Utah

Ten days of non-stop play. This pretty much sums up our latest trip to Utah. We got into town and headed to my Uncle Rick's waterski lakes (www.lastchancelakes.com) for four days, then up to the mountains for four days, and then back to the lake one more time before we flew home. We're breaking this post into two -- one about the overall trip, and one specifically about Lybberty Days (our family reunion in the mountains).

My grandparents and aunt and uncle now have a house built on the lake which is so great because you can wake up and go water skiing at the beginning of the day and fall asleep right after you eat s'mores - all without driving! We waterskied, (yes, this we includes ME!), wakeboarded, paddle borded, swam, rode in the ATVs, jumped of the dock, drove the boat, jumped on the trampoline, played on the playground, and relaxed.

 

 

 
The St.Jeors and some of my aunts and uncles came out to the lake as well. We all piled on a paddle board, Tate held the rope, and the boat took off. Our job was to stay on the board. Poor Tate, his job was to keep our board, with all of us on it, connected to the boat! Needless to say, he spent the most time in the lake. Thanks Tate! My parents and I skied a bunch - my dad figured out he skied about 54 miles, whew, that's a lot of miles. Check out my video.

There really is no shortage of pictures to share from this trip, but here is one more of our favorites - check out Gates watching our grandpa tear it up on the waterski. Not too many kids can say their grandparents shred it at waterskiing - so stinking awesome. Seriously, does anyone else have a 70 year old grandma who slalom skis!?!?!

We also headed over to Tate and Brenna's dad's work, a firehouse at one of the ski resorts. Troy is so cool and he not only let us get in the fire trucks, he took us out for a RIDE in the fire truck AND the ATV. I got to put on the radio headset during the drive and he even shot water out of the mega-pump on top of the truck!

A few hours before we left town, we met up with the Cook/McQueen family for fun at a local spray park. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for a great visit! Really, I don't think we could have packed in any more fun if we tried! (Check back for our next post about Lybberty Days)