We had a great weekend at Lake Powell. Here is the first rendition of our trip. Thanks to Zac Coplan, my brother-in-law, for putting his Flip to good use and then editing the footage to make this video of the water-skiing and wake-boarding. It was tons of fun. I want to thank our wives and children for letting us leave for a few days to spend some quality time together. We also had a couple of good games of Settlers of Catan at night. The weather was fantastic. The nights were gorgeous. A little more info. I’m in the red and white shorts, Spencer is in the red shorts, Zac is in the black and white shorts, and JP in the blue shorts. Let’s keep a good tradition going. We need these fun weekends to keep us going.
Then we also took some pictures of the kids before they went trick-or-treating. Marlene did an amazing job making Henry’s Frog Prince costume. She always makes one costume at least per year. Oscar wanted to be a Knight and Lily was Cinderella. You can’t see it in all of the pictures but Lily was devasted when I said she needed to wear her coat. It was going to ruin her outfit; it didn’t matter how cold it got. She was hysterical and stubborn. She may have been tired before we even went. Oscar was a good sport and was only able to trick-or-treat the closest houses in our block because he had cough so we didn’t want to keep him out long. Henry as well was upset that he had to wear the costume; especially the hat, however, when we put him in front of the mirror, he got a huge smile on his face. Enough talk and here are some of the pictures.
We had a great morning adventure this week with my Aunt Jane and cousin Gary. I took Oscar and Lily with me. It was fantastic. We also brought home some copper covered rocks that we were given by the security guard. He was really nice and gave us lots of insights about the mine. One nugget was that it takes an hour to drive from where we were to the bottom of the mine. The speed limit for the road was 6 mph. Not too fast.
Earlier this year, on a road trip this is how we amused ourselves as we drove to and from St. George.
We were brainstorming for 3 letter names and this is what we came up with. Please add any that you think we’ve missed. These are outrageous; we know but it was a lot of fun. ** We are not expecting.**
Fil
Zeb
Jed
Jeb
Ira
Ari
Luc
Luk
Ash (Ashton)
Zac
Mat
Ben
Dan
Tim
Tom
Jim
Jon
Ron
Don
Bon
Seb (Sebastian)
Dil
Joe
Flo (flo’ rida)
Axe (axel rose)
Hal
Pal
Sal
Han (han solo)
Dex
Dax
Lax
Fax
Lex
Jex
Bil
Til
Tal
Zal
Ned
Fed
Zed
Led
Ted
Boo
Rad
Fad
Avi
Nic
Nik
Pil
Nil
Fin
Fen
Len
Mel
Cal
Cad
Hud* Paul Newman’s flick no offense intended.
Xav (Xavier)
Sam
Ric
Rik
Nil
Tor
Taz
Jas or Jaz (short for Jasper or Jasmine – I love the Utah Jazz)
Lev
Lan (short for Landry or Landrover)
Sip
Zip
Bob
Rob
Del
Ken *corny
Sto
Sco
Jan (combo of JP and MaryAnn
Kob
Tre
Riv
Rip (Van Winkle)
Lyn
Van
Tan (short for Tanner)
Nat
or Than (if you go by syllables – short for Nathan)
Fun
Lad
Daz
Fiz
Dak (short for Dakota; Mar likes Dax better for this one).
Tag (short for Tagger)
Red
Sid
Jay
Tad (Tad Hamilton)
Jet
Gil
Gus (or Gus Gus if he was in our home)
Pax
Jax
Oscar’s choices – he laughed and laughed
Mad
Bad
If it’s a surprise and is a girl – here are some options.
Jen
Zoe
Joi
Joy
Ava
Eva
Eve
Mia
Via
Jil
Gil
Nan
Fan
Gen
Gal
Sal
Zin
Zen
Mam
Bev
Ivy
Iva
Lin or Lyn
Ira** (Thanks Jeff for that addition to the list of girl names).
Here is a video about some of the hypotheses regarding what happened and what they found so far in the Atlantic Ocean. I was sad to hear such news last week when I first heard about it. I hope good comes into the safety and development of the planes.
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