Reunion/Beach Camping

We got back Saturday night from our week long vacation. We had a lot of fun, but man we were tired when it was all over. I thought for sure the kids would spontaneously combust. Here's a run down of what we did:

Saturday 8/11:
-Drove to Nicole's
-Went to my Aunt Sandy's house for reunion.
-Visited with family. Spent most of the day in or around the pool. Ben and Elise got some jet skiing in.
-Kids played on an inflatable moon bounce and a huge slip and slide.
-Late night karaoke. Ben sang-Like a Virgin-(very amusing) Claire and some other little girls sang-Twinkle Little Star. I believe there may have been some Britney Spears and Back Street Boys as well.
-I played a little air hockey. Totally beat my dad.
-Went back to Nicole's and went to bed, didn't sleep too well.

Sunday:
-Did more of the same. Photographer came and took a big family picture. We were all in our matching reunion shirts. The shirts were yellow, not the best color for a red head.
-I had a great time catching up with cousins that I hadn't seen in a while. It was great to see them and to see their kids.

Monday:
-Went to Assateague with Nicole &Co., my cousin Chris and his family, my cousin Tina and her daughter, my Aunt Jundy and Unlce David, and my mom. It was a great day at the beach, even though we were all completely exhausted.

Tuesday:
-Left that morning to come home.
-Got home. Crashed.

Wednesday:
-Got ready for camping trip.

Thursday:
-Left for Camping trip around noonish. Got some bad traffic heading down to VA beach.
-Arrived at campsite and set up our tent. (We camped at First Landing; which is actually on the bay, not the ocean)) Waited for Debbie's family to arrive.
-When Debbie's family go there we cooked hot dogs over the fire.
-Despite it being dark, we were all itching to get a little beach time in.
-Decided to head back to camp when we saw lighting.
-Went to bed. Had a pretty bad storm throughout the night. Nobody slept very much. Luckily our tent didn't have any bad leaking. The Rodericks and Ben's parents weren't so lucky.

Friday:
-Weather was better. Things were able to dry out. Spent most of the day at the beach. Debbie and Melinda made some yummy chicken stew and peach cobbler in a dutch oven.(Which took a lot longer to cook then everyone thought it would, but tasted pretty darn good) We slept a lot better this night.

Saturday:
-Woke up to really nice weather. Packed up most of our stuff and went to the beach for a couple of hours before we had to head home.
-It ended up taking us about 5 hours to get home. (usually a 2 1/2 - 3 hour drive) There was a big accident. It SUCKED.

Camping Synopsis:
Other then wet tents and horrible traffic, it was a great camping experience. The placed where we camped is awesome. There was hardly anyone on the beach, the camp site was a short walk from the beach and bathroom. There were trees all around to give our campsite a little privacy. It really is a nice park. Much more relaxing then going to busy VA beach or Ocean city. I liked that we were on the bay were the water was calmer. We all talked about going again next year and staying for a whole week.