ThE wEeK iN aBcS...

A is for "ATV" which N8's been riding.
When Uncle Ernie goes out of town,
N8 feeds his cattle.

B is for Bishop Donald.
(He is really doing a great job,and we appreciate him!)

C is for Craig.
His surgeon took the stitches out last Thursday.
We stopped by Tahoe on the way back from the dr's.
(Have you ever seen someone shovel snow with one hand???)
Here he is relaxing with flat Lily.
It's Monday, and he went back to work.

('Just can't slow that man down!)

And D is for Darren.
It's his birthday!
(He's a quarter of a century.)
Happy bday, Der! We love YOU!

Pitooey!

We've had some great cats...

Wally-Mart ('bet you can't guess where we got him),

Huey,

Lihue (pictured above--we got him right after

our family reunion in Kauai), and

Pitooey!

(He was a stray that was brought into the clinic.

We got him in July of 2008.)

Pitooey was quite the character.

He put up with us and our shananigins.

He loved to be scratched right under the chin.

(He'd even retrack his claws and use his paw

to move your hand exactly where he wanted to be

itched.)

He'd follow the kids out to the school bus each morning.

We kept him outside, but on rare occasions,

N8 would bring him in to watch t.v.

He would explore every car that visited our home, artistically placing paw

prints across each windshield.

He'd lie happily and quietly as we'd cradle him.

Yesterday morning, we couldn't find him anywhere.
He didn't report for breakfast.
No matter how we called, he didn't come.
We searched and searched.
N8 finally found him in the horse corral near the street.
He must have been hit by a car.
He was heading home and couldn't quite make it.
We cried.
Then we made him a resting spot.
We will really miss him.
He was a very unique (and loved) cat.

OpErAtIoN!

F.D. Craig had an operation

on Thursday.

His rotator cuff needed repair.

Flat Lily came along.

The orthodpedist took care of both of them.

This is the "before" picture.

(Note: Craig's shoulder looks okay, but it is really tweaked.

Lily is smiling but she is quite wrinkled for her young age.)

Here's the "after" shot.

(Note: Craig's shoulder is all repaired. Flat Lily is now completely straight.)

Craig continues to mend. He gets to wear the fancy shoulder holder for 4 weeks--won't be fun, but he should heal well.

Flat Lily :)

We have the cutest, little visitor at our home this week!

It's flat Lily!

She came to visit on Saturday.

Here is a picture of her and Grandpa watching t.v.

Nathan and Chelsie tried to feed her.

(I definitely think that she will be the winner

of the biggestloserincedarcity.blogspot.com.)

Go, Lily!

(We'll be taking her with us for the next week and showing her the sites!)

Okay, so who cut school???

Hey, don't look at me, I'm just an innocent skier.

Me??? You've got to be kidding!
(But, I see a Fallonite in the background who might be guilty.)

Be realistic--
What mother would allow children to play hooky???

'Nope, Dad would never condone skipping school!

Well, actually, we skied on Saturday.

(We cut school on Friday--Dad had a dr. appt. He's going to have shoulder surgery.)

This is Diamond Peak.

('Such a beautiful day, however, if they had played hooky,

who could have blamed them?!)

FrIdAy, ThE nErD dAy!

Last Friday was Friday, the 13th.

At CCJHS, it was also "Nerd Day".

An unlucky day??????

Nope, Craig and I were thinking--

we're pretty lucky that they don't

look and act like this everyday!

Rubber Chicken, Anyone????

Okay, so not a lot has happened this week.

N8 did earn 4 of his merit badges.

Craig did have his shoulder looked at again.

Chels continues to watch American Idol.

And I cleaned out and defrosted the chest freezer.

Guess what I found????

Lots (and lots) of whole chicken--some dating back to '97.

(Hey, they are as old as N8!--maybe older???)

Well, true-to-form, Dad cooked (a newer) one.

Mom cringed.

Chels, N8, and Gma actually liked it.

This week's post is dedicated to J, B, & D who ate

the infamous crock-pot, "rubber" chicken

for so many a meal!

(Pretty sad--Craig's still a better cook than me!)