Home at Last!

I can't believe I am finally back in my own bed. I had forgotten what it was like to get a decent night's sleep. Brett jokingly refers to me as the princess in the story of the Princess and the Pea but he is right. All conditions have to be just right in order for me to sleep... the temperature, lighting, sheets, mattress firmness, sound (meaning no sounds). Conditions must be optimal for maximum sleep hours to be reached. When I'm not in my own bed....Yikes! Needless to say I'm quite sleep deprived when I go out of town even though I LOVE to go on vacation.

We just returned from our trip to Canada and of course indulged in all things Canadian. Is it possible to overdose on Tim Horton doughnuts? I picked up Timbits every couple of days (I gained a couple of pounds thanks to the Timbits). Quite a few corners sported a couple of Tim Hortons as well as an additional doughnut store so 3 out of 4 corners had doughnut places.

I had the boys try one of my favorite sour candies called Fizz that I would eat as a child...




The boys were kept busy in my parents' pool for most of the trip...




I was kept busy listening to my grandmother tell me about all the family history stories and scanning photos and documents so I can work on another family history book ... hers.


We also had to eat at Swiss Chalet and our favorite Mandarin all you can eat buffet. I stocked up on my favorite sour key candies (and have a canker already in my mouth - ouch!). And of course brought back some chocolate bars that I love (I can't eat my all-time favorite anymore though because it has peanut butter in it and I'm allergic) :(

We also took a trip to Marineland this year (I haven't been since I was a child).










Summer is going by too quickly and I know that soon it will be time to return to school. We have created some great memories so far this summer and we have one more month to create a few more!

Broken Boat Can't Ruin Our Fun!

We just got back from this year's trip with Brett's family to Lake Powell. What a great week we had (even though our boat broke AGAIN!) We just can't seem to get our boat working. I'm starting to think the darn thing is cursed after having a terrible time with repairs last year and now this year not working. Brett even took it for a trial spin a few weekends ago at Utah Lake and Lake Powell and all seemed to be in working order (he forgets that he is married to me and that if something is going to go wrong it will).

Despite the boat not working we still managed to have a great time as others had boats for skiing and tubing.



Brett's dad always seems to come with an idea every year for the kids. This year's idea was to make a giant slip and slide out of plastic sheeting. It didn't work but it was a great idea. On the day we packed up they had to fold up the plastic sheet and it was really windy. We realized that the plastic was making a better kite than slip and slide and it took Brett off his feet and knocked him to the ground.



Brett also celebrated a birthday at Powell and I made him wear a Burger King crown (a Twilight one) he would kill me if I posted it though so you're out of luck on that picture.

The kids enjoyed swimming, launching water balloons at wave runners, eating pancake breakfasts, hiking to high places, exploring places they called Pirate Island, Scorpion Island and Coco Moco Cave (all names they made up).







It is a lot of work taking a trip to Powell but well worth the good times we have. Hopefully we will be able to figure out what is wrong with the boat so we can use it soon. My fingers are crossed.