Lake Powell

We had so much fun at Lake Powell over Labor Day weekend! We thought it would be a lot more fun and less stressful to dump Kate off at my parent's for the weekend and while it was a little logistically complicated, we pulled it off! I flew up to Provo on Wednesday, got to spend all day with my family, drove down to Lake Powell with my sister-in-law and her family on Thursday, drove back up with her on Monday, and flew back to Mesa on Tuesday evening. Four days of travel for three days at Lake Powell, but it was totally worth it! We enjoyed a baby-free vacation, Kate was spoiled at my parent's house instead of being stuck on a boat with a life jacket in the sun all day long, and I got to spend almost 48 hours with my family.
On Thursday morning before I left for Lake Powell I got to go mountain biking with my dad! It's one of my very favorite things to do! Look at my parent's view from their front porch!!!


































































































We got to Lake Powell late Thursday night, grocery shopped, and went to bed so we were up and ready to go the next morning. Our Airbnb was a quarter mile away from Paige Rimview Trail so this was my view on my run on Friday morning!!!




























My brother-in-law and his family drove down early Friday morning with a second boat, so while we waited for him, we went to Horseshoe Bend. The kids loved in and it was slightly less scary than the last time we went because they put in a railing! It's so amazing and breathtaking that I think it looks fake! haha


































































 








































































































































































































































We had some mechanical issues with one of the boats the first day on the lake and a flat tire on one of the trucks the next morning, but after the first 24 hours, everything was smooth sailing :) On early Saturday morning, we hiked Paige Rimview Trail with the kids while we waited for the boat to get fixed then hit the lake!































































Boating photodump:

David was a crazy cliff jumper!!! He jumped over 10 times! I think we have an adrenaline junky in the family :)










































































Jack and David had SO MUCH FUN with their cousins. Some of my best childhood memories were the vacations I took with my cousins and I'm so grateful that my kids get to make memories with their cousins too, especially because we live far away from them. We missed Jason, Alicia, Kenzie, Dan, and baby Addy but were glad that most of Spencer's family was able to come!





































On Monday morning, most of us took a tour of Lower Antelope Canyon before we headed out. It is something that I had been wanting to see for a while and it was so amazing!!! So here comes another photo dump :)

My mom sent pictures of Kate every day. We missed her, but we were glad she wasn't with us ;) She had a lot of fun with my family :)











































































































On Tuesday I got to go to lunch with my parents and grandparents before catching our plane back to AZ. Love these people!!!

Also, these signs in the bathrooms all over Paige were killing me! Lot's of Chinese tourists here! haha