Friday, August 22, 2008

Midwest Extravaganza

I love vacation and especially being home. I love to connect with our family and friends that we don't get to see very often. We spent time with my family in Pittsburgh, Nate's family in Toledo, and spent a week at Camp Pioneer in Angola, New York.


Josh, Nate's brother, up to bat at the annual Hartke family wiffleball game.

Beth, my sister-in-law, up to bat a the annual Hartke family wiffleball game.



Jenna and Abby watching the always beautiful Pioneer sunset over Lake Erie.

The kids at family camp at Pioneer. The driver is Noodles--the counselor who hung out with us all week. He's awesome. The kids begged him everyday to ride this train. He always gave in:)

Us with our good friends, the Rozelles. They live in the area and were able to come to camp too. It was so wonderful to see all of them.

Little travelers with Blossom and Deedee.
Our newest nephew, Jeremy, Matt & Misty's son. So, so cute!

We never get to celebrate birthdays together as a family, so we took advantage of my niece, Alayna's, fifth birthday and had a princess party for her!


Nate, at the annual Hartke family wiffleball game.







2 comments:

wondle said...

What great pictures!!!! Those girls are adorable!

Anonymous said...

Glad to hear you had a good trip to the Erie coast! We got back from a 5000 mile extravaganza a couple weeks ago, including time near the lake (Cleveland, Buffalo and even Erie, PA) By the way, on another trip you might want to try taking the girls to Waldameer amusement and water park in Erie. They might need to be a little older, and it's no Disney, but our kids had a blast and there were NO LINES! The longest we waited for a ride was the amount of time it took the previous group to ride the ride. Just FYI. Susan