Wonders of America

Our Nauvoo trip to see Grandma Marilyn and Grandpa Jerry was a full-on success! It was fantabulous!!!! They are doing great in their mission and having a wonderful time!


The St. Louis arch was a cool one. Although we didn't step out, these stuck-in-traffic-so-trying-to-get-best-pic-from-car-window picture wasn't as great as hoped. But oh well. It was still cool.

Talmage's birthplace - a stop in the two-room, condo-sized, too-tiny townhouse from 1998. It's so freaky! It's in a totally ghetto area, and I didn't realize how gangster-invested area it is! It's the 'hood'!


Our three wonders of America were actually pretty faithful. First stop - Nauvoo, Illinois. You can say that thirty-two hours from exotic, woodsy Alpharetta, Georgia (on the Southern coast, bordering the Atlantic)to the harmonic, beautiful landscape of Oceanside Califnornia was the end of it, but no. We stopped to see our old-old house that Ethan and Emma never knew of, only to learn that the people living there have seven kids. WOW. Well, that's our adventure! Til next time!

More Powell Pix

My New Look!

The before shot - a little of this, a little of that...not a single scissor to my hair since January! It's crazy and awful! So when I got it cut, I thought it was new and ASTONISHING!!! Thanks!



I got a haircut - and though in this pic, you can't see, I got low layers. I love them, courtesy to Lizzy Rigby, a FABULOUS hairdresser who my mom and I's hair when we went over there. It was great to chat with her again and see her before we left AZ. She's a great aunt, and LOVE her family so much - they are so blessed and so wonderful. It's great to see them. Chris taught me how to surf, and London is so great and I love to be with her because she is just so girly and flirty and fun for her age. Lizzy is so unique and her hair styling is so interesting. I just love to talk to her becuase she is so fun. They are blessed to be having a baby boy soon, and we love their family. Thanks for the haircut!!

Summer Styles by A&R

Model proffesors, Reyna and I created A&R (I still haven't passed this on her record...). It's us modeling for suave summer styles, like short shorts and flowy shirts that are reasonable and comfortable. reyna and I are staying together in Kristen's house, which is the PERFECT setting for all of our needs. Here's our cool pics from the photoshoot. Please tell us how they look - good or bad?

Did we mention Emma's a model, too?

Camping Kids (and adults...)

We DID do the camping experience. Family bonding is SO COOL. We had a great Fourth of July weekend with the Mitch-Nicole Lamb fam, Steve-Ali Searle fam, and Scott-Suzanne Rose fam. What a hoot! We had QUITE the gang. We got pictures that you might have seen on Mitch and Nicole's blog, but we did tons!!!


The four-wheeling extravaganza, the Emma and Rachel Phenomenon, the fun firewood hunts with my dad, Rob, the s'mores we roasted, the GREAT peach cobbler, cherry cobbler, fried chicken, potatoes, and monkey bread/donut holes we ate. Everyone made it FABULOUS. Everyone had great fun, and all of Mitch's wonderful jokes at the fireside made the world crack up. We're all wonderful examples to kids.

Anyway, it was really WAY fun and we want to go next year, so INVITE US!! (no force in there...)