Whipperman Family Vacation, Lake Powell, UT (October, 2007)

Sawyer and Granny To-To

Eliza and Mandy getting ready to Sea Doo

Kippy and Sawyer soaping up.

MWAH!!

Ryder in his new lifejacket.

Eliza, taking a dip off the back of the houseboat.

Sawyer, chillin' in the back of the boat.

Scott, captain of "The Whip Ship".

Ryder's black eye from the Sea Doo.

Eliza, just being beautiful.

Enjoying some lunch on the back of "The Whip Ship".

Ryder driving the Sea Doo.

Courtesy of Randy Mellor (Kip's boss, and a friend of the family), we were able to enjoy Lake Powell aborard a luxurious, 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom houseboat which was docked at the Bullfrog marina. Ronnie, Lisa, and Patrick Romero; Mandy, Shawn, and Anna Moyes; Ian and Loni Spencer; Toni, Scott, Kip, and Whitney Whipperman joined us in this adventure. Kyle was in Oklahoma City finishing up his training to be an air-traffic controller at the Salt Lake City airport.

We had a great time wakeboarding, waterskiing, wakesurfing, riding Sea Doos, cliff jumping, exploring canyons, and just being on the water. Ryder loved the Sea Doos so much; he didn't want to let go of the handles and we pretty much had to peel him away when it was time to get off. Sawyer had her first waterskiing experience on this trip. She was so brave and stood on the front of Cody's skis while they both held the rope. It took just about all of her courage to try it, but she was very proud of herself after it was over. Eliza loved wakeboarding behind the Sea Doo because the wake wasn't as big as behind the boat. She also tried her hand at cliff jumping. It took her a while to finally get up the courage, but she jumped about 25 feet. Cody got his adrenaline fix by cliff diving about 40 feet and then cliff jumping about 65 feet; the family gave him a hard time about it, as they always do.

The kids loved getting up every morning and feeding Trix and Lucky Charms to the carp and ducks off the back of the houseboat. Ryder wasn't sure if he liked it when Daddy stuck his toes in the water so the carp could suck on them, but he didn't seem to be too bothered by it. Ryder even went off the big slide from the top of the houseboat while sitting on Daddy's lap.