9 grandchildren with 2 more to join before Christmas
All the grand"girls"
Attempt at a family picture
Let's see........ we had an awesome Beckering Family vacation back in the beginning of June. Now... it's middle of July and I am finally getting some pictures on the blog. Wow, I am a little behind. Anyways, we did have an awesome vacation up in Leelanau. My family did the long drive this time and got to see some sights of Northern Michigan. We had wonderful accommodations (We rented 3 of Tim's brother Scott's trailers). We ate good. The kids had a blast and there was no major injuries or meltdowns. We went to the Sleeping Bear dunes one day and also spent a day in Traverse City. Time went too fast and now were all back to our own busy lives, but we cherish the time spent together. July has been good too. Hot, hot, hot! Even hotter when you're pregnant and have to wear TED hose all day. The kids have enjoyed going to a local beach now and then and we like to go in our wading pool with the neighbors. Sawyer loves the water and sand. He has taste tested every different beach we have gone too, but so far, has been unable to tell us which sand he prefers!! Sawyer is growing up fast. No walking yet, but he is crawling and walking by furniture. He will be 1 at the end of this month. How fast a year goes by. I am 23 weeks pregnant and counting. Feeling fine except for those nasty varicose veins. Praying they will go away at the end of this pregnancy. We had our 20 week ultrasound a couple weeks ago and, "no we did not find out the sex. First Ella said she wanted a girl baby, but now she tells me it is going to be a boy baby. Ella and Nathan enjoyed their first VBS experience this past week. They loved it and want to know when school starts. Oh boy! We head out camping the first week of August to the Christian Conference Grounds with Rachel and Carissa. Should be an experience being 25 weeks pregnant and camping alone with 3 kids. Thank goodness for good friends. Hope everyone else is enjoying their summer. Hope to keep up with blogging better too.
