summer 2011

summer 2011

Paul and I, all 16 kids and Ashley, Benjamin's wife...Christmas 2012

Paul and I, all 16 kids and Ashley, Benjamin's wife...Christmas 2012
family

Sunday, August 26, 2018

a wee bit of heaven....


This was the view from our campsite. Paul and I, nine of our daughters, one son-in-law, one baby grandson, Wulf, and little Lydia, who celebrated her 3rd birthday. (Ben and Ashley weren't able to go, unfortunately...)
In the evenings, we would wade out and swim...it was lovely.


Morning coffee in the lounge chair before anyone else was up...


The view from the tent doorway as Paul kayaked away to fish in the morning...


The beach, the sun was hot and the water was cold.


Sunny on the beach, even though no dogs were allowed. She was SO good. She likes nothing better than to go out into the water and fetch a stick. She slept in the little tent with Charlotte, Camille, and cousin Danielle.


Paul took some of the girls for a boat ride.


Happy and relaxed.


Paul making dinner. Well, heating it up, anyway, pulled pork which spent the day in the crockpot, then was frozen...heated over the charcoal, served either on buns or with diced tomatoes with cilantro, and tortilla chips...mmmmm.


Camille, Danielle, and Charlotte Claire...(Camille read those 7 Harry Potter books in about three weeks, now she's reading, "The Knee-Bone Boy".)


Char and Sunny....Sunny got so tired out from all the swimming and running.


Suzanne, Sonja, and I working at the concert the night before we went camping...

More pics and more stories to come....bye for now.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Every Sunday night I read your blog. It's such a treat!

Marilyn said...

It certainly looks like you had a lovely, relaxing time! Sunny too! I enjoyed camping when my girls were young........so relaxing (as long as it didn’t rain😖) The weather looks fabulous. Let’s hope summer continues for a while longer yet. Not so warm here, but at least the smoke has all but gone. Have a great day Della!

Marilyn from Canada

Michelle in FL said...

Looks beautiful there, and so much fun!:)