Family Camping Trip

In mid-July, we went on our annual Bertke family camping trip.  We went to St. Marys to check out the new splash pad there.  Our kiddos absolutely loved the splash pad.  Vince ran and squealed with excitement.  He stomped in the water, got his hair wet, and stayed plenty busy!  (No surprise there!)  Out of all the kids, he was the last one to leave the splash pad. Vera ran through the water fountains, stayed busy with Blake, and played pretend.  (No surprise there either.)

We had lots of little ones.  Here are a few of them.
Left: Eli, Vera & Blake
Right: Vince & Nora

Nora & Amelia

Vince doesn't know what to do next.

Leap frog

Vinners stayed very busy.  He and Eli were buddies.

Vera asked constantly to drink Gatorade.  Vince didn't want to be left out of that.

Annie was really good all weekend!

Two peas in a pod.

The kids ate and slept really well all weekend.  Vince put lots of miles on his Crocs.  We lost him once, for a few minutes, in the dark.  We were all sitting by the fire, and suddenly no one knew where Vin was.  Adam, my mom, dad and I started searching.  It was a little scary because it was so dark.  We found him sitting on Mandy & Jeff's camper step by himself in the dark.  That could've been so much worse!

Thank goodness for the extra adult hands to help with all of the kids.  There were lots of little ones:  Vera, Vince, Annie, Blake, Nora, Eli, Beau, Amelia and Audrey--ages 5 to 7 weeks.  We had 7 campsites, plenty of food, (some) relaxation and fun memories.