1st day on Lake Powell

Today was our first day on Lake Powell. It was a very calm and beautiful day. I was so glad we left a day earlier due to the fact that a storm was coming in three days and we would have only had one good day on the lake. But today was absolutely fantastic! Weather was about 95 degrees and the water temp was about 75 degrees. Just perfect!

We camped on the Wahwheap side of Lake Powell and after launching the boat and traveling for about 45 minutes up the channel we ended up in Last Chance Canyon! It was so beautiful, the kids were able to surf, kneeboard, tube, fish and the best of all cliff jump! We had so much fun, laughing and listening to music while we played. Everyone made sure to remind me to stay under the boat's canopy so as to not add to my flare. Too much heat or sun increase myVitamin D level and seem to promote more flare-ups. But, I have always taken video and pictures of my family while boating and today was not going to be any different!

I knew I had to pace myself today. But this was my first time to Lake Powell since I was diagnosed! I use to kneeboard, tube, and jump off cliffs with my family and although I really wanted to do those things with them,  but I knew if I did I would be so flared I would ruin everyones fun so I had to just find joy and satisfaction watching and taking pictures of all them! It was just as much fun watching them as it was if I was doing it with them!

 I still found a way to do a couple of my MEAN pike dives off of the boat during the day! haha!  My family really loves to laugh at me when I attempt one of my dives off the boat….They laugh and joke about my form and then the all try to imitate my dive! So fun watching them make fun of me! I think that is why I keep doing it….just to keep them all laughing!! I actually think someone took a picture of me trying one this year!!! HAHA But no worries I will NOT be posting one of those…LOL

So here are a few picture from our first day of Powell…so much fun in one day!

C'Jay flipping off the back of the boat

J'Dee twisting off the back of the boat

C'Jay laughing at his dad dancing!

J'Dee's first surfing attempt!

C'Jay went for the body surf!

KIM AND I JUST HAVING FUN!

NIAH loves to kneeboard

Niah and her friend Kylee kneeboarding together

Sam, Kylee, and Niah all three friends having fun!

All three friends getting dumped off the tube

Silly Girls

Everyone is resting and the boys are fishing….

Resting in a nice quiet cove..

C'Jay cliff jumping

J'Dee cliff jumping

Niah Cliff Jumping

Lets see how many people we can fit on the tube...

"THE BOIL"

Such a funny story… we were on our way back from a fun filed day of boating fun when the boys saw a boil. A boil is bunch of fish feeding at the top of the water  on krill. They slammed the boat to a stop and the boys flew up like crazy tripping and fallen on everything trying to get to their fishing pole before the boil left. HAHA

Here are the girls laughing so hard at the boys as they tripped and fell trying to catch a fish!