Cuteness

So you'll have to excuse the major picture overload. These are my children you know!



Cute sleepy Tiger in the kitty bed.

Roxy enjoying the cat tree.



She figured out how to get into the window. She kinda half jumps up and then pulls herslef up the rest of the way.

Roxy decided she needed to get into the cat bed too... so she did :)



So she joined Tiger by climbing on top of her! Don't worry, Tiger got lots of kisses from Roxy for this.

And this is how they ended up sleeping.



Same as most kittens, Roxy discovered boxes. She loves boxes! Especially Mt. Dew boxes! She likes to stick her paws through the middle slit. Tiger enjoys watching Roxy from the outside and occassionaly plays with her and trys to keep her trapped in the box.



And Roxy decided my new helmet was a perfect place for a nap. Of course as soon as I grabbed my camera she woke up.

I was cleaning my scraproom and I had all the bins and paper out of my shelves. So naturally, Roxy thought it was a perfect spot to hang out.


And I got these new plastic bins for storing supplies in (they were going to toss them from work - aren't they just perfect!), and Roxy thinks they are the perfect size for sleeping in.



Cute closeup of Roxy in the bins - see those cute little paw pads!

I'm so sad Roxy is growing like a weed. :( She is going to be full grown before I know it! They need to invent some kind of shot to make her stay small or they need to invent minature cats. So I will enjoy her smallness while I can :)

Meet Roxy

Last week we welcomed a new addition to the family. Meet Roxy! She was born 6/9/09. She has 4 sisters and they are all just bundles of energy. Roxy was so cute and has such personality, we just couldn't resist taking her home!

Here she is at about 4 weeks. Her eyes were still blue here.

Here is Roxy on her first day home (6 & 1/2 weeks). She wasn't concerned with leaving her family, she just liked playing with her ball!

Tiger on the other hand, wasn't very excited about Roxy coming home. She hid in the bedroom for the first few days, then we saw her in the living room & kitchen periodically for the next few day. She has finally warmed up to Roxy and will play with her and lick her. She will however, still growl and snap at time to time. She isn't used to something with such intense energy around!

The dogs have taken to Roxy really well. Here is Roxy trying to cuddle up to Jake. He is doing his best to ignore her and give himself a bath. However, Roxy has recently taken to attacking their tails, which they are not big fans of.


Here Roxy sleeps in daddy's arms. She tends to pass out in random cute positions.

And here she passed out in Nestor's (my dad) lap...

Even after we moved her to the cat bed she slept hard for a good hour or so!

She is defiently a joy to have around the house. She is just a ball of energy most of the time and then she passes out hard. I think she will be good for Tiger - giving her a campanion and hopefully giving her a playmate (and loose some weight in the process). One thing Roxy needs to quit though is pouncing on the bed at 6 in the morning!

Congrats!

A big CONGRATS to all my friends and classmates who got married yesterday!

Jason & Jaclyn DeWall

Andrew & Bethany Hyde

Dustin & Mesa Groen

We had the honor of attending Jason & Jaclyn's wedding. It was wonderful! The catholic church in Heron Lake was just beautiful! I bet the pics are going to be amazing! The wine theme was a lot of fun and the trellis/vineyard about the dance floor was so original and fun!

We were also invited to Andrew & Bethany's wedding, but alas, we could not be at 2 places at once. I tried to make a choice, but in the end I did a coin toss to see which wedding we would be attending. Sorry guys, I wish we could have been there!!!

Again, a big congrats to all of you!

Remembering...

I've decided I'm very bad a remembering to blog and remembering to take pictures...

I've done a ton of things the last few weeks, but I have no pictures to prove it. I do however have the laundry piles...

Studio Calico May Kit - Playground

So I had some time this weekend to scrapbook since it was cold and rainy. I set out with a goal of using more of SC's May Kit - Playground. So here is what I have done with the kit so far :)

I also was inspired by a couple pics to use break into some of my older kits. The following where made with 'Jack & Jill' and 'Garment District' respectively.

Partied Out

So yesterday was a day of parties. I had three to go to.

First, was a Bridal Shower for Jaclyn Stuckenbroker. She is getting married on June 27th to Jason Dewall. It was held at the catholic chuch here in Windom. It was a tupperware party... so I will be getting some new tupperware in the next couple weeks!!! It was a fun party filled with a couple games, advice for Jaclyn, and some yummy food.

The second party of the day was a going away party for Taylor Crow. He ships out to join the army on Wednesday, so this was his last hurrah in Windom. It was a pot luck type event with Brad cooking some delicious pork loins in his smoker. There was lots of talking and a few lawn games such as lawn golf being played. The fire pit became the center of the action just before we were leaving as a large group had gathered around for some lively conversation. Taylor, however, was in the garage with a bunch of friends his age gearing up for a night of partying.

The last party of the night was a retirement party for Larry Gravley. The Gravleys happen to own the old RollerDome, although it is now used as Auction House. They do still have all the skates tho! So we went Roller Skating. They set up the the front area with a whole spread of beer & liquor and a ton of food. The skate area had some tables squeezed in on one side to accomadate all the non-skaters, the skates up front, and a DJ up front. The DJ also had a karaoke machine and many people got up to sing songs and dedicate them to the man of the night. I think it has been about 10 years since I was last on Roller Skates, so it took a little getting used to them. I am by no means a good or fast skater, so when I decided to try the limbo, I promptly fell on my ass... so it's a little sore this morning. So without futher ado, here are the pics from the evening.

Michelle & I sporting our awesome skates!

A fake fall... this one hurt a lot less than the actual fall...

Two person train! Woot Woot!

Would you look at this! I am as tall as Chris when I have skates on and he is only in shoes! (he was trying to throw me around in circles here)

And here we are with extra-shorty!!

We even got Gary to skate around for a few laps.

And this dude here in the orange shirt and hat was from Tennesse.... he introduced himself to us by grabbing me while I was on skates and saying "I'm marrying her... what's your name?" Once he learned I was already married tho, he turned most of his attention to Michelle, even getting her to dance with him.

It was a very interesting day/night to say the least. I had a lot of fun!

Motorcycle Class

This past weekend I took the Basic RiderCourse from Ride Safe, Ride Smart! in the parking lot of Windom's high school. At the end of the two day course I have my motorcycle endorsement!!!

It was a cold, windy weekend, so I wore my snowmobile coat to help keep me warm. I rode a Kawasaki Eliminator named Josh. I had a lot of fun, however, by the end of each day I was just exhausted!

Below are some pics from the weekend.

Not sure what I was practicing here...

The cone weave.

Practicing cornering? or perhaps shifting??? Hmm?

Here is a pic of group: Me, Justin, Dean, Mike, Stacie, Joe, Leah, Instructor Brent, Kari, & Instructor Debbie. What a great weekend!