Missouri Day 3 (Bounce Back!!! & Jump Mania)

Bounce back to Silver Dollar to ride this!!!!

WildFire...Yeah!!!


Colleen (in bright blue) Grant (in green) & Katie (in purple)

There was a BIG drop at the beginning, and then loop after loop! Soooo much fun!

Grant, Colleen. & Brad

We all rode it over and over!

We had a blast being kids while being alone as adults! (The kids stayed with Colleen & Brad's amazing babysitter all day! I haven't had that in a loooooong time!)

So since the kids missed out on some fun we took them to an all new experience!

Entering some serious Jump Mania!!!

Audrie was soooo happy! :)

Even mom got to jump!

The BIG slide!

Weeeeeee!!!!!

She did this over and over and over again!

The 3 kiddos! All in their CARS shirts :) So Cute!!!

All ready for bed in their PJ's

Here's a little cute flashback of the kids in their PJ's....

My oh my how fast they are growing!

March 2008 - Carter & Audrie...Spencer was busy with a book

March 2007

Spencer & Audrie - I love how they are staring at each other...talking in their own baby way :)

I love watching these guys grow up together! :)

Missouri Day 2 (Fun Day!)

Lots of pictures ahead!!!

On Friday we took the kids to the amusement park Silver Dollar City in Branson.

It was all decorated for fall & was such a neat park. It was full of shops, yummy treats, and RIDES!!! :)

The jumping frog ride

Audrie loves to jump! (Mom liked this one :) )

The butterfly & caterpillar ride (you control going up & down)

Dad can you fit?

Audrie loved to push the button to go up up up! (Mom liked this one too :) )


Colleen & Spencer on the elephant ride


Aunt Katie & Carter (Just as good as Disney Land!)

Claire's ride was her stroller! She is such a good baby!!!


The boys & Brad on the roller coaster! How cool!!! Audrie wasn't tall enough to ride this one...bummer!


This was an awesome area for the kids...and big kids ;)
It was a huge 4 story ball pit. You could vacuum the balls or launch them in pop guns. We played in here for a looong time!

Picking up the balls with dad....what to do with all of these balls!?!

Having a ball!

Spencer patiently vacuuming the balls...a lot of work ahead...

Some silly little monkeys climbing up to the top story

Carter learned to climb up 4 stories all by himself!


Audrie loves to bounce!!!


1st frozen lemonade and loooooving it! She could not get enough of this yummy treat!


Fun train ride - Grant, Audrie, Brad, Baby Claire, Colleen's arm (sorry Colleen), Carter, & Spencer

Carter & Audrie

Weeee through the tunnel!!!

Last stop the taffy shop

Yum Yum!!! This place was sooo fun!!!
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Lambert's Cafe - Home of Throwed Rolls

We went to Lambert's for dinner
It's known for it's throwed rolls. You stick your hand up in the air and a server throws one at you. It's up to you to catch it, but he is a great pitcher! He'll throw it from across the room and we didn't see too many on the floor. We got a kick out of this! Super fun dinner!

Next Day...Adults bounce back for some REAL FUN!!! & we experience JUMP MANIA!!!

Missouri Day 1 (Travel Day)

Oh what an early morning! We left for the airport at 5:30 AM, but the excitement of travel got us through. Audrie loved the plane!

She loved looking out the window and watching all the lights, but as soon as we were in the air, we were all sleeping :) So the first flight was pretty easy. Second flight Audrie watched a movie and colored and before we knew it, we were in Missouri!

We were sooo excited to get to The Foss Fam's and they were there to greet us. After hugs and hellos, I headed straight to the sink to wash my hands so I could hold that sweet baby Claire! She is super cute and is smiling and making all sorts of cute faces. I love her hair and the cute style they sport her with! She is a doll!

We had a yummy dinner...Thanx again Colleen...she fed us well :) and then it was off to taste the long awaited Andy's frozen custard. It's made fresh hourly and is creamier and more natural tasting. I don't normally loooove ice cream, but I did have this 3 out of the 5 days...Grant had it 4 times :) I must say it is really yummy! Not as sugary sweet...and not so rich. Just right! Wish it would move on west!

The kids loving their ice cream

Tomorrow...Silver Dollar City!

We're Home!

We were in Missouri visiting Brad, Colleen, Carter, Spencer, & baby Claire...the Foss Fam. We had such a wonderful time and I have so much to post! But for now I just wanted to say hello and pictures will come soon.

Here's a short preview...
1st family trip on a plane
Audrie loooved the plane & did so good!
Added 2 states to my travels (Colorado & Missouri)...
Even though it was just the airport in Colorado :)
Got to meet & hold Claire for the 1st time
Rode an AWESOME roller coaster!
Experienced some fun Jump Mania!
Lots of playtime with cousins

Enjoyed some of our show's premiers late into the night

(Grey's Anatomy, Survivor, Amazing Race)
Sooo much fun & we miss you guys already!

There are soooo many trees it's beautiful!

Papa's Owie Updated

Well I found out from our visit this morning that my dad came home from the ER around 2:30 AM on crutches...he did break his right ankle in three places. His other ankle is fine...just a little sore. He looks great and is feeling pretty good all things considered. The accident didn't happen as close to the time we were headed home from the mall on Fairview (it was around 8:00)...but I am still glad I didn't see anything. We are continuously counting our blessings that he is well!

Papa's Owie

Papa needs a big bandaid right now...

It's 12:21 and I'm having a bit of a hard time turning my brain off...

We had a fun family night at the mall tonight and were heading home around 8:45...we got home and my brother Jake called us with some scary news. My dad was hit on his motorcycle sometime around 8:50. A car pulled out onto Fairview and didn't see him. He was thrown 25 feet from his bike and rolled. He was wearing his helmet, pants, and a sweatshirt so his injuries were a lot less severe than they could have been. He was taken to St. Al's and found that one ankle has a small chip... and they are x-raying the other one because when he was getting discharged, he couldn't walk on it. (I'm not 100% sure that he went home.) His cat scan came back great. He is soooo good for wearing that helmet!!! He will be pretty bruised and sore tomorrow, but we are sooo grateful that he is not more broken! We love Papa and Audrie was so concerned. She got to visit him in his room with everyone that went back there. She kept saying "Papa owie" and then she would point to her foot. She finally went to sleep after reassuring her that we would go visit him tomorrow and make him cookies. Dad you will be in our prayers! We are so blessed to have you safe tonight! We love you sooo much!

Audrie 9.6.08

Audrie at 23 months

• loves to ride her bike
• picked up "mommy" & "daddy"
• talking like crazy!
• looooves dum-dum pops
• sings parts of her ABC's
• loves to color & play with play-doh
• helps mom make scrambled eggs (her favorite breakfast)
• has a sharp memory
• loves to point out boats, cars, airplanes, motorcycles
• isn't afraid to get a little dirty
• loves to be dolled up too (already sneaks into mom's make-up) ;)
• loves a good crib party at 2:15...sometimes 3:40...or 5:20....ahhhh
• sign her up for cheerleading! She's already a better stunter than I ever was! :)
• has to have a combination of choo-choo and her noise for airplane when taking bites of dinner
• showing her funny personality more and more each day...has a lot of her daddy's fun spirit
  

the list may get longer later...for my sake of recording. I am just exhausted right now after our party at 2:15-3:20 last night! :) Gotta go to bed for the party tonight!

Our little cutie

She has always loved to fold her arms and bow her head...sometimes you even catch her mumbling something :) I had to capture it! I think I'll scrapbook and frame it for her room titled "Don't forget to pray".