Monday, February 18, 2008

Jaden's Birthday

The black and white baby picture is of me at about six months.






Jaden had her first birthday on Valentine's Day but we celebrated it yesterday at Kelly's parent's home. They call Jaden
Little Rita because she looks so much like me when I was her age. She's a blue-eyed blonde. She didn't want anything to do with her individual cake. She wouldn't smear it or eat it or anything. She started to cry because she was in the spotlight. Kelly's family is very talented in music. Her parents played the guitars and sang and the kids joined as well. It was a very enjoyable evening. I think Randy actually enjoyed himself even though it was quite a circus with 18 kids running all over the place.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Jennifer


My daughter Jennifer birthday is today. She is 39. She has 2 children, Sid 14 and Zoe 12. Her husband is Robert Moulton. She lives in Seattle and works at the University of Washington. She is my 4th child. She is a happy energetic girl and so skinny that she makes me jealous. So I am wishing her happy birthday today.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

More News








Randy got the brown truck registered and insured. He is excited to get it in better condition so we can go camping. I have had a bad headache and insomnia for a few days now. I am feeling a little better today. Here are some more photos of our friends and us.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Our Cat Family




These are our cats: Annie, Dory, Gimli, Sonny, Megan, March, Bud, Blue and Wellington. Annie just came to us a few days ago. She is a Siamese/Burmese mix. She looks a lot like Bud only she is much fatter and darker in color. She is about two years old. We just had to get her after seeing how pretty she was. She adjusted immediately to our home and other cats. Dory was Matt's cat and was afraid of their dogs. We took her in. It took her about two weeks to adjust but now she is doing fine. She is black with big yellow eyes.She is about 2 years old. Gimli is my little boy who is about 4 years old. I got him from Marty. He is a small tabby who loves me a lot. He likes to sleep on the cable box. Sonny is my little blue point Siamese. He is about 1 year old. He is very beautiful with a nice soft coat. He purrs really loud. He likes the sink and computers. I got him after losing Cesar last June. Megan is white with charcoal markings. She is kind of shy and skittish. She is very pretty and purrs loud. She likes to lie on Randy and dig her claws in. She belonged to him first and now is here in Utah with all of us. Her age is unknown. Mr. March is another of Randy's cats. He likes to get in the sink and have water drip on him. He is a big tabby. He likes to lay on Randy. His age is unknown. Budman, Bud for short, is a dark Siamese/Burmese mix. He is our special needs cat. He is very skinny but eats a lot. He has trouble with his hind legs. He loves to sleep between us in the bed. He has had some health problems. He is Randy's special boy. He is probably really old but is still hanging on. We don't know for how long. He was Randy's cat in Arizona also. Then we have Blue Boy, Blue for short. He is a long haired Russian Blue. He is quite shy and very loveable. He loves Megan and she loves him. He likes to sleep on Randy's pillow and he likes to suck his paw as a pacifier for comfort. We don't know his age. Randy got all his cats from a resue over a year ago. Last is Wellington. What a brat! He's a short hair Russian Blue. He loves people. He likes to be teased and he likes to tease. He was my cat but he has really taken to Randy. Monica gave him to me. He had been mistreated and used to be kind of mean and scared of things. Now he just loves everyone. He used to just love Alex. He likes men. He likes to sleep in the bathroom sink and is an escape artist and will try to run outside each and every time we open the door. He is 7 years old.We love all our cats. They are much quieter than kids or dogs and really good companions to us. Randy cleans up after them and our home is probably cleaner than most homes. We are probably crazy for having so many cats but we do take good care of them and we they have a good home with us. We should have a cat farm so we could help all needy cats.