Michael and Jeff went camping with Uncle Andres and Lukas over the weekend for Lukas' birthday. Here, Michael is eating toast his dad made for him Sunday morning.

They spent one night at Carter's Lake, about an hour north of us. The kids had a great time.

They had intended to camp at Red Top Mountain, but because it is October, all of the campsites were booked. Jeff is glad that we have found a new place to camp, though. Carter's Lake was beautiful.

It was also cold. They had a huge pile of blankets in the tent, and as you can see, everyone was bundled up.

Sunday morning, they went fishing, but the fish weren't biting. The boys enjoyed it, anyway.

The birthday boy and his dad fished for an hour.

Michael, however, became bored with fishing. He was polite enough to move 100 feet down the shoreline before he started throwing rocks into the water.

Jeff and Michael have another camping trip planned for November, this time with the Cub Scouts.

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Meanwhile. . .

Jim has worked out how to crawl forward, and he will take steps if we hold his hands.