Powell. Mystere. Emerald Pools. FUN.

Moving day is FAST approaching and I have WAAAY too much to do before then!

...Heres the list...

Tie up all lose ends with all my photography clients

GARAGE SALE!

paint and stain new shelf that dad and I built

take a saw and a sander to the hutch and make it a TV stand
sell old TV stand at garage sale

find loads of boxes

PACK

Anderson Family Reunion

about 3 weeks worth of laundry

2 more family sessions

touch up lockers that I painted for Evies room

post a blog about Evies Lockers

Evies birthday party!

Aladdin at Tuachan (find babysitter)

finish the 5 foot 6 inch tall subway art i'm making for the entry in our new apartment

......

deep breaths

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So i figured before I got 2 months behind in my blogging i'd hurry and catch up!

We'll start with the most recent and go backward I think

*shake things up a bit*

The Valantine family vacation this year was to Lake Powell!!

Yahoo RIGHT?!

.no.

We wanted to leave early and hit the lake but Dani Aubrey and Brady had school so the rest of us took off to powell. We unloaded at the hotel and then hit the lake! We docked at Antelope so we headed straight up Navajo Canyon for about 15 miles then decided to get out and surf and board. We played around for about an hour and then figured the rest of the Fam would be getting to the hotel soon so we'd better head back...

Well we got about a mile back down the Canyon and the belt on the umpeller FRIED

.great.

so we put it back on the best we can and take off again

.....

700 yards later it breaks again

so we put it BACK on...

this happens about 3 times and we FINALLY see a boat!! 

WE'RE SAVED!

We asked the guy if he could just stick around and follow us for a bit and make sure we get out of the canyon okay...

LONG story short

we put the belt back on about 4 more times and then gave up and he towed us the last 10 miles of the canyon. 

4 hours later we get to the dock and decide to just go to the hotel and go to bed

it was too long of a day

The next day we go out first thing and buy a new belt!

everyone is in high spirits! 

YAHOO!

BOAT DAY!

We launch it into the water

turn on the engine

get about half way out of the no wake zone 

and it fries again...

so we have Dani swim us in

We reload it

and take it to a shop

while the boats getting fixed the rest of us head to swimmers beach and just set up a day camp till the boat is done

NOW the fun starts!
We played in the water and played with sand toys
blew bubbles
climbed all over mom...

built sand castles

then a few hours later the boat pulled up
YAHOO!!!!!

Evie stayed back with Grandma and Grandpa and all the kids took the boat out
We were out for about 30 minutes and decided to go back to the beach and let Dad know that the boat was doing just great and he didn't need to worry if we were stranded or something.
We got back to the beach and the wind had picked up BAD!
We decided to throw everything on the boat
take it back to the truck
dump it off
and just spend the entire rest of the day on the boat
....
well while we were loading the stuff from the beach to the boat the waves had gotten SO BIG from the wind that they picked the boat up and smashed it into the ground and completely

bent
the
propeller...

so needless to say...
we called it a trip

we went back to the hotel
watched a movie
and went to bed

the next morning we just took off and left

So not the most successful Powell trip but it was still fun to spend time with family :)


Next up!

Brandon took Me and E on a Zion hike!!
YES!!
I love hiking
Brandon does not
so when he said he wanted to take me on a hike I was BEYOND excited!!!

Here's Evie getting ready to go!

We had  a blast. 

I hope we'll hike more when we move!

For Mothers Day B got me tickets to Mystere in Vegas!!

I have never seen a Vegas show before and Brandons family see's them all the time so he wanted me to have a REAL vegas experience before we moved away!

We dropped off the baby at Grandma and Grandpa's and headed off for a much needed vaca

The show was SO COOL!

If you go to Vegas to see a show GO SEE Mystere!

After the show we had a Groupon for a Thai place so we ordered a TON of food! 

It was so good!!!

We ate a lot

We shopped a little

and hung out by the pool all day

It was SO NICE to not have someone climbing all over your legs all day and getting into EVERYTHING all the time.

.We loved it.

and lastly...

Me and B went to the 

F.U.N

concert about a month ago!

It was awesome!

One of the best concerts I've ever been to

well thats it for now

lots more exciting posts to come!

Thanks for keeping up with the Valantines