Beckering Family Vacation

The beginning of the week!  This car/slide was near our campers and there was a big rainbow playset for the kids!  This provided hours of entertainment for the kids and some rest for the adults.

Brayden and Kylie at the docks

Digging in the sand on the beach by Lake Michigan

Bennet-L, Caleb-R

Breanna and Avery gave up to exhaustion after our day at the beach.

Breanna with 3 sunglasses on!

Dan and Avery climbing Sleeping Bear Dunes.

Brayden and Kylie at Sleeping Bear--these 2 were virtually inseparable!  Saying goodnights with "I love you deep in my heart!"

Grandpa walking the dunes with the grandkids.

Lake Michigan was in view, but we were told it was still over an hour hike from here. 

Darin and the kids made it this far too. . .Tricia made it quite far, but we didn't want any early labor!!!

Alissa playing with Sawyer and Avery in the sand by the dunes.

The first part of the climb by sleeping bear dunes--Caleb is running down the hill in the red shirt.

After the hike, we had snacks and water in the shade--the kids climbed the dune and ran down several more times!  They sure slept well on vacation!!!

Darin and Tricia's family.

We went to a beach by Traverse City one day and could also do some biking. It was a chilly day, but the kids had lots of fun just playing in the sand for the afternoon.  Breanna, Ella and Avery by the flowers we found on the beach.

Grandma holding Nathan. . .the guy who needs his sleep and sometimes would put himself down for a nap!!!

The water/beach area by our campers--this was our last day!

Most of the cousins. . .Sawyer and Nathan were not around.  The kids sure had a great time together and they have really missed their cousins since we have been home!

 The wonderful playset by our campers!

We had a great time camping with the Beckerings in MI last week.  The weather couldn't have been better, the bugs were NOT out, the campground had lots of room for running and playing and the sights were great too!  Even though there were 9 kids, the adults even had some down time because of the playground.  We were amazed by the amounts of food consumed. . .Dan and I continue to wonder at how we will pay the grocery bills when the boys are teenagers!  Now, trying to adjust to being home again...at least the kids have VBS this week, but we still are missing everyone!