Don't Ask Me Why...

...I didn't take any pictures of Alex and Brittany's baby chicks while we were there today. We went over to their house for lunch after church and we got to see their new little chickies - they had five of them, and they're mostly blackish-grey. We even got to see them chase each other around fighting over a box elder bug Alex put in their enclosure. But did I think to take a picture? Nooooo. So here instead you get a blurry rendition of Kayla trying to make friends with Basil, one of their two cats, and Basil attempting to get a good angle to swat at the pacifier Kayla keeps swinging around. Kayla LOVED the cats and got so excited she squealed every time she saw one. It was pretty adorable. It almost made me want to get a cat. Almost.

Another Kitty

Tonight we went to Alex and Brittany's house to celebrate Britt's birthday. She's 24 today, and she had a fabulous dinner in honor of it. We had white "chicken" enchiladas, baked potatoes, bread with homemade jam, fresh veggies (tomatoes, cucumber, and carrots) with dip, and vanilla lemonade. For dessert we had apple slices with a DELICIOUS dip (cream cheese, brown sugar, and toffee bits), and fruit pizza. Above is a picture of Lance holding one of Alex and Britt's kittens. I think this one is Chamomile (known as Cammie), but I can't remember which one is which yet. They're both black and white and I've only seen them once before. If you'd like a laugh, here's what Lance's shirt says: "The time for action is past. Now is the time for senseless bickering."

Happy Birthday, Britt!

Meet Gimbie

This...is Gimbie. Ruth found him at the Humane Society a few weeks ago and couldn't pass him up. The unfortunate thing is that since then she's decided to go to Poland for a year and now needs to find a home for Gimbie. We can't take him because Jason's allergic to cats, so if anyone reading this wants an adorable friendly cat, here's one! He's three months old and loves people. He purrs as soon as he sees someone. The only bad thing is that he has a neurological disorder that has made his back legs malfunction. He can't walk very well, but boy does he give it a valiant effort! He's very cute. Today Ruth posted him on a classifieds website so she needed some photos to post with it. I took some, including this one.

While I was trying to get Kayla happy this evening, I noticed how big my avocado tree is growing. Isn't it awesome?!? I'm so excited. Now I just have to figure out how to keep it alive this winter...

Pregnant Lady Night

This afternoon Jason went to Portland with the steel drums. He's not officially in the group, but their bass player backed out on them and they asked Jason to fill in. He's on his way back tonight, and I have to drive back into CP to pick him up at some ungodly hour.

To entertain myself in his absence, I got together with a friend of mine who is also pregnant. Her husband was out of town due to music tour, as well, so it was quite convenient. She suggested dinner and a movie, and that's precisely what we did. We had red potatoes with celery and onions (delicious), and then we watched "Lost in Austen," which was a "take a chance" rental, but turned out to be quite good.

Damie's two cats, Molly and Noreen, are quite entertaining. At first Noreen ran away from me and avoided coming into contact with me...but wouldn't totally go away. He was too curious about me. Molly was friendly from the get-go. This is Molly in the photo...being friendly.