Lake Powell 2011

We went to Lake Powell this past weekend for some sun and warm weather. Last summer we ran into some problems with my moms old boat. She decided (along with some probing from her children) to turn her boat in for a newer model. We knew we would be getting the new boat from the Utah dealer sometime in June. A few months ago we picked a weekend to take it down to Lake Powell before trailing it up to Idaho, where it usually stays. My brother Rich flew in from California with his 2 kids, Nicholas and Clara. Katie stayed home since she is due in less than a month. Shawn and I and the kids took off Thursday late afternoon for Lake Powell. My mom picked up Rich and the kids from the airport and they took off about the same time as us. Grammy took Walt and Grant too. Russ and his girls were not able to join us until Friday evening. Ali had to go to Denver for the weekend, so she didn't join the crew. Rebecca and her roommate Egan drove down late Thursday night. We had a fun time on the Lake. It was about 100 degrees during the day and the water temperature was about 75 degrees. All of the kids had a blast. We knew we wouldn't have a lot of time at the Lake so we went the easy route. We stayed in a hotel right at Bullfrog resort. It just seemed easier than getting camping gear, etc all ready for just a few days. It ended up being the easiest with having lots of kids too.
Cruz swimming, he loves wearing his goggles
Cruz sitting on the back of the WakeSetter, he loves to tell people about the WakeSetter.
Tubing time! I love Cruz's hair in this! Having fun with Uncle Rich and Clara
Alegra on the surfboard
Alegra and dad on the tube
Cruz having some downtime! Shawn told Cruz that on Matt's boat that is where Yeti liked to sleep, so Cruz liked going there too!
Alegra swimming with dad, she loves the water!!!!
Lunchtime
Tube Wars!
Naptime! Alegra was so good. She just went with the flow and when she would get tired around her typical nap time, she would just fall asleep on my lap!
My loves minus my big guy!
More tube time!
The kiddos with daddy!
Shawn jumping off a rock wall
Love the hair, 2 days of sun, no baths, sunscreen and more sunscreen!


So we had a great time and a great trip until about 5 p.m. on Saturday night. Russ had just gotten behind the boat to do some surfing, he was the last one to go before we were to head in for the night. We were just coming out of Moqui Canyon. We were going about 10 miles an hour and we were literally in the middle of the canyon (between the two canyon walls) and we hit a rock. Totally crazy!!! How in the world was this huge rock in the middle of the water (that registered really deep). It was just enough below the surface that we couldn't see it, but the boat definitely felt it. We all got rocked. It was very scary to say the least. We tried starting the boat and it sounded horrible. We weren't sure if we were taking on water, which was even more scary. Another boat came by and we were able to flag them down for help. They towed us out of the canyon and then the rangers towed us back to the dock. The crazy thing about the whole thing is there was tons of boat traffic in that canyon, I can't figure out how we hit it. The ranger told us that was the 3rd rock hit of the day. We actually were very lucky. In the other boat accidents the people were very injured. Luckily we only had one crying kid, Walt, but he eventually settled down. Russ, who was surfing behind the boat, ended up being o.k. too. He hurt his knee a little on something during those few scary moments. It was a terrible end to a great trip. But in all reality we are very lucky. No one was injured, and that is the important thing. We are all bummed about the boat, but that is just a material thing. We can hopefully get if fixed correct through insurance.


Alegra helping me make dinner once we got home!!