Okay, this will be a lengthy post. We just returned from spending the UEA (Utah school holiday) weekend at Lake Powell. I went before when I was 16...(don't bother make any snide remarks about the lake not being there then, or that the rocks were only pebbles then, etc) and haven't been back. Oh my gooooooodness. We've been missing out.
Everywhere you turn it is gorgeous. The weather was perfect. Water temp was 69 degrees and the outside air temp was 75 degrees. Remember this is October! There were times when we were the only ones around....it was soooo peaceful.
G and J looking like true sailors.
The family overlooking the dam area. (Yep, the kids had a great time saying "dam" whenever possible. )
Mak really enjoyed getting more comfortable on the knee board
Mad will only ride the tube. She and Mak had a ball. Mad likes to ask "how fast was I going?" when she gets in the boat. She isn't breaking speed records, but she thinks so.
Sometimes it's more fun to collect shells.
A & Mak tubing
H & Mad
Mad shows off her lean body in her wet suit and life jacket
H has lots of confidence on the knee board and tube. He was the first to attempt a 360 on the knee board but was unsuccessful. His arms weren't long enough to connect in the back.
H is truly a "hot-dog". While the boat was going fairly fast, he was back on the tube doing stunts and poses.
H with his GQ pose.
He did a 360 on the tube several times.
The whole gang
"A" got very confident on the knee board. He wasn't going to let H be the first to do a 360 on the knee board.
On his first attempt, he did it. He was feeling quite cocky after that.
After searching for Uncle Steve's houseboat, we finally stumbled upon it. We had hoped that Steve and family would be at the Lake but it didn't turn out that way. We'll party with them on another day!!!
On Monday, we ended our weekend with a round of golf at the Lake Powell National Golf Course. H is shown above teeing off.
I don't usually like to post pics of myself, but this shows my ripped right calf! (Martin's Cove gave me great muscles.)
Mad on the green with watchful observers.
All in all, we had the time of our lives. We've made plans to return very soon.
The boys and Mak decided to dress up as the Blue Man Group. A & H had to play in the pep band for a football game, so they didn't want paint on their lips, for fear it would get on the instruments. They stayed together all night. They were a hit!
Mad went as a bloody nurse. This is as scary as she dares to go. She came up with the idea and even planned out the scenario as to why she was so bloody....but no one asked. She had a great time. 
We didn't do traditional trick-o-treat, going door to door, because I have a strong resentment for older kids trick o treating. They hung out at our ward's trunk-o-treat, and then headed on to the high school game. It was a great day.
