Lake Powell

The Hoovers had there annuel Lake Powell Trip!! After days of working on the Boat, Blakes dad announced they were going to Lake Powell!

We were able to go to 3 days of it! what fun! we drove down with bryant and the three girls: Gween, Adel and Sienna! on the ride down....i pretty much slept through the whole long trip and Blake and Bryant both drove.

We pitched our tents on the sand stone. well everyone else did we didnt have a tent we slept outside :) It was extremely sunny the whole time! so whenever we were hot we just jumped into the Lake and went swimming. and then lounge again until we were too hot again. we had lots of great food!

we were able to
-go boating where we skiied, surfed, rode the water wienny, and drove off to annies bay where we hiked to some indian ruins and went swimming. we found a huge tree in the water that we would balance and play on.
- Rode the Wave runner where we  rode the waves, went tubing, morning skiing, and surfing behind. Blake and I rode over to a place where his family used to camp at when he was growing up.
- we played the guitar at night
-celebrated siennas 2nd birthday with cupcakes
- there were scorpieons found under some of the tents... scary
- built sandcastles
-washed our hair...mermaid style
- sat and talked
- ate jammies! ... our new favorite treat (thanks to the lungstogs/ blakes boss)
-got lots of sun...got the sunburns to prove it.
-the boat would give us some troubles but alway seem to start up again.
-some of the kids including britten seem to take a liken to me and that was fun to play with them.
-we had some huge wind storms... someone would say "dinner" and here comes the wind! i mean very windy. we would hold on the times, the sand could hurt hitting you. the wind storm started while we were on the water wienny and the waves were huge! we sure flew! lots of fun!
- the ride back was with the robertsons again. it was alot of fun as we sang songs with the girls!

over all this trip was really fun to spend with famly. we had alot of excitement, relaxing time, and just fun! Awesome first trip to lake powell for me! I love to see how much the Hoovers love lake powell too! its definitly a family tradition/ ritual! I loved playing in the water all day....talk about the perfect ideal!

The fair, the Hoover burger, the rodeo!

Its fair time for the heber valley! mom and dad hoover, nikki and kids, heather and russ and kids, heidi and kids, bryce and stephanie and kids, scott and jennifer, kayla, jodie and me and blake all went to the parade! there was alot of candy everywhere! popsicles, and water passed out too! they would always bring the flyers to me and i would get suckered into taking them! ..."not again!" The parade was fun! but very hot!

then some of us went to the local fast food : Dairy Keen. and there are two noteworthy things to mention!....

one - the fountain drink dispenser!... it was electronic, touch screen, it was crazy! it had every pop imaginal on there! i thought hmm i want a lemonade... so i see the chooses of diet or not. well after that decision it brings me to a new screen of tons of lemonade choices.....rasberry lemonade, strawberry lemonade, cherry lemonade, pink lemonade, regular lemonade, pomegranite lemonade! whooooo! i had to try these. i had both rasberry and strawberry... yum!

two - have you heard of the Hoover burger?! yes, the Hoover Burger... as in Hoover my last name. this is a hamburger that was created by Blake and his brother when they worked there and now is on the menu! well Blake ordered one...... now just imagine this.......  bun, lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, hamburger, chicken, bacon, ham and onion rings with some sauce...... this is a HUGE MEAT burger! ..... i can say i have eaten half of one before.

Yee Haa its rodeo time!!! I went to my very FIRST rodeo! as least one i remember! what fun! big crowd, lots of horses and cowboys/ cow girls! we watched bareback riding, saddle riding, barrow racing , people being pulled behind the horses on leather, roping the cows, the little kids rode around on toy horses on a stick, and bull riding of course! wow theres alot that goes into these, luck on which horse or cow you get, your skill, partners skill! this was very fun! we all dressed up for the occasion too! cowboys hats, dresses, plaid shirts,  and boots! the clowns were there to keep the cowboys safe from the bulls. they were funny. they did an act where he drove out a old plane and straped to the back a saddle for a cowboy to ride. once in the sattle the clown took off, wings blew off and he spun in circles...that cowboy did not last long at all. they did the kiss cam and guess who was the very first to be on it?!...Blake and I! yeeeee haaw!!! after the rodeo they did a huge firework show....very impressive! i can now say..... i love the rodeo!! cant wait for next year!