Lake Powell-AGAIN with the Frosts

Surfing is so awesome. We have a blast and noone has blown out their knees. Its so much safer for the...less young! Steve has gotten great at filling the fat sacks up just right to make the wake huge.

My one legged wonder!
Did you say "hit it?"

Love those daily naps!

Miss Long Legs!

Oh, I love him. I know I should break him of this, but its so nice and helpful. He's obviously the youngest child. Just check out the rag of a blanky I let him carry around. The "sewer"in me won't let it last too long.

I know this is geting pitiful. 3 trips to Powell. We can't resist. We were going to stay in a friends houseboat, but when we got there it wasn't working and STUNK. The men worked thier magic and greatfully Steve knew the guy from renting at Antelope Marina in years past. We got a sweet 70ft rental for a great discount and off we went.

We had a relaxing trip although most eveyone was on a crazy diet. Great for me. I just started one myself. I actually lost weight, wich is a first on a Powell trip.

Hanging out with great friends is the BEST. We are so blessesd to have some good ones. I love going on trips with the Frost family. Most everyone has a friend. We played games and listened to Rhonda's infectious laugh. It does my heart good when I hear it.

Fabulous Forth of July

We had an Osborn family get together at Draper Park in Utah. The Fourth of July Celebration is so much better Utah. Time out for hitting a girl! I swear I'm trying.

Yea!!!! Rebecca is finally getting married to Chris. We are so excited for her. She and Chris will be married in October and then will move to Washington D.C. We can't wait to go visit them.

Wahoo!! To all the good sports in the bunch. It's nice to know we can still hop like the young ones. I almost peed my pants watching Liz fall to the ground.

Grandma Osborn is an amazing lady. She has been through so much in her life. I appreciate her example of love, patience, endurance, faith, thriftyness and kindness. I am glad to have her in our life. By the way, she is almost 90 and still works in Real Estate, plays the organ in the temple, and cares for the elderly. Ha Ha! Most would consider themselves elderly at her age.

Heaven on Earth...Otherwise known as Lake Powell

We seriously LOVE Lake Powell. Steve and I both grew up going to the lake with our families. We even got engaged at Lake Powell. It is so beautiful and the water is so clear. When I was little I thought that the suns rays reflecting into the eater made the lake look like an ice cube. I know wierd.

Wow, 3 cute boys! What is it going to be like in 8 years from now!!



One thing I remember about being on the boat was falling asleep to the rocking of the water. I also remeber waking up to a huge thump when we hit the wake. I would get so mad at my dad. Like he was trying on purpose!! The things you learn with age!

We were shocked when Owen said he wanted to try to wakeboard. What gumption! I called it in 3 tries. Man do I know my kids. ( I won!)

Gotta love it.

Well its not the beloved houseboat trip this year, but we made do because we weren't gonna skip it.



Does anyone have a righteous man that is hot, tall and NOT, I repeat, NOT screwed up? Liz is the most amazing woman around. She deserves the very best! I'm serious, let me know if you know anyone.

Have I got a fish tale to tell! We were docked at our rock, (we decided to bag the thorny sand this year) and the kids were swimming with goggles. Andy saw a ton of huge fish, so we pulled out the poles. It was a great opportunity for Harrison to get his fishing badge. H cast his line and right away he caught a catfish. He was so happy.
Next, it was Owen's turn. The very same thing happened to him. It was awesome, they had smiles from ear to ear.
I'm sure you can guess by this point how the story may go... Ryan cast his line and he caught a fish in the first minute too. He ran from his though.

Love Lake Powell lizards. Poor things get tortured in the process, missing tails and all. I convinced Ryan to let him go to be with his Mommy I felt so bad for the thing.

Worms and BYU?

Our family decided to join Liz and the starting line of Mountain View Toros Football team in Utah for BYU football camp. Steve's other sister Rebecca agreed to let all 12 of the boys, Liz and my whole family stay in here basement. It was a sea of bodies all over her family room floor. We had so much fun with these boys. The amazing thing is that they are all great boys. We played Signs and Chubby Bunny aroung the fire. That was helarious. I think the max # of big marshmallows in one mouth was 14!

Did someone say "MILK CHALLENGE?" Sterling decided quite quickly that "milk is the boss" and then up it came.

Nice view!
Blake getting out any pent up tension towards me!

I'm not sure who thought of this AWFUL challenge. It's called the cinnamon challenge. Put a spoonful of the lovely stuff in your mouth and try to swallow it. Steve actually did it. The rest of us choked and blew cinnamon out of our nose the rest of the night.
Liz had one stipulation for the boys. It was that they would go to church with us before camp started. They all were good sports, even the ones who didn't bring clothes or regulary attend our church. It turned out to be the MOST boring and wierd meeting I have ever attended. A bright spot was when the boys all sang the mens part in God Be With Us Till We Meet Again.

Maintaining the reverence!!! We were dying from laughter cause the boys were hollering out "Nice church session" to anyone they could. Did I mention that we had fun and camp hadn't started yet?

Now that we got to know the boys, we are so excited for the upcoming season. Our nephew Blake it going to be the Quarterback which makes it even better.

Aren't cousin memories the best? I had alot of fun times with my cousins back when I was little like two different crushes on my cute boy cousins, t-peeing in Logan, Nerts & old movies with Stephanie, playing at all my grandparents... (get back on track.)Now that I am an adult I love hanging out with them too. I have grwon to love my husbands cousins too, in fact thats who we hang out with when we go to Utah.

This is my life...and I actually don't mind.

Thanks to Steve and keeping in the "challenge mode" we now have a worm eater. SWEET!

Ok, so I can't figure out the formatting of blogger. Refer to the post on Knotts Berry Farm to get the story. Watch Owen's face and listen to my laugh (the one that Olivia is mortified by!)