Lake Powell Part 1

My camera died about 3 days into our trip so I have to go steal some of Kevin and Julie's pics, but here are the cutest pictures that I got...

This was so funny. Tyson was not in the mood to be on the boat or something and everytime
Grandpa would start the motor, Tyson would cover his ears. And notice his battle wound on his cheek. He had a run in with the carpet about 20 minutes after we finally made it to Lake Powell.

And the arriving is a whole story in itself. Skylar had to drop off a garbage truck (yes a garbage truck), in Moab, on our way to LP. So Connor and he jumped in the truck and bounced all the way to Moab. We dropped it off and then went to eat. At the restaurant, we asked the waiter what was the best way to LP and he gave us two options. One was quicker and one was more scenic. Of course we took the scenic route. Little did we know it was the MUCH longer route. It ended up taking us 11 hours (yes thats right 11 hours) to finally get to LP. The kids were troopers. They only complained a little. Althought I don't know if Connor would make that trip with us again:)

This is Lindsay and Braylee at our annual Luau. Lindsay came with her dad, who is Michelle's friend. Braylee followed her everywhere. Are they cute or what?

This is Grandpa's new toy, the EZ ski! Braylee is still quite freaked out about skiing, so this was major progress for her to even get on it. We did end up pulling her in a little circle with the boat, but she didn't like that so much. Maybe next year!

Connor's first time up on a slolam ski! He popped right up on his second try. I think it took me an entire summer of Dave Harris pulling Krista and me around to finally get it! Not fair.

And this is the biggest fish that was caught at Lake Powell, and Connor's biggest fish ever!

More to come on Lake Powell as soon as I get around to getting the pics off the Dyreng's computer. We took family pictures on the rocks at LP, so get excited to see those!

I know, I know its been a while!

We have been super busy this summer, and what can I say...I just haven't been a good blogger lately. I will try and post all of the things that have been going on in our lives in sequential order, so some of these pics are from quite a while ago.

A couple of weeks ago I crashed Brock and Whit's Family night and went hiking with them up Adam's Canyon. It was quite a work out (as you will see from Brock's shirt!)

This is where we stopped cause Cohen was hungry. It was gorgeous!

Have you ever seen a cuter little boy? (Besides my little guy of course:) ha ha) He was smiling on the whole hike until he decide he was ready for some food.

Brock had an extra work out from carrying Cohen in the carrier!

We are hoping to hike Mount Timpanogos in the fall, but haven't kept up on our "1 hike a week" goal, so we will see if we actually make it:)

Fun in the Sun

We are so glad the heat is finally here! We spend just about every day in the sun. On Mondays we usually end up at Bowden's pool! (Thanks Lynette for letting us crash your party) We are so happy that Whitnie isn't working anymore cause now mom has a buddy to hang out with at the pool. Now we just need aunt Kenzi to hurry up and get on the "Baby Train" so she can play with us too:)

How cute is that robe? I just want to eat him up!

California: Day 6 & The Bibbity Bobbity Boutique!

On our last full day at Disneyland, Braylee had the experience of a life time! Before we left Skylar found out about the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique at Disneyland. They give your princess a makeover with a dress and all the works. Kevin and Julie made an appointment for Braylee for her birthday! She was a little unsure of the whole idea so the first three days we were at Disneyland we kept taking her by to see if she wanted to do it. Her response every time was "I just want a dress and then we can leave!" We knew she would love it, so we worked our magic of bribery! She loves the little princess sets that come with all the little plastic dressed to dress them up in so...we told her we would buy her a Belle set if she would go get her hair and make up done. Worked like a charm!

First we went shopping with our Fairy God Mother and picked out Braylee's favorite princess dress. Then the Fairy God Mother told Braylee that she was going to go tell the mice to start making her a Snow White dress with matching shoes. When the mice were done she took us back to the dressing rooms. We came to a curtain where the Fairy God Mother explained that the mice made her dress, but it was really tiny like the mice. So Braylee had to turn in 3 circles and say "Bibbity Bobbity Boo". When she finished they pulled back the curtain and there was her dress! Needless to say...Braylee was amazed!

When they painted her nails they told her that Tinker Bell put pixie dust in the nail polish so it would dry really quickly! So Cute!

When she was all done they turned her around and the birds opened the curtain behind her. There was a mirror with lights sparkling all over it.

She couldn't quit looking at herself! Then they gave her a silk bag that had her make up, nail polish, combs, brushes, and a sash for her to take home.

Then to top it all off they did a Photo shoot with her, and gave us a framed 8x10 and 4 4x6 pictures of her. I don't know who had more fun...me or Braylee!!!

I had to show you this video cause if any of you know Braylee you know that she LOVES to spin. After she got her princess dress, the spinning never ended!!!

And if any of you know me, you know that I love to take pictures of everything. Sorry there are so many pictures!:)

California: Day 5!

Braylee wanted to go on just about every ride she saw. It's a good thing we took the picture of us on the Tea Cups before the ride...my stomach didn't like that one! The picture of Sky and Braylee is on the Matterhorn! Yes, the Matterhorn! She loved it! She also went on Space Mountain and loved it. She's crazy! Disneyland has got it all figured out. They give you these child passes so you only have to stand in line once. One of us would go with Braylee and the other would stay with Tyson. Then we would switch and go to the front of the line. So Braylee got to go on all the rides twice!

The Princess Fair!

This is new since the last time we went to Disneyland. You can wait in line to see the princesses so you don't have to track them down all over the park. They have three in there at a time and they rotate all day long. You can see the excitement on her face!

Captain E O is back!!!! (Of course that was Braylee's favorite ride because it featured Michael Jackson)

We bought Tyson these new PJ's at Disneyland. Do you recognize them from Toy Story?