Lake Powell Friday Day 3 and clean up

 Friday started great we got up, grab breakfast, and headed out on the boat to enjoy the untouched water. Maddi had the worst luck with sunglasses she broke 2 pairs while we were there but we had to capture it. She attempted to duct tape them back together but it didn't help for long.

 Ready for another day fun in the sun

 Grandma's 1st selfie with Hallie

 After we all got a little wet it was time for a swim break as the sun warmed everyone up. Hallie loved swim breaks and asked about once an hour to take one.

 This is Matt slalom skiing. He has been getting better every year since we got married. He is a trooper it isn't an easy thing to do

 These 2 spent a lot of time on the back deck during swim breaks putting their feet in and hanging out.

 Here is the dad babysitting section while Nic and I enjoyed getting out and doing some skiing

 Rigs loved this hat. It has been around since I was little. Its levi and has mickey mouse on it...definitely a classic

 Kyle really wanted Rigs to wake board with him but Rigs had no interest. The boys devised a plan to trick him into going. They had a rough 1st start but did better the 2nd time trying to get up. He still didn't seem to like it and cried most of the time but here are the pictures to prove he did it even if he never does it again.

Kyle even tried putting him on his shoulders but I don't think he liked it either way. Nic was a good sport and attempted not to have a panic attack in the front of the boat

 Then the wind started blowing and didn't look like it was going to quit. We headed back to camp to check on things and pack lunch so we could head out into the lake to enjoy our lunch. The wind was so bad it was like the sand was pelting you. Once we had our lunch packed we found a cove to hide from the wind and eat our lunch. After lunch we did more cliff jumping and swim breaks.

 After lunch the wind was still blowing and the water choppy and thats when the imagination came out. We decided to play a game with the flat tube. So 2 people would go out and get up on all fours and you weren't allowed to hold on at all. It was actually quite entertaining and funny. 

We did this for a couple hours before we knew it was decision time.

 The wind was still blowing like crazy and the weather forecast showed that it wasn't supposed to let up until Sunday so we decided that sadly it was time to pack up and head for home. We got back to camp and everything was covered in sand. We stashed all 4 kids in the tent, Matt and Kyle headed to load the boat, and Nic and I did our best to get everything ready to load so we could leave sooner. It was miserable. While doing all of this it was hot, we were sweaty, and the wind was pelting us with sand. We got things loaded and headed up to the showers to clean up only to find that the water was off!! Seriously we couldn't win. So we then drove down to Walwheap to take a shower only to find out we had to pay to shower there but by then I didn't care. We then headed to dinner in Page before we all headed our separate ways. Mom and dad headed to grandmas in St. George, Nic and Ky to his sisters in Cedar, but Matt and I decided to be brave or stupid and head for home. We left Page at 9pm so that put us getting to Ogden about 4am. But we decided I would sleep first and then we would trade about half way. Matt ended up driving the whole way and we just visited. We only made one stop for gas and made it home about 4:30am the kids did ok but were unsettle sleeping most of the way home. Hallie would wake up crying that her hear was hurting I tried just about everything but I figured she was just tired. Saturday morning Grace was up about 8am so she and I started unloading the boat and the suburban. I Have never seen the boat such a mess. There was sand everywhere and it took a long time to clean it all.

While I was unloading it all I saw this on the passenger side tire on the boat. I don't know how we made it all the way home with it like this but I am very grateful we did. It could have been really bad. So when Matt woke up he took the boat down to the Discount tire and bought 2 new tires for the boat so we would be safe to drive again.

When Hallie woke up about 9:30am she was still complaining about her ear hurting so I call the dr and since she had an ear infection a week prior they wanted to see her again. So while Matt was changing out tires the girls and I headed to the dr. And surprise Hallie had an ear infection in the opposite ear of the week before. They had to clean some wax out of her ear so the dr could get a better look at her ear drum. She did so well the assistant kept commenting about how patient and still she was being. In the end we got different medicine and headed for home completely exhausted.

We got everyone bathed and Gracie was back down for a nap before 10am. She told me she was tired and I said if your tired go lay down no thinking she would really go to sleep but she must have been so tired.

It took all day to get everything out and sprayed off. We were all so tired and got in a good nap in the afternoon and headed to bed early that evening leaving the rest of it to be put away the next day. Its a good thing it was a fun trip because it was a lot of work.