Sunday, June 1, 2008

OUR NEW KITTENS

WE GOT 3 KITTENS FROM A FAMILY IN OUR WARD BECAUSE OUT WHERE WE LIVE THERE ARE MICE EVERYWHERE!! WE FIGURED THAT IF WE HAD SOME KITTENS, THEY COULD CATCH ALL OF THOSE MICE BEFORE THEY WANDERED INTO OUR NEW HOUSE. THEY SLEEP IN OUR GARAGE AND PLAY OUTSIDE DURING THE DAY. WE OCCASIONALLY LET THEM INSIDE FOR A FEW MINUTES TO RUN AROUND. WELL, MY SWEET OLIVIA THINKS THAT SHE IS THEIR MOTHER. SHE WILL BRING THEM IN, CARRY THEM AROUND, TALK TO THEM, AND THEN WHEN SHE THINKS THEY ARE DONE PLAYING, SHE CARRIES THEM BACK TO THE GARAGE. ON HER WAY TO THE GARAGE SHE ALWAYS SAYS "COME ON KITTIES, LETS GO TO BED" AND SHE LAYS THEM IN OUR DOUBLE STROLLER WHERE THEY CAN RELAX. SHE WAS VERY ROUGH WITH THEM AT FIRST BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO HOLD THEM. NOW SHE WILL CRADLE THEM LIKE A BABY AND PET THEM VERY SOFTLY WHILE SHE SAYS " I SOFT". EVEN THOUGH SHE IS TRYING TO BE AS SOFT AS SHE CAN, THE KITTENS STILL GET SCARED AND THEY HAVE USED HER AS A HUMAN SCRATCHING POST. YOU CANT TELL FROM THE PICTURE, BUT SHE HAS SCRATCHES ALL THE WAY FROM HER NECK DOWN TO HER TOES!!

MY CRAZY LIFE

WOW, DID ANYONE EVER THINK I WOULD HAVE 6 KIDS? NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THAT I WOULD BE CRAZY ENOUGH TO STILL WANT ONE MORE?! I MUST BE CRAZY, BUT I LOVE MY LIFE. I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY. ALL OF THESE BOYS KEEP ME ON MY TOES CONSTANTLY AND MY SWEET PRINCESS KEEPS THE GIRL ALIVE IN ME!! HOW BLESSED I AM AND HOW TRUELY THANKFUL I AM FOR HOW MY LIFE IS TURNING OUT!!