to spend a fabulous 8 days in beautiful Lake Powell with Nate’s family. We were in heaven! Lake Powell is one of those places that can never get old to visit. It is one of our favorite vacations and so to be able to spend a full week there surrounded by our family truly was amazing. We were a little nervous being surrounded by water with a 1 & 3 year-old, but we all kept a close eye on the girls and it ended up being more relaxing than I thought it’d be. Not to mention they basically lived in their life jackets! I think the girls could never get tired of swimming. They are such little fish! They loved every minute in the water and both even mastered the “easy-ski” behind the boat! It was pretty humorous when they would cry when their turn was over & fight to get back out there. They loved it! Personally I thought it was pretty brave of them to go out behind the boat by themselves for such a long time. I think they are going to be on the slalom in no time - they’re naturals! I also learned how much braver my girls are than I am, they caught several lizards on adventures with Nate & had no fear of holding them. I get a little jumpy. J Kenna also had a great time fishing with her Grandpa Richard. They would sit on the back of the boat and just spend time together while they waited for fish to bite. And bite they did! Kenna caught her very first fish and got to reel it in all by herself! She didn’t want to touch it (I can’t blame her!) and wasn’t too thrilled when Grandpa stuck his hands in its mouth to retrieve the hook, but overall, loved the experience! The whole trip went smoothly other than the fact that the water was rising so quickly that they guys had to re-tie the ropes and anchors every single day. We literally lost half of our beach in the 1 week we were there. We also had one adventure when Richard, Susan and Nicole drove the boat to the marina and it died on their way back. They ended up having to get towed back to the marina & spent the night in Page. They weren’t able to get the boat repaired fast enough so the next day they rented another one and finally joined us back on the houseboat. I don’t think it was how they were hoping to spend that day and night, but we were just grateful they made it safely. And it made for some good entertainment!! We nicknamed the boat they rented “Betsy” and had a great time seeing who had the longest drag time before getting up on the slalom (we are definitely spoiled with their Mastercraft). However, it ended up being a perfect boat to take us through Cathedral Canyon and up to Rainbow Bridge which was one of my favorite parts of the whole trip. The entire week was spent swimming, hiking, boating, eating WAY too much, reading, playing cards, lizard hunting and going on adventures in our two paddle-boats nicknamed Huey & the ProShark . The guys also carried on their tradition of slide football superbowls. Oh what a trip! Thank you SO much to the Wolfley’s for such a fantastic vacation, we loved every minute of it!
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