Halloween in Utah!

Yes, that's snow on the ground over and under the falling leaves.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Kristin

Tyler

Camron

Halie

Lexi Bug, first Halloween

The guys handing out candy at the church party.

30 years ago....

Rosie Dawn came into our family. Named after my parents, Don and Rosie Twogood. It was so fun to have a girl after a boy, in fact I remember crying for joy as I held her in recovery. Back in those days, we didn't know what we were having until birth, so she was a wonderful surprise! She was born on Oct. 26 at Luke AFB, AZ, and delivered naturally by a female ob-gyn, Col. Pope.

Rosie at 3 months.

Blowing out all 30 candles on the traditional cheesecakes.

Nebraska Visit

Von, Sheila, Halie, Alexis and I made a quick trip to Nebraska for Makenna's blessing on Sunday, Oct. 18, at Dave and Jenn's church. Halie made herself at home with her cousins, playing super heros in their hooded bath towels, leaping from the stairs, and hiding in the closet. Jenn's parents were also there, so we spoiled all the kids rotten with all the attention.


Halie, Tanner, Hayden and Maren

Maren, Alexis, and Sheila

Makenna

Maren

Maren practicing being a big sister with Alexis

Hiding in the closet...love this one!

Hayden leaping down the stairs.

Tanner doing the same.

Dave and Makenna on blessing day

Family of 6!

Sheila and girls

Von and Tanner at play

Sheila and Maren

Grandma Judy and Makenna one last time!

Super heros

Maren and her funny smile.

Farewell to the kittens

After work today, I took the kittens out of their cage onto the back lawn for some rays. Animal rescue came and took them tonight, so our lives are back to "normal"again. Mama still comes into my backyard, and the food will still be there for her (and the rest of her buddies out there.)

Kittens part 3

Just an update. CAWS animal rescue brought me a cage for the kittens, food for the cats, and a trap to catch the mama. Two nights and three other cats later, mama was finally caught in the trap. Hunger is the key factor. I took her in for a spay, which is free to CAWS through this vet. The vet recommended the kittens stay away from mama to avoid infection. So, mama and kittens are in separate cages in the garage. Kittens are eating just fine on their own, and getting a lot of hands-on from Von and me, and anyone else who comes by. They are still very wild, but calm down a bit when held (recommended by CAWS to help tame them). Mama is still very quiet and reclusive, probably confused about what happened to her. But, she's eating and should be ready for release tomorrow, unless CAWS wants to take and tame her along with the kittens!

Kittens part 2, and babies

Well, the mama cat brought 3 of the 5 kittens back to my yard a few days ago. We assume the other 2 were taken or died. They've been hiding out under our junipers until today. The neighbors are doing major construction on the house next door, and that had mama worried. When she left today, a couple of the kittens followed her, leaving one behind again.
It so happens that the wife of the construction worker(Tracy) was outside and noticed the mama and kittens out back, and let us know she is an animal rescuer (CAWS Cat and Dog Rescue). With Sheila's help I captured the one kitten, and Tracy had a look and recommended we capture the rest of the kittens and mama, gave us a cat kennel for the night, and will be back tomorrow with a trap to catch the mama. She will take them all, fix them, tame them, and find homes for them, or release mama back to our neighborhood. She is not friendly, so I would be curious to see how Rescue does with her. After supper, I went where I thought the other kittens would be, captured them, and have all three in the kennel. They are very mad and just hiss at us. I'm feeding them tuna, and they have a much warmer bed tonight than the outdoors. Stay tuned for part 3.


Sheila with two of them

Von with the third.

Lexi crawling and getting around at almost 9 months.

Halie pretending she's holding a kitten.