Camping

We spent the weekend in Holland camping at the sea. We set up our tents at a small campground in a farm just 5 minutes drive from the water. There were 8 adults and 6 kids and we had a wonderful time. The water was too cold for me to even consider going in, but Doc and the Little One got in and splashed around for a bit. Saturday I attempted to look for treasure, but the kids were absolutely obsessed by the machine and the Little One was practically glued to my side making this task almost impossible. Sunday I brought the hammock and strung it up under a greasy spoon and chilled out in the sea breezes watching the kids run all over and the adults either sleeping in the sun or playing with the kids. It has been a long time since we have gone camping and I forgot how much fun it can be. We cheated a little bit by not eating all of our meals on the camp, but we could not make a fire there anyways. We got back last night and we were all completely exhausted but more relaxed. I will post some of Gaga's beautiful photos of our trip, as I think she took about 300+ of them, later on in the week.

In other news, the renter is finally out of the house and the big cleanup has begun thanks to Mom who is heading up the project just before taking the plane to move over here to Belgium indefinitely. This woman knows no fear and in between packing her suitcase she is coordinating the painting, cleaning, locksmithing, and general reparation before her Weds morning departure. She is Lara Croft meets Martha Stewart and I would be cooked without her help! Thank you Mom!!