the NOT lake powell trip (8/2017)

while most parents dream of disney excitement for their children, we've dreamed instead about the magic of lake powell on their cute, little faces! and 2017 was finally going to deliver! ... until, that is, the day before departure. with one dumb storm and a broken houseboat - accompanied with loads of desperate scrambling - lake powell was cancelled!  we still gathered for the family reunion, spouting affirmations like, "It was really about being together, right?"  (bless grandpa and omi who secured a cabin on the outskirts of yellowstone for us with only 12 hours notice.)  at the risk of being the spoiled brat i surely sound like, i'm afraid our fabulous trip to yellowstone-  complete with a close moose and buffalo encounter, plenty of time on the skiboat, loads of fun with cousins, henna and facepaint for days - will collectively be remembered as... the year we were supposed to go to lake powell.  rather, the NOT lake powell trip.  let me submit evidence, on behalf of 20 bratty family reunion members, that we did indeed still have fun:

... but it was NOT lake powell