Lake Powell

Dave and Cathy invited us to go to Lake Powell with them last summer...and all I can say is WOW! We had such a blast! Here are some photos for you to enjoy...

We ran right out and bought Cayden a life jacket. We were just too excited to wait for the lake, so we had to practice in the bath tub. Cayden loved it! He would kick off the bottom of the tub with his feet and the pillow would bounce him off the top, back down to the bottom. This is hours of fun for a 1 year old.

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Cathy and Me

The amazing houseboat...


...that is nicer than my house

Cayden's first time on a boat

Trent couldn't wait to take Cayden in the water. It was a little colder than the tub though, I'm not too sure what Cayden thought...

The Young's have lots of traditions in Lake Powell. One is that all the girls paint the guys' toenails on the first day. I bet you can guess who's signature feet these are. I felt a little bad about totally destroying Trent's masculinity, so I thought I would surprise him and give him a Dallas Cowboys pedicure...however there was no navy blue, so I had to use teal, and there was no white, so I had to use pink. My stars look more like flowers...and I'm a sucker for sparkles, so I couldn't pass up the glitter top coat.

Trent and me out on the jet skis

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Playin in the houseboat

Wakeboarding, Trent's an old pro

The ski boat was great...it rocked Cayden right to sleep

My first attempt at wakeboarding.

Shawn was a good driver

And after many tries I finally got up...for like 2 seconds

Kali wanted to get in the pack-n-play with the babies

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So I thought we found this bat stuck in one of the propellers, but as Trent was reading the post he told me that isn't true. He said that HE is the one that found the bat and it was floating in the water, so he put it in a cup. Personally, I think the propeller story is better, but he said it doesn't make sense because why would we be under the boat by the propeller? But then again why would anyone put a dead bat in a cup?

Cayden would wake up each morning at about 7:30, before everyone else. Trent and I would take him out on the rocks to play so he wouldn't wake everybody up. He thought it was cool his mom and dad were letting him get dirty

The guys playin games

The lake water was cold, so we would fill up the little pool with warm water from the shower and Cayden would play in it all day. He LOVED the pink pool!

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Cayden spent most of his time in the shade

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On the last night there is always a huge speed tournament. Here's Trent, Champion of the World, and Katie, 2nd place. No comment....other than I want a rematch.

And another great tradition, everyone does facials on the last night. Here I am putting on Trent's warrior paint

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Shawn and Candy

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Me

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The gang

And Trent on the ride home. He played hard.

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Thanks again Young Family!

Finals are OVER!

Yay! Our blog definitely needs a little TLC, so hopefully now that I have a break I can do just that! Here's a preview of my attempt to redeem our blog....

These are some pics from our trip to Rexburg for the 4th of July...and I do realize this is over 5 months ago! :)

Here is Grandpa Del, who passed away a few weeks ago, taking Cayden and Ashton for a scooter ride. What a great Grandpa!

We miss you Grandpa Del!

Me, Tiff, and the babies. That is Cayden in the bonnet...his orange hair attracts the sun

Parade time!

Here we are at the water park. Of course the only time I ever forgot his wipes he blew out his diaper. We improvised...Trent is hosing him down.

This is one tired little guy!

And we can't forget the family pic...4 generations

First Time on a Plane

We went to Costa Rica over the summer to visit Brent, Jimena, and Jeronimo. Brent's house is amazing and we had an incredible time, like always! Of course we were having so much fun that we forgot to take pictures. The only pics we have are in the airplane and at the airport. :( We got some good video though!

Cayden's first time in an airplane...pretty cool

We flew through the night, so Cayden was TIRED! He finally fell asleep during a layover.

Me...

...and my $5.00 pedicure. These are stick-ons from the grocery store. They look SO good!

And yes, I'm sad that is all the pictures we have.

Trent's Triathlon

Towards the end of the summer Trent competed in a sprint triathlon. He did an amazing job, finishing in just under an hour and taking 3rd place in his age group! Way to go Trent!

Before the Race

With Ty and Cami who also participated

Finishing the 5k

All the running and biking and swimming sure wore Cayden out.

I am terrible at keeping this blog updated. I am going to try and catch up little by little. Here we go. We went to Boise in June this summer to visit Perry, here are some pics....

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The Family

Cayden's first trip to the zoo! Here he is on the slide with Dad.

And his favorite place to sit...on Dad's shoulders.

And with the popped collar....is this even still cool?

And sitting on the tiger all by himself! He is SO big!

In The Rain!

Lunch!

Watching the Half Iron Man with Erin...this was Trent's inspiration for his Triathalon (pics coming soon)

Camping and California

Here are some pics of Cayden's first camping trip....it was so much fun!

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Team Vukich

A couple years ago the Low's invited me to go with them on their scrapbooking trip for National Scrapbook Day. I had so much fun, so now I invite myself to go with them every year. We go visit Grandma and Grandpa Lloyd in Huntington Beach and scrapbook our brains out. Here are some pics from the trip....oh, and I just finished our Wedding Scrapbook! It only took me 3 years!

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So, I'm pretty much the most unlucky person in the whole world. I don't think I have ever won a drawing in my whole life. The situation is even worse because I am surrounded by super lucky people (my in-law's to name a few) Anyway...Grandma Lloyd always has drawings through the day to give away scrapbook prizes. Well, of course my name didn't get drawn the whole day, so she told the 3 or 4 of us that didn't get a prize that we could go pick a sticker to make us feel better. Now we were going to pick for the grand prize, so she said that we were going to put all the names back in. I was complaining that we shouldn't put the names back in, and going on and on about how unlucky of a person I am. Cheryl was teasing me about how whiny I sounded as she drew the winning name, and you'll never believe it, but yes, it was my name on that paper! I won this beautiful picture frame! This is the BEST prize EVER!