BOATING, FOURTH OF JULY AND LAKE POWELL

So it has been awhile since I last posted anything and a lot has gone on. I have a ton of pictures but could only put on a few of the really cute ones. So to start off with we headed to the lake for a day of boating with my dad and brothers. It was the first time we had been out this year, and the kids had a great time. Dreyken loved being outside, however, she HATES her life jacket.

Kalli and Dreyken enjoying some sister time. I love how Dreyken is looking at Kalli and smiling. She definitely knows who Kalli is and loves seeing her come into the room.

Kalli and Tarek getting ready to swim. The water was actually quite cold still.
Kalli and Dreyken

On July 2nd we headed down to Gunnison to a family reunion for Dan's family. It was at his parents house so that worked out nice for us. It was the first time most of his family has got to see Dreyken. They had so many activities and things to do, and I of course didn't get any pictures. However, his sister got a lot and is hopefully going to send me a disc with them on it sometime. They had a mini golf tournament, a four-wheeler race track (with mud hole included), rode horses, had a marshmallow gun shootout, water-balloon volleyball and lots of other things going on. That night they had a motorcycle stunt show with some of the local boys doing crazy tricks followed by a concert by Meryl Osmond and a fire work show. The next day, they had a parade for the fourth which the farm had an entry in, so Kalli got to ride in the parade on the float. They throw out so much stuff at the parade (candy, shirts, Frisbees, glow sticks, chocolate and strawberry milks, etc. The kids came home with more stuff then they got for Halloween. That was followed by a bunch of games and food at the local city park. It was a very crazy and busy two days.

On Sunday we went to church and than headed down to Lake Powell for a week of water and sun. Dan's parents have a few weeks on a houseboat every year and the kids love going. It was a little harder for me with a baby, but she actually did really good and eventually loved the water. It was warm and nice, but never got to extremely hot like it can down there. Dan had Tarek trying to snorkel, he loved the goggles but not the breathing tube so he abandoned that quickly, but I was really surprised at how long he could hold his breath for. Kalli was almost always in the water with her cousins and even got brave enough to ride on the tube behind the boat a few times.Dreyken and I enjoying the water.
This was how Dreyken spent a good portion of the trip.

Tarek trying to catch anything that crawls or moves. We ended up coming home with two frogs and six lizards (thanks to the help of his uncles and cousin Duval). The to frogs didn't make it all the way home, but he now has a tank with five lizards. (The smallest one got eaten we think) They come home much to the dismay of his mother, but he really is so proud of them.

Kalli getting ready to go for a swim.Dreyken in her favorite position again. She did get really spoiled as Dan's cousins that joined us had brought some friends with them along with one of his cousins that loved Dreyken. She was always being held and played with and loved every minute of it. It also made it so that I got to enjoy a little bit of time swimming with my other two kids.

Kalli and her cousin Harley playing in the mud pit that Dan and Danny dug.

And finally Tarek in his goggles. He is showing his find from the bottom of the Lake. It was so funny to hear him talk when he had the goggles on. We had such a fun time and hopefully we will make it back again next year.