Lydia's Fourth Birthday!

In line for the big slip n slide

Enjoying the water and fun!

Lydia the birthday girl makes a silly face.

Water balloon fight

more fighting with the balloons.

Being silly and having a good time.

Making wishes!

waiting patiently for cake and ice cream.

Worth the wait. Happy Birthday, Lydia!

Maddy enjoys the yummies too!

Her favorite part of course was the opening of the presents.

The birthday celebration gang.

Fourth of July

Maddy enjoying the festivities in the rain.

Hanging in the garage, to hide from all the rain. Did it ever stop?

Maddy enjoys a sparkler with her Daddy.

Lydia enjoy one too!

A great ending, a great firework show! More pics to follow, once
my friend Julie shares with me.

Keystone, CO -- Visit with my Cuz

Allison enjoying the park!

Casey, Taylor and Lydia, they look like they are in trouble....

Maddy enjoys the park in Keystone.

The Keystone creek.

Casey and Lydia

Maddy, Taylor, Casey, Allison, and Lydia

Maddy, Me, Mike, Casey, Cindy, Allison, half of Taylor and Lydia was totally cut out!
Too short!

Cousin Cindy and her beautiful daughter Allison

Mike and Casey.

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!