cute little tooshy and vacation time

I can't believe how fast the summer is flying by! I found some cute little swim trunks for Eli and I just couldn't resist. They are a little on the snug side, and I love his little tooshy and his muscular legs in them! These boys love going to the pool and we have enjoyed our neighborhood pool to no end! I new swim suit half way through the summer makes it even more exciting! What's not to love.....

Will had his follow up appointment with the surgeon. We are so happy to be done with the tonsil recovery! He is doing great, sleeping better and better. The Dr. was WAY late and we sat in the office for over an hour.... the boys were slightly bored. Thank heavens for my iphone!

More pool shots, enjoying some relaxation in the sun! I love when Will "relaxes" he always puts his hands behind his head like this. Love my boys!!

Last week Scott and I went to Lake Powell with some high school friends of Scott's. We all left our babies at home and had a great vacation! We had so much fun. It was a 5 hour drive for Scott and I and we loved every minute of it. We got to talk, un-interrupted, listen to our choice of music, and we laughed.... A LOT. We had so much fun just on the drive down!

 I love Utah's landscape. There is so much variety and it is so fun to be able to just get in your car and drive to different places that look so unique and different from one hour to the next.

Our boys stayed with Krista and they had a great time with their cousins! It is always nice to know your kids are taken care of and having a fun time when you leave them for a vacation!

Lake Powell is beautiful. It was awesome and we loved it. Both Scott and I haven't been to Lake Powell for a really long time and we had both forgotten how awesome it is and how much we love going there! We were afraid we were going to roast from the heat, but it actually wasn't too bad. It rained several times and was overcast a lot. When it was hot and sunny it was so fun to just jump in the lake and cool off!

This is where our houseboat was parked, up a little canyon with these "rolling" cliffs. If you look closely you can see a little white speck, that's Scott's head, he went swimming up the channel.

 Then he climbed up the cliffs.....

 We had a lot of fun on the boat, skiing and learning to surf. I think Scott is hooked on surfing!

On our last day we went to see some Native American ruins. We hiked up this little hill and saw a dwelling that they used to have. It was awesome, although it made me ask lots of questions that I want to know all the answers to. Like HOW on earth did they get to that spot, why did the live there, what did they do, where were they from..... all that good stuff.

A few of us girls..... Mandy, Nikki, Me, Allison (who was SO brave and 9 months pregnant!)

We had such a blast, it was a great little get away for us! We were very excited to get home and see our boys though. We missed them! The day after we got home was rainy and we played games. Eli loves to get out all our games and "play" them.

 While we were gone, Will, Matt, and Zac went with Brian to stay at Brian's family's cabin. They were going to go to the ward father and sons but it was raining so they did the cabin instead. They did some fun hikes and Will had a blast.

Brian even took them on a night walk. Will is still talking about it! What a good uncle. :)