Birthday Date

Since we were in Lake Powell for my REAL birthday, Mark and I decided to fake a little and just pretend that July 23 was on Saturday this year. In my birthday card from Mark I had received an impressively designed "gift certificate" good for one day up in Park City, so on Saturday we drove up there and went straight to the Alpine Slide. You would think that since I have lived in Utah for so long that I would have done all of these Park City things already, but I haven't, and it was so much fun! The slide was okay-ish, a little slow maybe, but the new downhill roller-coaster was way fun. After that we went to the outlets and shopped around for a while, and topped the day off eating at a really nice restaurant on main street. I think it was probably the best birthday date ever...22 is definitely looking really good so far!

Lake Powell

Ok, so Lake Powell is one of the greatest places on earth. It is so fun getting on a houseboat and jet-skiing, wake surfing, water skiing, wakeboarding, tubing, and just laying out in the sun for days on end. Because I haven't had much of a chance to see the sun this summer I think I might have taken the whole "laying out" thing a little too far though....I'm pretty much as orange as an oompa loompa, it's not cute, and it's pretty painful, but I'm still holding out for a tan so we'll see.  The sunburn was well worth it though, it was so fun we can't wait to go back.

Wake surfing: a new family fav.  Mark is the resident expert pro at it too, although I am steadily catching up to him, so it won't be long until he has some serious competition

 

That is me working my magic on a slalom ski...haha okay so really I'm not THAT good, but once again, it won't be long now until I'm a pro....

Mark catching some SERIOUS air on the wakeboard :) Very impressive.

Crossing the Border

Mark and I just got back from an amazing family vacation in Central America.........it was so much fun! We have been pretty spoiled the past couple of months first in Washington with Mark's family and then on this trip with my fam, so I only hope that it isn't too hard for us to adjust to the reality of settling back down into a normal, routine life again :)

Here are a few pics:

Our first night was spent in Mexico City.....as showcased in this picture not only by the enchiladas, but also by the Mexican flag toothpick in Mark's mouth....

The ruins in Palenque, Mexico and the waterfall close by where we went swimming

Howler monkeys. I was so surprised how small they were after hearing them...the sound made me feel like I was in Jurassic Park or something, it was crazy.

Zip-lining!!! SO much fun. 

Some of the many ruins at Tikal in Guatemala

We spent one day in Honduras and visited Copan

Boat cruise across Lake Atitlan

All in all it was definitely an amazing adventure, and we had a blast!

But it's also really good to be home.......and to be able to eat lettuce, tomatoes, or any other non-peeled, non-cooked fruit or vegetable that my heart desires