Last Sunday after church we drove down to join Josh’s family for a family Lake Powell adventure! We had tons of fun swimming, boating, tubing, eating yummy things, chatting, playing games, exploring, getting only a little bit sunburned, and not being at work!

Here’s some of what we did:

The kids had to wear life jackets the whole time they were on the boat (naturally) and Fay and Carter didn’t mind theirs. However, Portia didn’t get along very well with hers. In her defense, hers was about 3 times as bulky as the other kids’ and she is smaller. She sure did look cute in it, though, even though she was grumpy about it.

Fay and I went tubing one time. She was nervous about going as fast as Uncle Richard (who had some seriously crazy tubing skills), so Grandpa assured her that he would watch for her hand signals to tell him if he was going too fast.  Fay definitely made the “go slower” sign before the boat had even started moving. It was really funny! But I’m proud of her for trying out the tube!

Carter liked being in the water when somebody was holding on to him. He had lots of fun getting carted around by all the different adults. But I think perhaps his favorite part of the Lake Powell trip was the Red (the firetruck from the movie Cars) Grandma gave him!  This is a picture of him using Grandpa’s jack to jack up Red and Doc at the same time. You’ve got to have some serious jack skills to jack up two cars at once!

Also on the trip there was a hike up “Frog Canyon.” The kids were way too tired to go all the way, so we stopped at a muddy stream to play! All three cuties had tons of fun in the mud and, thanks to Grandma, they even got to see some frogs up close!

Then we came home and attempted to resume normal life. Yesterday was a delightful Saturday with no plans! The kids and I played in the back yard while Josh took a much needed nap. Fay arranged this picture. She said “We’re all on the same side of the swing! Mom, go get your phone and take a picture!” How could I say “no?”

Today, Josh got to substitute teach Fay’s primary class! He showed me all his plans last night, and I–more than a little bit–wished I was in the class too! Here’s all the kids hard at work drawing things that help them feel Christ’s love!