The Ridge

We have some good friends that have a lake house on Truman Lake! (The address of the lake house has the word "ridge" in it... thus the title) We've been out a couple times this summer already and we definitely look forward to more fun lake weekends. For the Fourth of July we ventured out to enjoy the lake and had a blast!!


Definitely enjoy spending the lake weekends with these ladies!



We had a small group that went out to the lake on the Saturday before July 4th, so I had the opportunity to learn how to ski! It was awesome! Here I am getting ready to try this out for the first time!



Trying, trying, trying so hard to get up! Either that or I'm falling backwards after getting up!



I finally got up for about 10 seconds or so before I fell again. I was satisfied with my attempts and really tired, so I decided to give it a rest after this last attempt!



Then the boys got to ski! Jacob's been skiing all his life and definitely seems happy out there!


My handsome husband is a great skier! (Jacob's in the background trying to catch the waves)



Jacob's hair was quite the site!



Brett and Jacob tried to stay on as John tried to throw them off!



Marina and I just going for a nice peaceful ride in the tube! Thanks John!



Later in the day, I tried a second round of skiing! Finally got up successfully! I stayed up long enough to enjoy a nice ride around the lake!


Considering it was my first day to ski... I thought I did pretty well! And definitely enjoyed it!



Festive Watermelon for Fourth of July weekend!



Love the wind blown, pinky skin, after-the-lake type of picture!



Another friend picture!



After a long day in the sun... this was a beautiful way to end the day!

Theater in the Park :: Les Miserables

This past Friday night, I went to the second play of the season at Theater in the Park. It was my first time to ever see Les Miserables!! I really enjoyed the show and I love the atmosphere. If you live here in Kansas City area, you should definitely check out Theater in the Park. The first show of the season was Sound of Music (which I saw two weeks ago). Second show was Les Miserables, Third show will be Aida, and the Fourth show will be Seussical. I hope to see many more play/musicals at Theater in the Park. Here's a few pictures...


::And this is only a portion of the crowd


::Our group that attended together-



::Love this guy!



::Enjoyed this scene!!



::A little girl played the role of Gavroche (a little boy in the play) and she did a great job! You can see Gavroche on the shoulders of the men in the middle of the picture.



::The entire cast singing the last song... did I mention all these cast members were in High School or younger!


::Again, I thoroughly enjoyed the performance, love the atmosphere, and can't wait to go back!