Lake Powell 2009

Our summer vacation to Lake Powell has come and sadly gone, but it was a fun time this year.

Jerm and I drove out and met up with his mom, dad, sister and her friend.  We spent 3 days playing in the lake, getting some sun and hanging around the hip-hopping town of Page, AZ (please note my sarcasm, and if you're from Page, AZ...I'm sorry because that sucks).  Some highlights from our trip include:

1.  No bed bugs this year!!  I'm happy to say that the Days Inn in Page, AZ does not have bed bugs...unlike the Best Western did last year.

2.  Jeremy put sunscreen on my upper back the morning of our first day on the lake, while I put the rest all over my body.  By that afternoon, the ONLY part painfully sunburned was my upper back.  Thanks, Jerm...in 15 years when I have skin cancer there, I'm blaming you.

3.  My new bathing suit top from Target broke...while I was wearing it!!  Jerm's response was, "Babe, just go topless."  Yea, riiiiiiight.  He used a zip tie to fix it.

4.  Jerm wake boarded for the first time. (His feet are too big and he's never been able to find a board that fit...until now.)  "Insert Video Here"  It's taking FOREVER to download onto YouTube.

5. Fun times were had by all and it was a nice vacation.

Jerm and Heather on the tube.

Us kids swam out to some rocks.

In other vacation news, we were gone for about 4 days and during that time Diesel stayed at the Hassayampa Canine Resort.  He loved it!  We got a call from the place saying that he was such a good dog and that he was having a great time.  Plus, he got a "brushing and a biscuit" one day and a grooming right before we picked him up. 

So cute, with his purple bandana!

 

Glad to be home.

Nighty, Night...Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite...

This is a Bedbug.

The common bedbug is found in temperate climates throughout the world and lives off the blood of humans. Bedbugs are generally active only at dawn, with a peak attack period about an hour before sunrise. They may attempt to feed at other times however, given the opportunity, and have been observed to feed at any time of the day. Attracted by warmth and the presence of carbon dioxide, the bug pierces the skin of its host with two hollow tubes. After feeding for about five minutes, the bug returns to its hiding place.

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

During our trip to Lake Powell this past week, Jeremy and I became closely acquainted with a few of these bedbugs. In fact, we became so close that we shared the same bed as them! We stayed at the Best Western - Lake Powell, and we can confirm that they have bedbugs in some beds.

We discovered our gross little friends on Friday morning, after we had slept in the bed for two nights. Yuck! As we were about to leave for the lake, we noticed two bedbugs on my pillow. So, Jeremy's mom, sister and I took the pillow to the front desk. The front desk guy freaked out a little bit (maybe this has happened before??), took the pillow and the bugs and said that he'd be right back. He came back a little frazzled and proceeded to tell us that he'd work on getting us a new room. To make a very long story short, we were given a new room, but it only had one king bed (for Jerm's parents), a pull out couch (for us) and a roll away (for Heather); instead of two queen beds and a pull out. Actually, in the new room, the pull out wasn't even needed because Jerm's parents and Heather all slept in the king bed...but that's another story! :-) Anyway, Jerm's mom worked her magic (plus, I'm sure the hotel was a little concerned that we'd blab to others about the bugs) and we were given the remaining two nights of our hotel stay free!

Moral of the story: Do not stay at the Best Western Lake Powell, unless you want to meet some little friends.

And on that note: Nighty, night...don't let those bedbugs bite!