Thursday, July 15, 2010

Happy 4th and another road trip...

We decided to join Chris's mom and sisters families on their little vacation for just a few days. They were there the whole week, but we just crashed their party for 2 days. We were at the Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, MO. It was such a nice place and right on the beach. It was so fun to hang out with them even if for only a few days. We had fun on the lake, saw some great fireworks on the 4th, and had some great fam time.

There are a lot of pics, so I won't explain them all. However, this jet ski has been with Amber and Chris since 1995, and yes, it still runs like a champ. It was a lot of fun...especially for kids.


All the kids playing on steps, well expect Bailey and Marin


So cute...






At a local golf course watching fireworks...yes in pjs :)




These need some commentary...we thought it would be cool to visit Ha Ha Tonka State Park and go hiking. Please remind me how taking 7 kids (3 & under) on a hike, plus 2 pregnant gals. It got a little hot and sticky, but the view that we saw made it somewhat bearable.


We tried strollers, they didn't really work


Here is probably the only smile she had the whole time, poor girls sweats like crazy and HATES being HOT.


This was such a pretty view, if you blow it up, there is a castle on the right.


Back at lake for some hot dog time...




While the kids napped we had some pretty memorable activities going on...the boys decided to kayak (sp?)...Dane and Russ took a little time to get the hang of it, it was quite humerous though




Then the slip and slide action started....the boys again showed us their talent, followed by Ashley and she by far was the funniest. What great memories we made, so glad we were able to join them for a few days.


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