We get to spend the week with Nymeyers and Johns, and Uncle Cooper brought his girlfriend Hannah to spent the week with everyone on the boat!
she did great with all of us crazies and handle the motion sickness like a champ.
every day Grandma and Aunt Stacey had a theme day for the kids
Cowboy and Indian Day
Moana and Maui, Hawaiian Day
Uncle Aaron made this noodle raft with Conway, took the 2 hours but it was pretty sweet
pirate day, found the lost tresaure!
America boot camp day, Sergrent Nymeyer led them through a rigous obstacle course, Uncle Cooper and Hannah made on top of the houseboat with Yarn, it was so fun!
he graduated with flying colors.
the highlight of the week was this kid learngin to Ski! The joy an excitement he had in accomplishing this challenge was so priceless.
got some fishing in and a giant tube time trial obstacle for the "grown up" kids why do we inflect so much pain on ourselves
sleeping brothers
Ryker's first lake trip was a memorable one with a midnight run to the ER! All our kids some bad germs we could not kick with the end of school, ear infections and colds. Conway even missed the 3rd to last day of school. But I wanted to go to lake powell so badly, why you might ask with 4 kids one of which is 5 months old. I know crazy but I love Lake Powell with all my heart and hate missing out on the beauty of it all. Ryker was the "least"sick of the kids as far as coughing and sleeping, eating etc. but he had a fever that kept popping up. Even after finishing antibiotics for a ear infection 2 weeks before which gave him hives. 2 days before we were supposed to leave, took him to the dr to get him checked out, the Dr. felt he was the healthiest sick kid she had seen and did some blood work and an x ray to figure out what was making him run a fever. Early pneumonia! What we might have to cancel our lake Powell trip?!? After doing some heavy antibiotics and a good nights rest the dr. felt he would be strong enough to fight it on his own and still go on vacation. We left a day later then planned but were still able to get to the lake, Ryker sleep alot and get lots of cuddles with loved ones on the boat. Then our second night there, Ryker woke up from a nap and could not catch his breath and his crying seemed very abnormal. After trying all the tricks we could think of to help him calm down i was starting to panic that there was somethign seriously wrogn that we was not breathing right, maybe the pneumonia? We gave him a priesthood blessing and drove the speedboat in the dark to the ER! Sterling and Chandler drove with Britton, my dad and I. The three boys took a position holding flood lights and standing in the bow of the boat to make sure we didn't hit anything on our way as my Dad drove. I held my baby close as he cried himself to sleep on the slow bumpy ride. When he fell asleep his breathing slowly returned to normal. We parked the boat and Chandler and Sterling stayed to keep watch of it all night tied to the dock with Walmart blankets to keep them warm. At the ER the nurses asked why we were there with a happy smiley baby, the dr on staff said his lungs sounded great and if we hadn't told him he was getting over pneumonia he would have never know. (slap forehead) My Dad got us a hotel to share, we rested for the 6 hours until morning and make sure Ryker did not relapse. The next morning we made it back to the boat before breakfast and enjoyed our week with no other hiccups. Don't know what it was but greatful for the priestbood and family willing to make so many sacrifices with help take care of our family!
We loved catching candy from the floats and eating it as fast as we could. Also love seeing all of our Ramah friends and family during this weekend,
