Lake Powell, 24th, Causey....

Lake Powell is always so-o much fun, and

this year was no exception! We loved it, a lot

of the pictures are out of order, so just go with it!

Grandpa can somehow handle three, who knows what

is going to happen in december when #4 comes? grow

an extra arm maybe?!

The girls loved tubing! lexi has become a maniac.

she is always doing her "tricks" on the tube, standing

up, jumping, no hands, dragging her feet in the water!

She has no fear... I'm kinda worried about that!

Always sleep with one eye open!

And we had a ton of fun at causey too. Its so nice
being out of cell service, and just spending a weekend
4-wheeling, playing games, laughing and eating!

Not to mention its gorgeous up there!
-Thanks barkers!

They sure love their aunt jacque because

she teaches them all the bad tricks :)

like picking noses haha!

Brookie & Lexi building castles

The Barkers

Ayla LOVES riding the vrooms!

We celebrated the 24th in style again!

at the bear river celebration, doesn't get

better than that! Our 10 minute parade, small

booths, mutton bust, auction, talent show, its all

so fun!

Here's pres getting thrown off, and bumpa to the rescue!

Before the falling!

unfortunately my camera got full right as

andy went so i didn't get any still shots of his

8 second ride :)

Issy in the dunk tank!

Tommy in the dunk tank!

When we got back from lake powell lexi must

have been really having withdrawls from the water.

I walked into the kitchen & she was sitting in the cooler

(still full of ice water) and saying she missed her houseboat!

more like "where in the heck is my freakin' houseboat?!"

and our TWO year old WAKEBOARDED! woo hoo!

our kid is the coolest (we think anyways!)

She wasn't so sure of it at first! ...

yup we're the mean parents, but its okay

it paid off!

She's a little fish! she loved the water, loved making

castles, collecting shells etc. She learned how to float on

her own and kick on her own to get where she wanted

(on her own meaning with a life jacket, but no help :)

Everynight she went to sleep alone, and in the morning

she wasn't alone...WIERD! after the first night we asked

grandpa if she had just climbed in with him.. he hesitated

then mumbled "kinda." yup we know how that works. oh well,

she loved it!

And i got to spend a lot of time doing this...

whatever this is. i'm an alligator or something!

This cute swimsuit she has just doesn't fit right.

The bottoms DO NOT stay up, so we all get the cute

view of an adorable bum all day. Everyone would

notice and point it out in a nice way, thinking she's

just cute as can be waddling around with her toosh

showing behind her. One of the days when i put on

a different swimsuit lexi looked at me so concerned

and said "peoples laugh at my swimsuit today too!?"

Oh i dont ever want to send her to school where she could

get her tender heart broken, by kids that are actually meaning

it mean. That gave me a taste of the next 10 years, and my

heart broke. anyone wanna do home school?!

during our long ride, which she was excellent for again!

going for a ride with bumpa

causey---

taking brook for a ride, she loved them too!

The night before the 24th Bear River

had a movie in the park that was a lot of fun.

(probably more so for people who weren't by us,

so they could actually hear over our crew) but

the idea was still fun!!