Showing posts with label boating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boating. Show all posts

20 August 2012

a little piece of heaven part one


every year a few families on the jones side get together for a week of pure bliss at lake powell.
this year was no exception.


mike getting some shut eye.
poor brother had massive neck problems and had to take 'er easy this go.
what a bummer, but he still managed to be the life of the party.


i fell in love with this nugget.
jace is seriously the biggest sweetheart on the planet.
he definitely made me baby hungry.


mike and leighton, cooling off.


nikson rocking blake's baby life jacket.
what a stud.


most of my boat rides were full of sleeping babes.
and i could not get enough.
austy was a little tuckered.
probably from doing her hair.




nat took one for the team and her knees and popped up on the knee board.
that a girl.


handsome.
what. a. gem.


brynlee got to come this year and boy was i grateful.
she is the best kind of sister!
she makes you laugh and laughs at you!


tessa, she is also the biggest sweetie on the planet.



emma, drake, aubrey, cry baby, and claire.
these kiddos were inseparable and loved hanging with nikson.
even if he was a total mama's boy THE WHOLE TRIP!


does this pic need to be censored?
i can't tell!

ha! handsome covered little in mud and all nikson would say was, "mud monsta."


my twin.
halle.



jace and nikson are eleven months apart.
they were such good buddies on the boat.
nikson would touch jace's cheeks and say, "oh baby."


the boys.
brandon, garrett, blake, and tyler.


frosty.
i can't get enough for her.


like father, like daughter.
halle was sure to point out that her legs are higher than her dad's.


oh handsome.


there's my girl.


not his best photo.



handsome definitely had some shining moments this trip.
he actually doesn't scare me because he is so aware of what he is doing.
what a cool cat.


tessa was a trooper and held Jace in the hot boat for a while.


going, going, gone.

stay tuned for the rest of our trip.
hope everyone is having a great Monday.


04 June 2012

hand, foot, and what?

wondering where i have been?
oh don't worry, the little and i have been home for days and days, soaking in the tubby, and rubbing in holistic concoctions to rid us of the plague.
nikson caught some freaky freaky, worry his mother to death, virus called hand, foot, and mouth.
don't read up on it.
if you are a germaphobe like me you won't like what you see.
little bubba broke out in a super bad rash all over his little bod and was burning up with a fever.
it gets worse, the rash turned into sores and he was so so sad.
he wouldn't even walk around, it hurt too bad.
it's super contagious so mama bird and the babe were home bound and friendless.
after about a week of this no good, very bad, terrible, (what the heck is that book title again?) we decided to make a break for it.
saturday we went boating with ma and pa bishop (notice, there were no other children, couldn't risk it)
and then hiking with our good friends the waites.
ending the day with a bbq, some more friends, and the best variety s'mores i have ever tasted.
i will post about variety s'mores later.
those babies will knock your socks off.


notice the plague remnants around the mouth. what a nightmare.




in regards to boating...
handsome and i have spawned a wee one that was made for the water.
no joke, every time we stopped the boat, boy dropped his shorts, and waited to jump in and swim.
when he watched us cutting up the wake he would squeal and clap.
he soaked up every ounce of that lake and had a blast.
especially with his daddy-o.
oh boy are they the best of friends.
they both loved the water.
i hope the little goes pro...at being in the water.
is there a sport for that?
first place water being inner.
sounds good.
he better build us a house with his winnings.