Merrill Family

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Happy Birthday Grandma Pember!
(We went to Fiesta Mexicana for her birthday!)
~She was just a little surpised...... Ha Ha!
Happy Birthday Daddy (Loren)!!!!!
~35 yrs. old~
For his birthday we got up early to go to a reunion in Utah, but somehow for his birthday we always end up at a lake. Usually it is Roosevelt Lake, but Lake Powell just happened to be on the way! What fun! We arrived late at the lake. We stopped for a birthday dinner, at a restaurant on a boat. The girls thought it was so neat! Then instead of staying in a hotel, we bought a tent and set it up on the beach at 11:00 at night. We felt guilty when we had realized our kids thought a tent was an inside toy. So we thought it would be fun to do some real camping!

Kalicia begged her daddy to go fishing when we got there.
I don't think she had to push too hard.
They fished until about 2:00 in the morning and Kalicia caught a catfish! She was so proud of it, but refused to touch it. She laughed hystarically to keep from crying; she is still just a little scared of fish even though she loves to catch them. I don't think it helped that it was two in the morning!
The other two girls were asleep when we had put them to bed the night before, so they awoke to a wonderful surprise..... a huge blue lake in front of them with seaguls running around their tent! They were so amazed and full of excitement!!!

We spent the whole day at Lake Powell. Loren was up early that morning fishing too with Amaron and Grandpa Pember. I am pretty sure he pulled an all-nighter, fishing is that important! (I think he had a pretty good birthday!)
Kalicia loves the water. She is Daddy's fishing buddy!

Kalicia and Sage feeding the seaguls.
They loved playing on the beach and chasing the birds!

Each of the kids took turns getting pulled in the tube behind the boat!
What fun and my girls even did it by themselves.

Caroline just loved the sand!

Grandma and Grandpa Pember came too!
I think Grandpa was a little worn out from the early morning fishing.


Boat rides and just hangin' out on the beach......


Loren (Daddy) on a tube, with Uncle Amaron trying to throw him off!
It was a wild ride!



It was so nice to relax in the sun
and just enjoy my time with my family.





1 comment:

Kimberly said...

The girls look cute in the tent. Happy Birthday Loren!