Thursday, December 19, 2024

And the cats…🤦🏻‍♀️

Since 80% of the pictures on my phone are of our cats (taken by kids - not me) I figured I had to post some of the cat highlights from the last few months.







There is a cat in the basket - Jean Luc was totally okay being covered up and being pushed around in the basket.

Baby playing the piano.

One Monday night I walked into the kitchen from dance in the dark and could tell there was someone dead on the floor.  I got closer and the shear size of the thing looked scary so I opted out and called in Greg and the kids.  None of us could believe what we saw when the lights came on - one of the kittens had killed a coot!  Not sure how those little cats caught the coot or brought it inside but there it was.

A week or so later Baby barfed up a bunch of black feathers and a little investigation found another dead coot in the backyard.  Worried that the neighbors, who feed the ducks, might get mad at the kitties Emmy made these lovely, bright, bird distracting collars.  Her intention was to make them large and bright enough to warn the birds.  The collars have definitely been amusing at home.  We call them clown collars or Elizabethan ruffles and they just look silly.  I'm not sure how well they are working but we haven't had more dead coots yet, although we have had one dead little bird post clown collars.  



Saturday, December 14, 2024

Christmas parties, Tip off and Light the World

All the girls attended some fun Christmas parties this year - but I only have pictures from Lily's parties.



Kate went to Tip Off with Spencer.  The group made pizzas and paintbrush cookies at our house.




I was asked to sing at Indian Creek Plaza to help Light the World this Christmas.  Our Stake was asked to provide music by the giving boxes for one night.  I sang one song alone and then Val and her kids joined me and my girls to sing "Baby, What you Going to Be?".  Grandma was in town and braved the cold to play for us.

After our song we each picked an item to donate from the boxes.  It was a fun way to kick of the Christmas season.