Jasmine had a great time visiting with her foster family and sister Destiny. Many activities were had from bike riding, duck wrangling, horse riding, movie watching, tree swinging, playgrounding and eating.

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We had a great time at the Bandon Animal Park. We went with Jasmine’s foster family mom Kristi, daughter Kara, son Devon, and foster daughter Destiny (Jasmine’s sister).

The highlight for me was the parks wonderful collection of wild cats. I really enjoyed looking up close at the lynxes, panthers, leopards, cougar, lions and bengal tigars. Not to mention all the baby wild cats the keepers brought out for us to view.

Word of warning though. You definitely have to watch your step, because the free ranging goats, llamas, and deer don’t care where they um do their business. And if you purchase an icecream cone full of grain to feed the animals, be prepared for a mini stampede, and watch out for the geese, they are vicious.

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We had a long weekend in Southern Oregon to visit Jasmine’s sisters and foster family. First up was a visit with Jasmine’s older sister Selena. We met for icecream. Jasmine let her eyes do the selecting and picked rainbow sherbet. Selena let her taste buds choose chocolate peanut butter. They both seemed happy with their selections. Due to the huge portions we all had trouble finishing and tummy aches were reported afterwords.

We enjoyed our visit with Selena and made plans to get together in the future.

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We headed to Rehobeth Beach for some summer fun. In attendance were my sister Hollie, her son Josh, sister Heather, her daughter Savannah, friend Rita, her daughter Madison, her son Cody and a bazillion other tourists.

First up was getting some boardwalk fries, pizza, and Nic-o-Boli’s at famous Nicolas Pizza. The place was packed, but we made it in and had a hectic but yummy dinner. Then we were off down the boardwalk to enjoy the scenery as we made our way to our destination of funland – a maze of kiddie and adult amusement rides.  After the kids were somewhat sated from many adrenalin pumping attractions, they did some running on the beach, and some of the kids even made into the Atlantic ocean, which was an unexpected surprise to some parents. We ended the trip with an icecream dessert with a beautiful backdrop of an ocean sunset.

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We visited with lots of my family while in Delaware, along with some family friends. Lots of fine Delaware foods were eaten such as corn, chicken, and blue crab. Jasmine participated in an array of activities from hula hopping, swimming, riding in a wheelbarrow, unwrapping presents, and playing with her new friends Cody and Madison.

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