I don’t know how many parts this is going to be … maybe only 1 … but I do know that we’ve had an action-packed summer so far and I haven’t blogged hardly any of it! We’ve managed to take lots of pictures, though, so I’m relying on those to help me document what we’ve been up to. So, here is a recap of our summer so far, in no particular order.
Kittens!
On May 11th, our kitty Violet had a litter of kittens. The girls were sure she was pregnant. I wasn’t so sure, but what do I know about pregnant cats? Not much, apparently. In my defense, she was very small – understandably, since she only had 2 kittens. Here is a picture of her taken 2 days before she had them.
She is on the left – I think Bentley (aka “Dad”) looks fatter than she does! The kittens are healthy – one girl “Lily” and a boy “Basil”. Here is Basil, sleeping next to his mama:
and here is Lily:
Yes, they are cute and have been lavished with love and attention since their arrival. Anyone want a kitten? :-)
Family!
Back in June, Jennifer & Steve and their crew came to stay with us for 5 days. They have bought a new house, but couldn’t take possession before they needed to move out of their house, which sold very quickly (2 weeks!). So they have been between homes for a couple of weeks now (almost a month!) and won’t be able to move into their new home until the end of July. They stayed with us, the Orrs, Steve’s parents, friends from church, and now they are at Mom and Dad’s, probably until they move into their new house.
We did a little bit of musical beds/sleeping bags to get everyone situated, but I think everyone settled in quite comfortably. The kids were thrilled with the adventure, Jennifer and I were a formidable team in the kitchen, and Trent & Alyssa entertained each other, as toddlers tend to do.
Drought
Unfortunately, this has also been one of the driest summers on record. There has been record heat – several days over 100 degrees – and record lack of rain. June was the driest June on record. I recently read that more than half of the US is in some stage of drought. I’ve never seen the corn as low as it is this summer. Our grass is crackly and brown – like most lawns. Any rain we’ve gotten has been very welcome, but brief, which is why I’ve grabbed the camera the few times it has managed to rain. Here is Trent playing in a rare puddle after a recent rain. Notice all the brown grass.
He was really fascinated by the water dripping down the window. :-)
Water coming out of the down spout – AMAZING!
OK – that’s all for now. More later!
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