Happy Halloween!
Stephanie, Crystal, Shannon and Bridgett
Stephanie and her Groom. That smile never left Nate's face.
All the girls after the ceremony.
Stephanie and Nate at the reception.
Here are a couple of the bouquets that Chris and I made.
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Daddy let Princess (the dog) loose for a little while to run around and get some exercise. Jerzie thought it was pretty funny watching her run in circles around the campsite.
Mommy, Aunt Laurie, Jerzie and Princess all went for a walk in the "forest".
Jerzie was very excited that they found the "river".
Mommy and Aunt Laurie went down a small drop off. When they turned around to help Jerzie down they cracked up because Jerzie was rolling up her pant legs so she could go in the river.
Mommy found a rock that was the perfect size for Jerzie to sit on, but Mommy sat down first.
A perfect fit.
Jerzie had to throw a few rocks into the river just for the fun of it.
She talked Mommy into letting her go into the shallow part.
We all headed back to our cabin for lunch. We were waiting for the fire to get going so we could make some hobo sandwiches.
Payton was happy and content just getting some rays.
We went to find this covered bridge.
It was worth the drive. The whole area was beautiful.
We stopped on the way back to take a few pictures.
There was an area that we saw where all of the brush had been cleared out. The trees were huge.
We had to get one with Jerzie in it also.
Kim and Tabatha made dinner for us tonight. We had fire grilled chicken and shrimp along with a rice dish. It was pretty cold out (30 degrees) so we had a really hot fire going. There was no sense in wasting those hot coals, so we did smores again. After those, Mom made us all banana boats. We sat by the fire for quite a while until everyone got tired. We headed back to our cabin and got things ready so we could go to sleep.
The only place we could get a signal was by Quaker Lake. While Chris was texting, Mom and I took some pictures.
It was still cloudy after the rain last night, but was starting to clear up a little.
Surprisingly, there was still a lot of green in the trees.
Later in the day, we went for a walk and got some more nature pictures.
Kim, Tabatha, Jerzie and Payton got to their cabin around 3:00PM. Jerzie was very excited about going for a walk in the forest.
Mommy wanted to do a photo shoot of the girls on this big rock by their cabin. I took quite a few pictures, and decided to share this one.
Jerzie and Grandma are playing with a new toy that Daddy bought. Jerzie thought it was fun to try and sneak up on us.
Grandma was trying really hard to hide from Jerzie.
We got a good campfire going that night. Chris and I made sliced potato and onion pouches to go with the steaks we made for dinner. Jerzie decided it was dessert time. We made regular smores and some with peanut butter cups instead of plain chocolate. 
Jerzie sure is enjoying hers. Shortly after dessert, Jerzie fell asleep on Grandma's lap. The girls were put to bed in the cabin and we relaxed by the fire for the rest of the night. We got to our cabin around midnight and got the heater and stove going to warm it up.
This is where we slept for three nights. Not the most comfortable, but not horrible. We decided to try the cots this year so we weren't right on the floor. We stayed a lot warmer.
This is what kept us warm most of the time. We did have a propane heater that we used a couple nights. We didn't have a problem getting the cabin warm, it was just hard to keep it that way. Chris was up every couple hours during the night to try and keep it burning.
Here is our source of water. Most likely we won't be using it next year. I believe we will be bringing gallons of water with us from now on. More on that later.
We didn't get many pictures on Friday because it rained off and on the whole day. We sat around and played card games. (UNO, Skip-bo, and Phase 10) We didn't even build a fire except for the one in the wood stove because of the rain. We had a good time just relaxing!!
Stay tuned for day two when the rest of the family gets there.
Happy Bloomin' Tuesday.
Our Mums are just starting to open.
We have a few Cone Flowers still in bloom.
Our Coleus is still growing like crazy. 
Our bushes are growing berries this year. Some years they do, some years they don't.
We have one bloom left from our roses. 
Yes, these are still growing. I liked it against the color of the leaves.
Our Aster is starting to show some color in our back garden.
Leaves in the autumn came tumbling down,
