Kenya Patty Cakes!

Here is a short clip of Kenya doing patty cake. She does it even better when the camera is off, but now you can see some of it for yourself.

Keepin' up with Kenya

This picture was taken today! Our littler girl is growing up. We have gotten several comments lately about how she seems to be changing. She is looking more grown up and her face is changing, but she still is the prettiest baby I have ever seen! Just last night grandma noticed that Kenya is doing patty cake all by herself. When she patty cakes, she even talks saying it in her own words with a similar tune. At the beginning of this last week she has started to wave hello and goodbye too! We will try to catch these amazing feats on video, but only babies and animals won't perform for the camera.

Mmmmm... She loves food! In the next pictures she has an apple off of great grandpa's tree; as well as a lollipop she shared with me; and then sharing dinner out of the kettle with a giant spoon!



These are pictures visiting great grandpa! What a great guy. He gave Kenya $10 when we left. He was so proud of her and loved to show her off to all the nurses.






We went to a friends house and went horse back riding. It was a lot of fun. Kenya's first horse ride. Kenya's first time falling off a horse too. That is right, we fell/got bucked off. All is well though. I got some nice bruises and sore back, but Kenya seemed untouched. We watched her closely for the next 48 hours and she is doing great!

We found That....

...but not how we would have liked too. After nearly two weeks of searching I found That's body. It was lying next to an anthill. It had been quite decomposed so it was difficult to tell the cause of death. So she is no longer with us. I decided that we needed to give her a proper goodbye and immediately began making preparations for a memorial service. Here is a poster I made to remember her.


Not many people understand how special our cats are. That will be missed. Here are some photos that show a little of why we loved her so much!



Here she is loving on me. She was truly was a cuddle cat. When we first got That she was pretty skiddish. It took a couple of days for her to warm up to Lois, but took a lot longer for her to warm up to me. But once she did she never looked back. She showed the same kind of love for me as she did for Lois.

Her and This cuddled each other too! Sisters who love each other the way only a sister knows.



I made a coffin for her body, but the body was taken the night before the service! I also made a tombstone, a placard, and dug a grave.






It sucks that That is gone because now people won't quite understand why we have one cat named This. They'd say something like, "Wow! Your cat's name is This? Well that's weird!". We'd then say, "No, That's dead and she wasn't too weird." We'd then have to go on to explain that we had two cats that were sisters named This and That and so on.

Well, that's that on That!
(You don't even know how confusing it was to write correctly)

We miss That!

We came home from Spokane on Saturday last weekend to an very unpleasant surprise. No one had seen That! So, we waited and even prayed for her to come home and that she was safe. After a very hard week I think I must admit That is gone! I am so sad and have shed several tears over That. No one has seen her since either. She really meant a lot to us. It is not as cool to tell people that you have A cat named This. I am still thankful we have This, but there is something missing without That! We have walked up and down the street and even talked to a few neighbors, but no luck. I am still praying that she will find her way home one day and then I will not let her out of my sight again. Our family is down to 4 now! SO SAD!!!!
Seriously, I feel like I lost a part of my family. It has been rough!

A little late.... sorry.

Here are the rest of the pictures from August. Below is Kenya with Liv Norris. We took my sister to the airport in Spokane and hung out with Jon and Ronae for a few days. It was lots of fun. I can't believe the difference in just six weeks. Liv is almost exactly 6 weeks younger than Kenya and yet there were so many differences between them. Liv, is a sweet adorable baby!

This one is at the Spokane Temple. This is where Robert and I were sealed. Kira babysat while Robert and I got to go through a session. Thanks again!
Kenya was sleeping as we enjoyed the temple grounds. What a beauty she is!!

Kenya has began making this face a little more than a week ago. It is so cute!! We think it came from Uncle Chris making noises with his mouth and her trying to copy him.


Grandpa was playing with Kenya at the lake. These are some really cool floating docks just above the Libby Dam on the Koocanusa. We went there because it was Chris's birthday. He caught a lot of fish that evening.


Here is Kenya on all fours getting ready to crawl. What a girl!!
This is the video of her army crawling. She has done it quite a bit since then too!



As of today Kenya is 12lbs 6oz and 24 inches long!