Brooks Lodge Adventure

Last year we discussed how fun it would be for a group of friends to rent a cottage at the lake for a week. We didn't realize we'd have a newborn baby when it happened, but we decided to give it a go anyway. So, 5 couples shared this house...there were 10 adults and 10 kids (mostly 2 and under)..and lots of cars to hold all our stuff:



Fortunately we had 2 floors (7 rooms) to fit everyone (and their stuff) into. There was usually at least one baby monitor going off. :)

We had the beach decked out with kiddie pools and other paraphenalia. The toddlers loved it--one big sandbox to themselves!

Lauren and Nic-Nic

Mealtimes were always a big production! Very entertaining.

Lauren found that little Henry shared her love of playing babies.

(After all, they're only 2 weeks apart)

We had an outing to pick blueberries--the kids were so cute!

Once the kids were finally down, we had some time to relax--play games, sit around the fire, etc. It was worth giving up sleep for.

These are the 4 families that stayed the whole week.

At the end of the week, were we ready to go home? Absolutely!

Would we do it again? Without a doubt. :)

And Jackson survived his first family vacation.