Lake Powell cont. 6-07

Lake Powell was great. Cousins Shep and Dylan sleeping on boat... Amy's cousin Matthew finishing his waterski run. The girls play on boat ramp... as we pull the boat out for the night. This time we slept in a house/trailer... and wimped out on camping.

Lake Powell 6-07

We had some fun adventures... hiking the "crack" near Forgotten Canyon was a neat/little scary, slot canyon. The kids slept like "babies" as the boat did it's magic. Here cousing Dylan sleeps for hours, and Karri, Aram and Shep had a memorable first trip as a family to Powell. Karri and Kelsie both waterskiied pregnant...but very cautiously! Kelly (pampa) is our favorite boat driver. This year was sad because we said good-bye to our long-time friend, boat. But, he was such a pleaser by becoming a member of toyshare so we could carry on the family tradition of boating. (w/out the stress!)

Lake Powell 6-07

Lake Powell was so great. We haven't been for over 5 years... so, we were so happy to spend a few days there. The Sheppard clan enjoyed 2 sunny days, and one windy day near Bullfrog. Blakely skiied with mom on 2 skiies... she was a champ.. Fun was had by all! Bry even was able to relax a little because he didn't do all the boat driving.

June Fun

We are so lucky to have so many great cousins... Because Amy has so many cousins that she gets together w/ on occasion... Blakely and Abby have even more second cousins. Here they played on a tramp one night we celebrated Karalyn's wedding shower. Also Blakely and Abby play w/ cousin Sawyer from Pennsylvania who was visiting Grandma. And, last... they girls spend time w/ neighborhood playgroup friends @ Wheeler Farm

Blakely's Preschool Graduation

Blakely had the greatest year of preschool. She loves her teacher, Ms. Tiffany and they had an especially fun class this year... somehow, with all girls. So, lucky for them, they all get to dress up like princesses for thier graduation program. Blakely loves to sing, read w/ dad, knows all her letters and loves to color and write words out w/ help. We are very proud of her.

Abby's birthday 5-14

ABBY TURNED TWO!!! She was darling. We had a family party, a neighborhood playgroup/huge water party, and a little outing w/ dad. She was darling. She loved to sing "happy biththday to Abby" and still does... all the time. She thinks it's her birthday still! May 14th is a good day!

Scenic Kauai

Just some memories we wanted to show you from Kauai. The fun light house, nights on the beach and the breath-taking Napali Coast.

More Kauai May 3-8, 07

We had lots of site-seeing, including the Grand Canyon of the Pacific, cool glass beach, the Napali Coast by boat, w/ snorkeling and swimming... and my memorable black eye... caused by Abby's powerful head butt. It was a great trip. The napali coast was really pretty, so I'll follow up w/ that...

Scuba in Kauai.. and cliff jumping

We went to Kipu falls, and Bry jumped the cliff a few times and we did a rope swing, and then we did the Scuba... Wow... it was a thrill. We did our first day of dives from the shore at Koloa landing, and the next day of diving at Sheraton Caverns and the Ledges. It was really scary but good. Bry got quite sea sick, and Amy was a little panicked, but we are geared up to try it again!

Kauai paradise...may 3-8

The resort was way nice: it made the vacation so accessible. We stayed at the Waiohi, Marriott on Kauai, and it was so great. The beach had seals and turtles, and great snorkeling... the pools were right next to the beaches, and the kiddie pools were awesome, and we just felt really spoiled!!!

More pics of Oahu May 1-3 2007

Too pretty not to show off this beautiful Temple. Blakely was facsinated w/ this cat in Haleiwa, @ Matsumotos shaved Ice, We hit Pearl Harbor early Wed. before we flew out to Kauai--always a sobering stop. More pics of beautiful Ko'olina where we saw our first Hawaiin sea turtle.