Camping

Every year for as long as I can remember we have gone camping with my grandparents and cousins in the summer. We always have so much fun with everyone and look forward to it every year. We were able to go saturday-wednesday, so tons of time to enjoy the beach and our family! We had great weather, a little hot, but we made due. We took Josie along and she really liked it. I was a little nervous at how she was going to do, but it was totally fine. She was filthy the entire time, she just laid in the dirt and chewed on sticks and pine cones the entire time. She slept through the night with no problem as well. The only issue was that she started getting a little 'sassy' (as my good friend Jessie would say!). I am sure this was just due to the fact that we were not at home and couldn't really enforce the 'rules' and such. But it was a great trip overall! The family loved her of course and she took tons of naps since she got tons of attention.

The DeLange family was also able to join us for most of the time as well. It was fun getting the two families together again, we played lots of ladder-ball, and enjoyed lots of beach time together.

The water was so warm and there were significant waves (red flag) so it was fun to play in the water! I believe the water temp averaged 74degrees, and the air temp was about 88-90 the entire time.

Some of the highlights:

• Watching the sunset at the beach
• Playing ladder-ball
• Having hotdogs on the fire (I love hotdogs so much, which is just wrong since I have my degree in exercise science and am generally pretty health conscious, oh well)
• Getting ice-cream at Wippie Dip
• Going to visit Anne at work (Bryant's girl friend, who works at Old Dogs in Spring Lake, MI)
• Having Josie meet the whole family
• Sleeping in our new tent for the first time
• Playing in Lake Michigan
  
  
  

Our home away from home

sisters!

The DeKruyter family