Bryce Canyon

Since we are moving in July, we decided that we needed to check some items off our Utah Bucket List before we go. Bryce Canyon is only 3 hours from Provo so we decided a few days before that we were going to make a day trip out of it and off we went! The drive goes by fast - I am so glad these beautiful parks are literally in our backyard. 

Bryce Canyon is unbelievably beautiful! The "hoodoos" were so interesting to see up close and we felt so tiny walking right next to them with them towering above us. The hikes aren't even that hard and you go all the way to the canyon floor and back up again. I am horrible at hiking and have to stop a lot, but I am thankful Mike is patient with me and that we get to do all these fun things together. 

(We didn't get many pictures actually together because about 95% of the people there did not speak English, but a universal 'hold up and point to the camera' worked a few times.)

From the top - Inspiration Point 

xoxo, Ally

Lake Powell Part 2

 Part 2 of our Lake Powell trip!

Best shot of the trip - my face is priceless! The next shot is of me skidding across the water. 

xoxo, Ally

Lake Powell Part 1

Lake Powell!

Easily the funnest vacation of the summer.  

   Mike talked about going to Lake Powell for months before the glorious day actually arrived (we went wayy back in June. I am behind). He doesn't care for birthdays or other big celebrations, but vacations - hey - he can talk about those forever.

  We went down with his side of the family and man we had a blast. I had never been before this trip and had heard too much a little bit about it before we went. The rumors are true! :) It is the most beautiful place in the West. The water is the perfect temperature and the rocks are monstrous and a beautiful shade of orange. It is so peaceful at night and you can see just about every star there is in the sky.

   Staying on a house boat with 20+ people was definitely an adventure. We had all kinds of ages! We were on the water 95% of the time anyways so it wasn't too bad. We only were all on the boat when we were sleeping at night up on the deck under the stars - which was amazing! The stars are unreal there.

We had a few injuries - including my serious wake board wipe out in which I bruised my jaw line. Ya.....I face planted so hard that the board came up over the back of my head and whacked me in the jaw. Twas fun twas fun. We had 'the banana' which was way fun but definitely caused many an injury as everyone would fall off at the same time and kick someone in the face. Bloody noses and lips just mean we were having too much fun right?

A whole week full of delicious food, perfect skiing water, wake boarding, and sunbathing made for a great vacation! We can't wait to go back!

More pictures to come in Part 2!