Camping and catch up!

Lukas went on his first camping trip this weekend. Jesse and Amy borrowed the condo (our big tent) and went to Fort Custer for the weekend. Friday night it RAINED and at 2:22 in the morning Jesse sent us a picture of the 3 of them smiling and trying to stay dry.They said Lukas was providing comic relief. I guess a little later they noticed that Lukas was getting a little wet so he and Amy moved to her parents camper. On Saturday night it got down into the 30's and even though they had a heater in the tent it was COLD. Amy said that she thought Lukas was turning into a Lukascicle so they brought him into bed with them. Here he is hanging out in grandpa's truck....I think he may be a true outdoors man, way to go Lukas!!!

Home away from home for the weekend. Now getting ready to go home.

Here is the happy family enjoying some dessert at the fire pit.

Now I think it needs to be said that Dave was bogarting the baby. After he and Jesse went for a trail ride, he wouldn't give him up for long. Here they are playing with a little stuffed...what else...owl.

This is Madison and as she told me, she is Lukas's cousin......she was having lunch in his bumpo chair, too cute:)

This is Kailey and Nana. Lukas's other cousin and Amy's mom.

And cousin Rachael was enjoying her own lunch at the table.

After we left the campground we made a quick stop at Sarah's house. She stayed home today in order to catch up on some yard and house work. It is nice to see how her yard is growing. Still some work to do but definitely looks good. You can see that Charlie is keeping watch at the front door.

Now that we have caught up with the human family we shall move on to the owl family. Saturday was a really WINDY day!!. We looked out the kitchen window to find one of the owlets perched at the tippy top of one of the trees. Every time the wind would pick up she would be flapping and flopping to hang on.....The following awesome, interesting, would not load video shows this!!! :( Oh, well on to the next subject. Heard the screeching down the drive and once again we found 2 owlets in a tree now on this side of the drive. Here they were not swinging a swaying as much.

I know I didn't turn this picture...After being so disgusted that I could not load that video I got lazy, but isn't she still cute?

OK so just as I was finishing this blog this showed up at the end. I guess all I have to do is let the puter sit for a hour and let it load.....wow. Enjoy anyways!!!!

At the campground I was discussing morels mushrooms with Amy's brother-in-law John. We have looked in the past around our woods and every so often we will find a few. But, not recently. So last night we were doing some owl hunting and were standing talking, a few minutes later I looked down and look what I saw. Seriously, I was shocked!!

So I went up near the shed where we have seen them before and found 1 more.....wow we have a morel farm....:)

Monday morning as Dave was leaving for work he called me on the cell and suggested that I get the camera and head down the drive......3 babies in the same tree!!! This was a new one for us. We have never seen them all in the same tree once they left the nest. We are enjoying being able to keep track of them.

I will end this blog with my favorite photo of the weekend. Grandpa and his favorite little man. Lukas found grandpa's beard fascinating and Dave obliged by letting Lukas play. Anybody who knows Dave will understand how cool this is.

Can you tell I LOVE this family!!??!!