Introducing Molly the Kitten

Q: What happens when you take 4 kids to the feed store, when someone has just abandoned a bunch of kittens?
A: You end up bringing one home.

I have always been somewhat of a cat person. So when they all asked in unison, "Mommy can we please?" It wasn't a real hard sell. Of course it had to cleared by Dad. So they spent the next 24 hours in negotations with Dad. The real clencher was when Zane made a top 10 list of reasons we NEED a cat. #10 was, if we don't it will be homeless. So off we went the next day to pick up the kitten and all the needed supplies.
She really is cute and seems pretty durable. With 4 kids taking 15 minute turns holding her. I don't think she was put down for the first 3 days except to sleep. Rocket seems OK with her, just likes to smell her and she's OK with him. We couldn't come up with a name so we did an internet search and ran across the top 20 cat names. Zane read through them and liked Molly. It reminded me of the Black Molly tropical fish.

One year reunion

It's hard to believe it's been a year since we returned home from China. To mark the occassion we gathered in Tennessee with several of the other families to have a reunion. 7 families made it and there were 26 of us total. We rented an8 bedroom cabin and spent 3 days in the mountains.

We tried to get a group shot but we had exactly 2 seconds before the tears began to flow and they began bolting from the couch. Pictured above are: Christa, Rebekah, Mia, Juliana, Mia C, Grace, Tenley



One of our outings for the reunion was to an exotic petting zoo. The kids had fun holding and feeding the goats and animals. There were deer, camels, zebras, Zonkies, and peacocks .
We had a great time and even spent a few extra days in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. David and Zane rode the "Wild Wooly" It was a 3 story go cart track with Go-carts that go 40 mph. We also played a little Hillbilly Golf and went to the Ripley's Aquarium in Gatlinburg. We even saw a shark fight in one of the tanks. It was the highlight of the aquarium for the kids.