Vaca Part II - Lake Webster

North Webster, Indiana: The climax of our cross-country roadtrip

Paul's maternal grandmother and Vonda's sisters and brother all live near Fort Wayne. So each summer for the past 21 years, the whole family gathers at "the lake". They rent a large cabin that can house them all (this year we had 34 at one point!) and get a boat for the week. It is a week full of laughing, skiing, swimming, laughing, eating, playing games, laughing, and simply enjoying being together. "The Lake" is a priority to this family - the sibs and cousins schedule their summers around it. This is a special family with an amazing bond. Everyone enjoys being together and the camaraderie is precious.
This was the second time we've been since being married (we went in 2000) and it was fun to see how everyone has changed. We will make a point to go more often now. We had a blast and the girls loooooved it! They had so much fun playing with the cousins and entertaining the adults. Lou loved the boat and Bethy loved the water. Bethany got up on skis on her second attempt and went about 250 yards! She was an acrobat on the tube and seemed like a pro. Such a wonderful trip!

Vonda's crew:


All of the grandkids, their spouses and kids:

Add one grandma:

Clay's crew:

Cynthia's family:

Janean's crew:

April's family:

Ours has the tan/orange steps

Grandma, Grandpa, & Bethy

Jeremy & Lauren

Sarah and AJ

Paul took Bethany & Jared on their first tube ride

Gabe & his boys My favorite picture of Lauren

Bethy 'helping' Chase

Chef GiGi

I took the girls out for a treat and they thought this cow was funny

Sporting Grandma's shades

Lauren loved Madi

Bethy driving the boat

Grandma and Lou on a walk

Katie and Lauren playing

Landon playing football with Lauren

My SIL, Sarah, got some amazing shots on the water (including Beth on the tube and Paul on the wake board), so hop over here to her blog and check it out!

It was an amazing trip and we made some great memories!