Summer Fun at Willard Bay. . .

Bad to the Bone!!!!

I think some of the best kind of fun is when it is spontaneous. Lori called me and asked if we wanted to go boating at about 1pm on Friday. I said sure and we were off by about 3pm. We swam and did some wake boarding in the 100 degree heat. It was perfect!!!

I only took 395 pictures this time. I realize that sounds like a lot of pictures. However, what does it matter when I have a digital camera? I can erase those that aren't any good And besides that, I LOVE to take pictures!!! I got some very cute pictures of everyone. We got to play with both babies. CC and Corbin are such a delight.

There were a couple of injuries along with the fun. Ryan broke is ankle while water skiing. He has been in a lot of pain and will most likely require surgery to fix his ankle and foot (his last injury didn't heal properly). I had a small meeting with the boat prop. It is a 1 inch cut and a bruise the size of a soft ball - or maybe the size of a propeler!!!

Almost all of the family was there except Blake. He had a date and didn't come with us. We really missed him too.

So, here are the photos you have been waiting for. They aren't in any particular order. Enjoy ;)

Tyler and his Projects. . .

Tyler has been on a project spree for about the last year. As we all know, Lori gives/throws everything away. I keep everything. Since we had all of John's things in our garage, it caused the need to "down size" all of my treasures! We have sent the DI and the garbage enough stuff to last them a couple of years. In the mist of cleaning things out, Tyler decided he wanted to move the shed in the back yard from where it was to a back corner. This is no problem. It just takes a forklift and a lot of ingenuity. It only took about 1 hour and 1 repair of the floor to get the job done. I hate to admit it, but it looks much better where it is now! I am so glad it is finished and I don't have to hear about moving it any more;). Pictures below are of the move:

Hover Project Supervisor - Max Oliver

Planning Session and Instructions. . .

Get on your Mark, get set

Oops!!! Try again. . .

There we go!!!

Swing her around.



Voilà!!! Much better!!!

Tyler you did a great job. That was a lot of work. It was even more work putting new sod down and changing sprinklers to match. You did a GREAT job. Thank you!

Tyler's other projects that he has completed between school (Masters), school, (CFII), and his job instructing have been: ripping the downstairs bathroom apart to replace the sheet rock and cement, replacing sheet rock, tiling the shower walls and bathroom floor, replacing the toilet, replacing the toilet again (he broke the first one - oops!), What started this bathroom project? Well, Tyler and Crystal were playing and rough housing on the stairs. He put Crystal through the sheet rock with one shove!!! Then, they realized the basement floor was wet. It had been leaking for a while. As we speak, he is sealing the tile in the bathroom. I had to rescue him because he almost passed out from the toxic fumes. He is almost done and it looks great!!!

Now, it is time for him to concentrate on SCHOOL and only SCHOOL. No more projects - I am broke!!!

Lake Powell 2009!!!

Can you say FANTASTIC??? I went to Lake Powell with Angie and Lori on their House Boat for a week. What a great time we had. It was warm and so beautiful. I took a few pictures. Well, OK, I took quite a few pictures. Well, OK, I took 1064 pictures of Corbin. Oh, and I did take a few of Lake Powell!!! It was so fun!!! He is soo cute! We had a lot of fun with him.

We went with family and friends. The crew consisted of Lori, Angie, Layne, Corbin, Ron, Sonya, Kyle, Mary, Jay, Pat, Riki and her dad Roger.

The houseboat is 75 feet long with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Many of us preferred to sleep on the 3rd level deck under the stars.

We had Lori's 25' Crownline (luxury liner :) ) boat to go site seeing in. We drove up to Rainbow Bridge and hiked back into it. The water level is down by about 75' again this year. Jay Green (at 75 years young) even hiked back to see it. The hike is about 2/3's of a mile. It was about 90 degrees outside. We were really proud of him!

We traveled up Escalante Canyon and Moki Canyons. They are incredible. It is like seeing the Grand Canyon on water. There were Indian Ruins, double arches, fingers in the rock and cliffs 200 feet high. This is us at port-a-potty on the lake!!!

We took a swim and here I am looking through the port holes in my life jacket! For some reason, unknown to me, I look just like Millie.

We had 3 Jet Skis to share. I am an excellent driver. We had so much fun riding them around our channel. There was a giant rock in the middle of the channel with a cave in the front of it. We could have taken the Jet Skis in - but we didn't dare!!!

We have many EXPERT Wake Boarders in our family. The photos will speak for themselves! This is Layne doing a flip!!!

And, here is Agnes catching some air!!!

Kyle drove Lori's boat quite often and proved he is a good 1st mate!!! He has some wild driving skills!

Thanks to Lori's fantastic stereo system, we were able to dance and jive to Daryl Hall and John Oats song "I Can't Go For That". Corbin showed us his mad dancing skills. We also learned that he has many other skills such as he is an expert in Tae Kwan Doe and rock throwing!!! Pretty good for a kid that is only 23 months old.

Lori, our Eagle Scout (or fire starter), provided us with a camp fire each night. We all sat by the fire and visited and talked about old times. We ate pies made out of bread, sugar, pie filling. and cooked on the flames. They are the best!

This was a wonderful vacation. I can't thank Lori and Angie enough for inviting me!!! What a great family to be a part of!!! "We had the times of our lives".

Some other fun shots!!!!