San Diego in September

We rented a beach house in La Jolla  Shores and spent a week having lots of fun.   Even though the water was cold, we spent hours at the beach.   When you do not live near the ocean, you tend to forgive the cold water and still get in and experience the waves.  I spend several days in LA with Kim because she was very sick and in the hospital.  She is feeling much better now and her body is slowly mending and hopefully will get back to normal soon. Here are some of our fun moments.

Lake Powell 2011

Memories and fun . . .

                                                                  Rainbow Bridge

                                                                  Sweet Kase

                                                         Camp at Warm Creek Bay

                                                            They call me Mama Bear

                                                             Master chef at work

                                                     Teaching Kase how to drive the boat

                                                                   Pirate Family

                                                         Captain "K" and the pirate kids

                                                                    Pirate beauties

 Beauty everywhere you look

                                                       Many hours spent make sand castles

                                                                    Brothers . . .

                                                                        My man !!

Jordanelle

Paul, Danny, Ashley, James, Jason and I took the boat and went camping at Jordanelle.  Jason had some new experiences that he was not too sure about.   Paul did his usual thing and dumped both Danny and James out of the double tube into the 70 degree water.   We had some "fun neighbors" and had to deal with a little rain, but all in all we had a nice time.

Fishlake 2011

We returned to the Sunflower cabin with the Peterson clan at Fishlake.  It is my dad's favorite place to be and he has been going there for about 70 years.  He loves to go fishing about 7:30 in the morning.   Paul, Brent, Braden and dad caught about 15 fish.   The cabin only had one bathroom so our showers were short, but we had loads of fun.

 

Fun Times in August

The month of August has been full of a lot of family camping and fun.   I am way behind on my pictures and have lots of them to add to this blog.   We just returned from a week at Lake Powell last night and while it is fresh on my mind on want to thank my family and friends for making it such a fun trip.   But . . . make no mistake . . . this is a VERY HARD camping experience.   It is not for the "fair weather" camper.   You have to be able to stand extreme heat for 18 hrs a day, endless sand in everything, spiders, ants, mice, lizards, snakes, frogs, toads, wind, and rain, and did I mention more sand???   You have to love the beautiful green water because it is your lifesaver at Powell!!!!   You have to be a hard worker and pull your share of the work and then some.  We go through sunscreen, and water by the gallons and come home dead tired!!   Now some of you may say why do you go every year ???? . . .  it is because of the wonderful memories we create and the bonds we form and the beauty around us that our Father in Heaven has created.  

Powell Trip #1

Paul and I took the boat and went to Lake Powell by ourselves.   We usually have a whole gang, but we decided to "motel" it.  We stayed in a Motel 6 that had great parking for the boat, good beds, but super thin walls.   We spent 2 days exploring for good campsites and just doing nothing but relaxing in the 82 degree water.   We also helped out a stranded couple on a wave runner.   They were up at the end of a canyon and we towed them back to the main marina.   They were French and spoke very little English, but they were very glad we came along.  

Camping . . . LA Visit . . . Seven Peaks

Since we had a cold, wet and long spring, we went to Cherry Hills for Memorial weekend with James, Ashley, Jason, Danny, Melanie, Dawson, Ryan, Paul and I.

The next weekend I went to LA to visit Kim, Kellie and Joe.   Here are some pictures of the house they moved into recently.  Joe has been taking good care of the yard.

                                                     We also visited the Queen Mary.

Since Lynn and Jake were home for a short visit from their tour of duty in the Middle East, we spent a Saturday having fun at Seven Peaks.  

May Birthdays . . . Part 1

Konnor turned 3

He had a Toy Story theme this year

May is filled with birthdays in our family.   James, Nana, Konnor, and my mom all share the first week of May.  We had some fun times.

                                                    Birthday cake with mom at the park.

                                              Mother's Day with Nana, James, Ashley and Jason.