Lake Powell

The Hoover family did one of their annual trips to Lake Powell. Blake was sad to miss it as he had to host a leadership conference at the same time. But Elli and I got to go! Besides us it was Blakes parents, Kody & Jenny and their family & dog, Bryant & Heidi and their family, Wade, Kayla, and Jodie. This trip was in honor of Kayla as it was the last thing she did before going on a mission.

It was such a fun trip! We had yummy meals, campfire & smores', played in the water (although it took a moment to get past the cold, and had boat rides. Being pregnant I didn't ski but I did do a mild ride on the water winny. I was able to share the blow up matress with Jean which was so nice. It took a while for Elli to learn to walk on the unlevel ground but by the end of the trip she seemed to have mastered it.

The most crazy event was the sand storm. We got hit by a sand storm that was extremely hard. It felt like needles hitting you. The shade got torn, everything had sand covering it, things were getting flown into the lake. After each thing hit the water Bryant would jump in after it to save it. He really did save sooo much! Because it was so sandy, each time he came out of the water wet the sand just stuck to him so he was completely brown. The kids and I hid in the nose of the boat for the remainder of the storm. once the storm hit one direction and stopped, it started hitting us from the oppisite direction. Luckly this was our last night.