Love for Powell, continued...

Lake Powell, continued! Think we were wearing everyone out? Nothing like a nice snooze on the boat....Brandon falls asleep while the boat is speeding down the lake. He loves to sit in the bow, fall asleep and then we have to move him into the shade. We also learned this trip the the nose of the boat is called, 'The Bow' so whenever we would talk about 'The Bow' we say it very distinctly and dramatically.....please contact Sydney if you would like to hear it.

Lots of tubing! Lots of singing and dancing. Mike liked putting on songs like 'Love Story' and 'Party in the USA' and shaking his booty. It was so funny and completely embarrassed Amanda! That just adds fuel to his fire....

Sydney & Amanda doing 'Napolean Dynamite' dove hands...

Mike loves to drive the boat along these huge rocks. They tower over us!

Cutest boy in the world!

Love this picture! Great wakeboarding Amanda in this beautiful red rock country!

Beautiful Lake Powell!

We discovered Cathedral in the Desert canyon and it was unbelievable! Truly an amazing find.

These pictures are from us weaving through the canyon...

Great find, honey!

Amazing! We came to the dead end of the canyon, just big enough to fit the boat. Mike took the kids on a hike to see how much further the canyon went and I stayed in the boat to keep it off the rocks. The bow fit perfectly into the rocks at the end. I had to use the poles (which hold up the boat cover) to keep pushing it away from the rocks...quite an adventure. Mike & the kids loved the hike. It opened up up to a little pond and waterfall.

When they came back, Mike wanted the kids to cliff jump. Brandon wasn't into it, and Sydney really tried, but didn't do it.

Go Daddy!

There goes Amanda! Way to be!

After she jumped, we got everyone in the boat as more boaters (who also cheered when Amanda jumped) were arriving and the small dead end was getting crowded. Exploring this canyon really was a huge highlight of this trip.

We headed home on Mike's birthday, pulling up to our house around 9pm. It was so fun to see how the Francis' decorated our yard for Mike's birthday.

Thanks for a great trip, Mikey! Happy Birthday!! We love you!!!