Our "groovy" trip to Lake Powell

True 70's decor in all it's glory, pom pom curtains and all!

This is the ceiling

Ethan showing off the "dog fur"pillow.

The boys (mostly Jed) had a blast with this, a minature fiberglass gas powered boat. It really hauls!

This is our new pet, Rhino, the duck. He never left the side of the boat!

So the weather WAS nice this last weekend so we packed up the boys and went down to Lake Powell to stay on the boat. On the way we stopped at the Price Walmart (where by the way I have never seen so many people without teeth) to get our food. Just as we got on the road again Jed remembered that he left the keys to the houseboat in the car at home...just a minor detail. So we sat on the side of the road for half an hour wondering what we should do. We called the marina hoping they would have a spare set, they didn't but we did learn that the name of the boat is "The Outcasts" (oddly, it seems fitting for us :P) Anyways, we called Jed's dad and he said he was pretty sure that he hadn't locked a window when he was down there last, so we set off again hoping that he was right. Luckily he was and we had Dylan slide through the window and let us in. We got there pretty late and we were all very tired so I didn't get to appreciate the beauty of the boat, this was my first time seeing it. To say Austin Powers would be right at home is an understatement, this thing is hard core 70's groovy baby! I love it though! It is amazing that it is 30 something years old and completly immaculate! We had a blast and I overcame my paranoia about whether the boys life jackets really would work or not (sorry Jed, I'm a mom I can't help it!), Ethan now tells me whenever he would go by the water "Don't fall in mom, you get hurt". He was also awesome with his life jacket, whenever he wanted to go outside he went and got it. It was perfect weather--almost 80! We played with the toy boat, and the kids played the Wii, which is so much funner on the boat than it is at home for some reason, and we got to ride the ferry on the way back which was way cool. It was so hard to come back to snow!!