Camping in August

Nathan taking a look at the beach

Ella cashed out at the beach

Now Nathan taking a snooze at the beach

We love chips

Using our new camper for the first time

Ben and Nathan taking a tubby bath

Ella loved to be right with the boys. Not so sure Trenton likes her on his bike!

Anna just relaxing

Hayden loves camping

Ben, Trenton, and Luke had quite a bit of fun together

Nathan and Ella pushing Anna around the campground

Bath time for Ella

Ella showing us her "muscles"

Nathan liked the pool

What is going through their little minds!

Best photo of them before church

Ella giving us her cheesey smile

It has kind of been a whirlwind summer here. I see now I have not posted in awhile, so I will try and give some updates. After our Beckering vacation, we spent a little less than a month living by Tim's parents until we could move into our rental house. It was kind of nice to have built in babysitters, but I am sure Mom and Dad Stuive are enjoying the quiet and toy-free house. We moved into our rental in the last week of July. We feel pretty at home here and really enjoy their big backyard and having a park a couple houses down from us. The kids have adapted well to many new environments so we feel thankful for that. The first week of August, I went camping with my friends Rachel and Carissa for a week at the Christian Conference Grounds near Holland/Grand Haven. We had a great time. Oh yes, there were the few melt downs by the kids, but we felt better knowing we were all in it together. There were 7 kids to 3 moms at times. The husbands were up a lot which helped out. Nathan and Ella did good. They had to adjust to sleeping in a camper and we had one afternoon of crying it out, but after that they slept good in the pack n plays. We really enjoyed our using our camper for the first time and we hope to go on a fall trip in September. Now life is pretty back to normal. I am working my 2 shifts a week at work and Tim continues is hunt for a job. He has a couple more leads so we are praying for the right one. It has been a nice summer and cannot believe we are already in August. We have been looking on line for houses, but nothing specific yet. We will keep you informed. Hopefully my next post will be sooner than later. I'll try post some pictures of our rental house next week.