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Most of the cookies were put in the freezer, but I did get to eat a couple and they were delicious. The kids had a blast cutting and decorating and eating!

Had to share for my non-Facebook friends!

Why didn't I think of this?

The pumpkins we carved this year.

"They were cool. They were good." - Claire

We had a blast at a Star Wars Birthday Party last night. The costumes were amazing and the food was out of this world!

I was going through a box in the basement and came across a cd with this video of our Wedding Day. The pictures and video are courtesy of my former employer Andy McFarlane at www.leelanau.com. Happy Anniversary to my wife Mary and thanks for 10 amazing years! I love you Mary!

Note: The video is 28 MB, so it might take some time to load!

If for some reason the video doesn't play above, you can click here to save to your computer!

Claire snapped a few photos on our nature hike at Teichner Preserve. We had a nice time on this short hike with a nice view of Lime Lake at the end of the trail!

Deer Tracks

Part of the Trail

Flowers

Sunset over Lime Lake

Here's a picture taken by Claire of three deer we saw on one of our evening drives along M-22 south of Leland a couple of nights ago. We saw around forty deer total including seven of them playing right alongside one of the back roads on the way home.

Claire's cousin Isaiah shot his first deer this morning during the youth hunt.

Here's a bonus photo!

I have some Google Alerts setup for certain keywords and one of them is "Steck". Steck isn't a very common last name (at least in northern Michigan) so it's fun to to learn about others out there. Every so often someone interesting (and famous) turns up and this time it was mountain climber Ueli Steck. Check out the video below and then the link to see some of the amazing and daring climbs he has made.

See more at Project Himalaya.

We had a fun evening a couple of weeks ago on the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Every year we try to go on the drive and check out some of the scenic overlooks and this time we packed dinner to eat on Picnic Mountain. Luke always remembers the numbered signs along the roads and tells us what's coming up. The kids all love running on the paths and playing in the sand. It's become an annual event and every year we take a picture on the rock wall!

A couple of years ago on Woot! I found this fort for $4.99. I had forgotten about it, but the boys wanted to camp in their room, so this is what we ended up with...

Today is Luke's Birthday. He is 7 years old. Happy Birthday Luke!

Claire must be directing some kind of show.

Claire loves to photograph toys.