Life Continues...

When I returned from my trip to the Carsons' I found that Carmel(our cat of 15 yrs.)
was continuing to decline in health. The next Monday I took him to the vet and after
running some tests, they found that he was in kidney failure.
So that week we lost a dear friend. We gathered as a family and decided to bury him
in the backyard by the honeysuckle fence. Ben carved Carmel's name into a large rock that he'd brought from a field by our house.
About a week later Ross brought over a black, long-haired kitten that he'd found out
side his apartment by a dumpster.
To make a long story short...his name is Forrest(as in Forrest Gump) and he is staying with us. It's like having a baby in the house again. He's into EVERYTHING!
He purrs as loud as Carmel used to.
Life does go on.

Carson Family Trip May 2010

I'm finally just now getting to download my pictures from my trip to see the
Carson Family in May. I had a great time! Everything went really well and we
had a lot of fun time together. The only mishap was my running over the mailbox.
Poor Mailbox...
One of my favorite things was going on our bike ride. I also liked walking to the
bus stop every morning with the kids.
Another favorite was going to lunch at a great tasting Japanese restaurant with
Steff and Sophia.
Another favorite was riding scooters around the basement with Grant. And Laura
and Emma and I got to do some jewelry making. I also got to see Laura do her
gymnastics and got my own violin concert.
Emma let me sleep in her bed while I was there. Thanks!
Steff baked the best bread, and I got to have grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch.
And we ate outside in their screened in porch. I also liking playing Old Maid out
there.
I even liked watching television with Russ in the evenings. I think I might be hooked
on CSI.
But most of all, I LOVED all the shhhugggarrr from ya'll.
What great memories! Thanks for letting me be a part of your lives.