Meet Flash

We had talked about getting a kitten.  Calvin had fun with the kitten he stayed with while we were away on vacation.  The boys have been wanting a kitten and there are lots of animals out there that need homes.  If we were going to get a kitten we wanted it to be a rescue, shelter kitten.

I spent the last couple of days checking out a few foster homes though the shelter and cats at the shelter.  I narrowed it down to a few.

We did not let the boys know that we were thinking about getting a kitten.

When they came home from from camp yesterday we surprised them.  We told them we were going to check out some kittens and maybe even come home with one.  They were super excited.

First, we went to a foster home with 5 kittens from the same litter.

Then, we went to the animal shelter.

At the shelter there were lots of cats and kitten in cages. You could take out any to play with.  We played with a few.  The kids knew right away they wanted Flash.  Morry said he thinks they picked her out because she looks sort of like Mottel.  She purred when we held her and did not want to leave Evan's lap. 

After all the paperwork and the adoption donation we were able to come home with Flash.

Right now, we have her confined to our room and our bathroom until she gets more used to us, the house, and the animals. 

Here are a few pictures from yesterday.

Mason

This morning I let Morry sleep in and took care of the boys.

Morry took Evan to soccer while I took Noah to HEB. Since we were going to Mason later and needed groceries, I used that time to get our shopping done. Morry said Evan did very well and soccer and played the whole time. He followed directions well and had a good time.

We left our house around 1:00pm and drove to Mason (about 1.5 hrs with no stops). Trent’s family and Lisa’s family were in town visiting JT and Helen. We stopped in Llano and got barbecue at a really good restaurant called Coopers. On the way into the restaurant you pass by the pitt and pick out the meat that you want. Our food was really good. Evan and Noah ate the food we brought for them. Most of Noah’s food ended up on the floor.

After lunch we drove about another 30 minutes to JT and Helen’s house. We had a really nice time. Evan and Noah enjoyed playing with the big kids. We mostly sat outside. They have a covered patio that gets a nice breeze. Helen also had lots of cats and kittens in the house that both Evan and Noah enjoyed.

We left the house around 7:30. They were going out to dinner at that time, but we weren’t sure how much longer Evan and Noah would make it. We decided to head home. We had to make quite a few stops, now that Evan is potty trained. We stopped at Sonic (that’s all that was really out there) to get dinner for Evan. Evan asked for hot dog. We ordered a kids meal for him, that Morry ended up eating. Evan did not want any of it once we got it. He did drink the slushie we got for him though.

We finally got home around 10pm. The boys are in bed now and quiet. It was a long and fun day.