Tripped Out

Yes, it is finally me. I am back from all of our family travels. I sure have a lot of catching up to do. First off, our adventures started clear back on Memorial Weekend. We went to Island Park for our annual Hill Family Reunion. It was such nice weather and we had such a good time. There is nothing quite like dutch oven food and we sure had alot of it and it was all so yummy. The boys did really well and seemed to enjoy being in the great outdoors.

Kayla, Collin, Aiden, Brock and Paige

Collin, Grandma Ricks, Aiden, Aunt Liz, Paige, Bailey, Kayla and Sierra

We got home on Monday from that and then I spent all day Tuesday(26th) and Wednesday (27th) getting packed and ready to leave on Thursday (28th) to head out for Lake Powell. It seemed like I would never be ready to go, but Thursday afternoon rolled around and we packed the suburban clear to the top and we pulled out for Utah. Paige was able to miss the last day of school so we could get a jump start on the drive. She is glad to be done with the 1st grade and is looking forward to summer vacation.

Thursday night we stayed in Bountiful and then on Friday we headed out early and drove through Zions National Park. It was really pretty and it was something I had never done. We had a good time. Friday night we stayed in a hotel in Kanab, Utah. What an interesting experience staying in a hotel with three babies. They did pretty good, put at one point in the night, all three of the boys were in bed with Matt and I.

Kayla, Aiden, Brock, Collin and Paige

Saturday morning we got up and headed for Lake Powell. I was so glad to finally arrive and get all of our stuff on to the houseboat. Sunday was Paige's 7th birthday and she had fun playing in the sand, riding the wave runners and going tubing. That night we had a cake and presents. She got lots of clothes, littlest pet shops, lincoln logs and a set a pink golf clubs. She loves to go golfing with her dad and so she is super excited to have her own clubs. It was also her cousin Blake's birthday on Monday, so they had a combined cake and then we did some luau games. It was a lot of fun.

Blake and Paige

The rest of the week went well. The girls loved being there with their cousins and riding the tube and wave runners. The boys even went swimming and loved it. They were really good and slept really well. The last two night were not so good. Collin cut his first tooth and was miserable from that. Then all three of them got their awful coughs back and weren't feeling to good. We survived a week though and we are glad to be back on land.

Aiden, Brock and Collin

Kayla, Paige, Brock, me, Collin, Hannah, Aiden and Alyssia

Matt wakeboarding

Aiden, Brock and Collin

The sandcastle me and the girls built
Paige, Matt, Kayla, Hannah and Kyle on the tube

Saturday we were able to go to two baptisms and a blessing and then another blessing on Sunday. It was a jam packed 10 days and I am not going to go on any more trips for a long while.