Eating Sand

This might be my favorite Griffin photo series so far

Lake Powell Part III

Part III: My Sister and her family were able to come join us. They had never been to Lake Powell. Most of her kids had never been on a boat. I love watching the reactions during first experiences. We don't get enough regular time with them since they live in another state. I can't remember the last time we got this much time to just hang out with them without the interruptions of everyday life. It was a good time.

Houseboat slide

belly flop

Griff was not afraid of the water. He would dive in head first from this position

Griff watching Dad swim out to the island with the big kids

Kathy taking a ride

Griff was not loving it this year

Austin's first fish. Small mouth bass. The fishing off the back of the boat was incredible

April and Ella feeling the fish

Max was over it. CUT!

Griff got some serious diaper rash so we let him go free as much as we could

April and Max fighting the whip force

The boys on our boat tour of Powell canyons

Powell Part II

Part II: Kids from the Academy came out for a few days. The good part was seeing them have so many experiences for the first time like cliff jumping, tubing, wakeboarding, and camping on a boat. The bad part was bringing Brandon's work to his vacation. It was nice to have it sandwiched between friends and family so he got a vacation on both ends. Travis was also able to join us so Kathy and three of her 4 kids were all together at Powell for the first time in 2 years. I didn't post any pictures of the Academy kids for confidentiality reasons

Nightly float after the kids are in bed. Some of the best conversations and hard laughing come during these floats.

Brandon cliff diving

Family cliff jump (Jaime had gone home by this time)

Trav

Griffin loved playing in this bucket on the boat porch.