New Friends Far Away

After first meeting we headed over to Joes crab Shack for some lunch and dancing.
The girls loved the performances and the dancing. Jeff could hardly contain
himself to not join in the fun.

Amelie, Taylor and Lydia shake, shake shake your bumbum!!

More Dancing and fun!

Maddy and her Nani!

The three amigos checking out the scene, and having a good time.

Jen and Jasmine, finally together in person.

Just after the transfer with Jasmin and Dr. Sahakian.

The girls at Hermosa Beach, enjoying the sand, sun and surf!

Lydia loves to get "dirty" with the sand.

Taylor and Amelie, checking things out, Hermosa Pier in the background.

Maddy is just so happy!

Taylor and Amelie, buried by Daddy!

Maddelyn and Amelie, hanging out in the room, while mommy is on bedrest!

I was really on bedrest, but Jasmin, enjoyed putting herself on bedrest too! We were like two school aged girls chatting and laughing for two days.

Franz is exhausted from all the care of the bedrested girls! But he bears a smile, showing his chipper disposition!

Taylor

Amelie

Lydia

Mommy

Jasmin being silly.

Here we are at the original Pantry in Los Angeles. What a fun place!

JEff waiting in line to get into Pantry.

Mommy waiting in line to get into Pantry.

Daddy getting some love from his girls on Father's day.

Maddy had a great time in the dirt in Nani's backyard. Dirty!

Here we are at Hermosa Beach for breakfast on Father's Day.

BBQ at Nani's before we went back to Colorado. Jeff piles the kids on his back.

My beautiful best friend Heather!

Nani shares a pop with Maddy.

To end the fabulous day, we roasted marshmellows by the fire. What a great time.

One more picture, before Jasmin and Franz go back to Germany and we go back to Colorado.
A true friendship has been formed!

Trip to Branson, MO

Love this picture of Jeff and Maddy. What a sweet face.

Near sister in laws house.

Me and my sweet Madders.

Luvrbugs.

This was a super cool swing, Maddy liked it.

Maddy walking, her land legs are still a little wobbly.

A tractor ride of sorts. We had fun!

The kiddos feeding the horses some carrots.

Maddy feeds the horse too, she is a little afraid.

Lydia and Aunt Minnie. Cute!

Taylor and her buddy Cousin Daniel!

Here we all are, after checking out some bird eggs and a nest.

Taylor Paige

Little Lydia Ora.

Mommy and Maddy on the tractor ride.....a bit scary at times.

Papa and his Tator Bug. Lamberts Restaurant

Lamberts restaurant is named by the Food Network as one of the Top Ten Places to Pig Out. They throw hot rolls at you. Boy are they worth the catch.

Maddy enjoys playing with the balloon.

The gang piggin' out.

Once we got to Branson, we rode the ducks. These are boats that drive on the roads. They gave us a nice tour and some history of the town and then they dove right into Table Rock lake. It was a lot of fun. They also gave you these duck noise makers. You can imagine the duck noises our group put out!

Taylor and Lydia and their duck quackers.

Mommy and Maddy on the duck ride.

Silver Dollar City. An amusement park that we spent an entire day at. It was a lot of fun.

Waiting for the train ride. We eventually were robbed by bandits on the ride.

We were safe, because a new sheriff arrived in town just in time.

Papa and Maddy.

Aunt Minnie and Taylor.

Lydia and Cousin Daniel on the ladybugs.

Lydia and Maddy cooling off in the wet zone.

The wild river ride. Jeff rode more than once.

The sight and sound play of Noah... Here we are inside the theater.

The kiddos in front of the theater. What an awesome performance.

Hanging out in the hotel.

Taylor driving her first go cart. We all had a turn, it was a great time.

Taylor and Lydia on the boat at Table Rock Lake

Aunt Minne and the girls.

Daddy and Maddy take a little dip in the lake. We went tubbing and fishing. It was a hoot!

Maddy got a turn at the wheel.

Enjoying the sun and water.

Daddy caught a little snuggle from Lydia.

Mommy and Maddy on the wave runner.

We loved the wave runner that we rented. Taylor and I decided we have to buy one of our own.

Daddy caught a huge catfish. With the sponge bob pole. Way to go Daddy!

Our last night in Missouri at Cooper's Landing.

The kids having a good time.

Brother, sister and Lydia

Enjoying the live music.

A beautiful sunset.

What a beautiful ending to our trip.
Note: We also brought home a boxed turtle that Jeff and the girls hunted down the morning we left. We named him Cooper for the best little hang out joint in Missouri.