unexpected blessings

Well spring break is over, which is sad. I really enjoyed having the time off. I realized today though that it's always so wonderful to have time off, but it's always so hard when you get back from the break to get back on schedule. The first day back is always the hardest too.

I do have some good news to share though....I am sure you all remember in my last post that I shared the sad news that all the kittens died. Well my sister called around to humane societies to see if anyone had an kittens who needed a mother for nursing. She found a litter of 4 kitties plus another kitty from another litter that needed a mother. So we had fun the last half of the break taking care of little kitties. Our cat, Dandelion, absolutely fell in love with them from the moment she heard their first meow. It was amazing to see how nature works like that. How a mother could so readily take in kittens that were not her own without question.

Here are some photos of the kitties:



We have a tradition of naming our cats after flowers. Don't know how it started, but it did and so we felt like we should name them all after flowers. Unfortunately, we've always had girls so it's been easy and this litter had 4 boys and only one girl. So we had to come up with more manly sounding flower names. We named them Venus Fly Trap (orange striped), Snap Dragon (creamy white), Hosta (runt that's white and brown), and Bachelor Buttons (the larger brown one from the other litter). We named the gray girl Petunia! :) I love that name!

Other than that not too much happened over the last few days. My Uncle Brian and Aunt Amy came into town with their kids to visit. We had fun with them. Our Easter went well too. We just hung out, had an egg hunt, ate a big meal, and then launched potatoes with my dad's potato launchers him and my uncle built. [Those are a story in themselves.]

Anyways...I better get back to some work.