Earl Family: July 2009

Ok, so I've been slacking bad in the blog dept!! I am just a very busy woman during the summer. I can't imagine how I did it when I was working. I guess I just had to cut out a lot of activities. I am so glad I am able to be home and play, play, play. Well, let's see, where should I start. We have loved the boat so far this summer. We try and go out as much as we can. Our first trip was in June to Willard Bay. It was a great day and we had a ball. We have made it out to Hyrum, Newton, Sand Hallow in St. George and just recently Lake Powell. I have to brag a minute because it took Travis about 4 tries to get up on his new wake board and I got up on my first!! It was so fun.

Sydney and Brynlee enjoyed swimming lessons a few weeks ago. It really helped Brynlee not be so scared of "deep" water. She trusts that her life jacket will hold her up and she can go any where she wants. She will even jump off the boat into the water.

On the 4th of July, Travis took part in his first 15k at the Hyrum Freedom Run. He did soooo good. I think he enjoyed it and would like to do the 1/2 marathon Top of Utah, but is going to be out of town so much between now and then he doesn't think he can train for it this year. He missed the top 10 in his age group by just a few seconds and came in 11th! Good job baby!

For Brent and Alicia's retirement party, the whole family decided to take a trip. We went down to Lake Powell and had a GREAT time. Because of the "little girls" we decided not to do the house boat and rented a mobile home trailer at Bullfrog marina. Never being there before I was a little bit nervous of what to expect, but everyone told me I would just love it. OH YEAH! Everything about it was wonderful. The hot weather, the beautiful red rock and the warm water. HEAVEN!!! The kids were great and the company was so fun! Peyton and Dylan were constantly talking about how much fun it was and that we have to come again next year. They loved the cliff jumping, even Sydney amazed us with her jumping. Yes, I even loved the jumping too!! The kids even wanted to get up with us at 6:00 am to get some calm water skiing water. Matthew was a great help with the boat and Emily had to jump in the water every time we stopped the boat. I can't wait to go again.