After much ado, the end of the summer weekend finally came and it was time for our first annual Gonzalez Brother's camping trip for all the brothers, their wives and children to get together for fun and celebration. Mostly to catch up, mostly for laughs - the idea came together to find a place we all could reach within driving distance and spend a weekend reconnecting our families and cousins galore:) The forecast wasn't great going into the weekend and everyone's plan on getting to the Campsite early went out the window with some families taking 5-7 hours to get there :(

It drizzled a little bit Friday night as we got in just as it turned dark, but everyone helped each other out setting up and after the tents and air mattresses were up - we got into a good game of dominoes before calling it for the night. Saturday was great weather wise and we woke up to a big 'ol camp breakfast of pancakes, eggs, corn beef hash, bacon and the works. Between the talking, playing wiffle ball, football and bike riding - that lasted right into lunch for some kick ass Burgers and HotDogs made by Charlie.

After lunch it was off to the beach for the kids to play around in the sand and one of the bigger kids to beat up a bunch of little teenagers in water football (Charles Jr.). Mateo had a great time messing around the water and playing with the sand - as did Lily with her sand castle. The water was great and it wasn't too crowded so it turned out to be a fun event. 

We relaxed our way to dinner that night with some good 'ol pork&beans, steaks and corn (I think the corn is still boiling lol) and started the fire while we danced to 80's music. That lasted until the Po-Po showed up asking us to quiet down some. What would a camping event be with a bunch of latino families without Law Enforcement showing up?? Needless to say we were also reminded that all state parks in PA are dry parks that don't allow alcohol - I think we'll have to find another place to make our 2nd annual camping trip to :) 

All in all it was a blast and great to see all the families, brothers, sister-in-laws, cousins and babies at one time. We missed lil Olivia this year unfortunately since she was sick but she'll come next year and rock the house down for sure. The rest of the pictures are here in the gallery as usual.

See ya next year!