Thursday, November 15, 2012
Toilet Paper Mini
My Indy Kitty
Well soon after Midnight had the kittens our family Cat of 18 years started to go down hill fast. On a Friday she went to jump up on my dads truck to greet him and didn't jump high enough and hit the head lights. The rest of the weekend he could hardly move! I drove up to Morgan to give my last hug and kisses! Boy am I going to miss this fur ball!! He was in my family for most of my life! It was hard to believe he would not be around much longer. Monday morning my parents made the decision to put him down. They could not watch him suffer anymore. What a great Cat! I will forever miss him and one day hope to see him again! He was buried out under the apple tree with my grandparents dog tiny lies too. I wrote a poem and here are some pictures of him!
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| He was sooo pretty! |
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| One of his last days; he wanted to lay with the kittens! Their Mama was not amused! |
Mollie Rose
One of the hardest things I did this summer was let a ‘little sister’ grow
up and marry her sweetheart in Sweden! Summer of 2011 Mollie went away to spend
the summer in Sweden; it was there she met Joel! Joel was everything she ever
wanted in an eternal companion and than some! She came home at the end summer
and I believe half of her heart stayed there! Joel had ‘big plans’ to fly here
for Christmas. I was a little worried at first but once I met him I completely
understood why she couldn’t live without him! The distance for Mollie was
extremely hard and emotional! I think I was slowly preparing for the day that
she would leave me and join him in Sweden for good! I had no idea how hard that
day would really be! I have been fortunate to be an older sister to the 5
Bateman girls! I started tending these girls in 2000 and fell in love with the whole
family!! They kidnap me and take me to dinner and movies and I love their friendship!
Seeing Mollie leave was so hard! I tried to get airfare for her wedding but
could never afford the ticket L I was so
happy for her and her decision but disappointed I could not be there! BOY did I
cry when I got to take her to the airport, cry some more when I took her family
the following week, cry the day she got married and they sent me video and
pictures, cry more when I picked the family up…. Crying was not out of the
norm! Here I am crying while typing this! I still miss her and can’t wait to
see her again! I am so blessed for social media that allows me to still be
apart of her life!!
First Mate Mini
Our little Mini’s first imprint from the world was shear terror! When I found her, she was on a farm outside fending for herself! When we first got her, she was scared of everything and it continues to this day! She will eat just about anything if it doesn’t scare her first! It makes me giggle that she feels she has to steal food when she can have food whenever she wants!! Little did we know when we got her she has pneumonia and would cost my parents $500 to eventually get her better! She only weighed 1lb 3oz. I tried to pay them back for her medical bills but they resused to take the money! I'm just glad she is better and I love her!! We gave her the name after my Indy who died, she looks like a Mini ME!
Bringing our babies home!!
In our new apartment, it was finally time to bring our babies home! Excitement was an understatement! Captain Morgan and First Mate Mini were so cute together! I thank my parents for taking care of them for us! We especially rented a place that allowed animals!
2 years baby!
This year we didn't do much for our anniversary but we did manage to find the time to go out to eat! No worries, we tend to travel and go places whenever we find the time! Love you sweetheart! 
Bill's house
My nephew Jayden, who is 12, was trying to earn his
2nd class rank in the BSA and needed to know how to swim. He has never been
comfortable at swimming.
I
for one was thrown into a pool when I was younger and did just great, never had
a swimming lesson. Jayden's mom Cat convinced me at age
6 to
jump off an olympic high-dive, this 14 yr old sister of mine
would be at the bottom waiting to help me! HA so being the little sister I was
pressured into doing it! I could only doggie paddle but I was a confident doggie
paddler! I
think this is where my fear of heights came from; I jumped and went too
far in the water but not far enough to kick off the bottom to push up fast! I
came out of the water with little air left! Of course she kept her promise and
was there to support me but not really help because she could only doggie paddle herself!
Hind Sight is 20/20! I
continued to do this but never really liked the height of the diving board but
loved the water! Derrick has always loved the water! He was on swim
team and can do some awesome strokes; love the butterfly. Derrick and I told
Cat that if we could swim at her boyfriend’s pool, we would give Jayden swim
lessons! At first he had a life
jacket on at all times! We started by swimming with him in the shallow side
with a jacket on so he felt comfortable. When he consistently could swim from
one side to the other comfortably, we took off the vest! It was hard at first
but he became more and more comfortable. We taught him technique so he wouldn’t push water in
his eyes and up his nose. Then we convinced him to jump off the diving board
with the vest on, we would sit and wait at the end! We did that for a while until
he felt comfortable jumping off and swimming to the edge. Little by little,
week-by-week throughout the summer he became more and more comfortable in the
water! We
are so proud of him!!
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| Ally, Jayden, Brycen |
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| Brysen was learning too |
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| YES there was a hot tub too!! |
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| Ally, Derrick, Cat, Bill |
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| The boys practicing holding their breath |
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