Baby Bunny Update

The baby bunnies are growing so fast. Their eyes have not opened yet but they are covered in fur now. The momma rabbit comes back every other night to feed them which seems strange to me, but the babies seem to be getting all the nourishment that they need. They are super cute! We will all be sad to see them go when they are ready to leave the nest.

Kate and Molly

Yesterday I babysat one of the cutest little girls I know. Of course, Kate is the cutest but Molly is a close second. These girls had a really good time together. At one point they were upstairs playing and I kept hearing giggling and laughing. I thought I better go up and see what they were doing. I didn't want them to see me, so I quietly came to the door of Kate's room and snuck my head in. Kate was reading a book called Dooby, Dooby Moo to Molly and they both were just laughing and laughing. Kate must be a really good story teller because Molly thought is was the funniest thing. It was so cute.....it almost made me want a little sister for Kate....ALMOST. :)

Baby Bunnies

While mowing, once again Cary found some little critters. This time it was a nest of baby bunnies in the back yard. They are so tiny and must be just a few days old. They have no fur and their little eyes have not even opened yet. We have been keeping an eye on them hoping their mother had not abandoned them. We read that unlike birds, mother rabbits will return even if they have been handled by humans. They just need to be put back in their nest just like it was found. We also learned to put an X over the top of the nest made of twigs or yarn and if it is messed up in the morning then that means the mother rabbit has returned. We did this the last two nights. WE checked yesterday morning before church and it had not been disturbed. But when we woke up this morning our yarn X was intertwined in all the grass and rabbit fur. So we are assuming the mother came back and fed the babies last night. We have all been worried about these baby bunnies so much that Kate prayed for them last night during family prayer and I was ready to go and get some kitten milk to feed them today if the mother had not come back. They are super cute and we hope that they grow up to be furry little Peter Cottontails.

For the Birds

I captured this picture of Kate yesterday. We were bird watching and I think she got bored.....

...the ant hill was much more interesting.

Field Day 2009

HEE HEE!!

Kate came home from school with a permission slip that needed to be signed. This is what it said....

"My Pet for Special Occasions" will be visiting our school on May 22, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. Students who do not return their permission slip will not participate in petting the animals (there will not be pigs)."

I got a chuckle out of this. Pigs have such a bad rap right now......Poor piggies!

YIKES!

Cary was in the middle of mowing the yard yesterday when he stopped to come in and get the camera. I didn't ask what he was doing. I assumed that the kids must be doing something cute and he wanted to capture it on film. I was wrong. A few minutes later he came in and showed me what he found.....

I guess that is what we get for living so close to the lake.

Joshua's first Phone call and more random stuff

The phone rang yesterday and I didn't recognize the name on the caller ID. I don't usually pick up if I don't know who it is but this person had called 3 times already. I picked up and said Hello and the little voice on the other end asked for Joshua. Joshua has never gotten a phone call before so I was taken by surprise. So, I called up to Joshua telling him he had a phone call and he came running down the stairs. It was funny to watch him and listen to his conversation. I think he was a little embarrassed, but he was super cute. The phone call lasted about 3 minutes. When he got off the phone I asked him who it was....it was Alex. I then asked him if Alex was a girl and he said, "NOOOO, Mom! Alex is a boy!" How was I suppose to know? The sweet little voice on the other end could have been a boy or a girl.

Mother's Day is a few days away so don't forget your Moms!! Braeden gave me an early Mother's Day card he made in Computer class at school. The inside of the card said, "Mom, you taught me so much even though I thought I knew everything already!!!!!!!!!!!" This is so Braeden....but it should have said,..."even though I THINK I know everything already!" Braeden is definitely my "know it all" kid, but I love him anyways!!

On a another note, I have a new favorite thing. Cary introduced me to a website called Pandora. It is an Internet radio site and I love it!! This is probably old news to some of you but we just discovered it. It plays ONLY the music you love. All you have to do is drop the name of one of your favorite songs or artists into Pandora and let the web site work for you. It will quickly scan its entire world of music to find songs with similarities to your choice. Then sit back and enjoy as it creates a play list designed just for your music tastes. You can create as many "stations" as you want. And you can even refine them. If you hear a song or an artist that you don't like then you click on a "thumb's down" tab and it will never play that song again. I love it!!

Should I be worried??

I am sure you have all heard of the Swine flu or N1H1 as it is now being called. Is to much being made of this or is it really something I should be worried about? Braeden says it's the hot topic at school....everywhere I go people are talking about it. I have always been big on washing my hands (just ask my kids) and I LOVE GermX. I keep a bottle of it in my purse. So what more can I do? I am not willing to wear a mask and or stay locked up in my home until this passes. I have recieved notes home from school, automated telephone messages, a call from the school nurse, emails about it, and of course the news can't get enough of it. A lot of places are even asking you to lather up with GermX before you enter. School Districts have closed down (not ours thankfully), the rest of soccer season has been canceled, activities are being asked to be put on hold or canceled all together.....But DON'T PANIC....we are being told.

Kate's Prayer

Tonight as we knelt together in family prayer Joshua was a little grumpy. Cary told Kaitlyn that she should pray for Joshua that he might git rid of his bad attitude. She began her prayer as she always does thanking Heavenly Father for our house, and Dad's job, and so on. She then said, "Please help Josh make his gratitude go away." It was hilarious. It was so hard to not laugh out loud during the prayer. The prayer worked though.......it got Joshua smiling and laughing

On This Day......

1789 - Retired general George Washington receives word that he has been unanimously elected as the first US president (The election occurred Feb. 4 with the votes tallied April 6)

1865 - US president Abraham Lincoln is shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Theater in Washington DC

1902 - The first JC Penney store opens in Kemmerer, WY.

1912 - After colliding with an iceberg, the "unsinkable" Titanic begins sinking

1917 - Switzerland declares its neutrality during WW1

1939 - John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath is published

1948 - Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings for the Stanley Cup

1989 - 1,100,000,000th Chinese born

1991 - The last round of US troop withdrawals from southern Iraq begins, as Operation Desert Storm winds down

1998 - The most important event that took place on this day is that Braeden Michael Jones was born at 5:20p.m. weighing 9 lbs and was 23 inches long.

Happy 11th Birthday Braeden!!! We love you!!!

Mount Bonnell

We went to Austin this past weekend to visit with Cary's family and while we where there we took the kids to Mount Bonnell. It was so beautiful. I didn't realize how beautiful Austin is....well at least North Austin. There were trees and hills and tons of blue bonnets. You almost feel like you're in a whole different state.

Cary grew up in Austin and has been to Mount Bonnell on several occasions. He even took me there on a date before we were married. On this trip we learned something new about Mount Bonnell that we thought was very interesting.........Mormon pioneers built a mill at the foot of Mount Bonnell but it was later destroyed by a flood. Who knew???

It was a steep climb to the top of Mount Bonnell. I was not prepared in my flip flops to walk up these stone steps, but I made it. We saw several people using the stairs as a work out. There were even firemen in there full gear going up and down over and over again.

We had the kids pose for several pictures. The scenery was so beautiful!


The climb back down was much easier but we did have one wipe out. Joshua fell close to the bottom of the steps. He got a little scraped up but nothing a band-aid couldn't fix.
Of course Braeden and Joshua always find something to dig in or explore and Mount Bonnell was no exception....

This peacock was sitting up on a stone wall that is close to the foot of Mount Bonnell. He was observing everyone as they drove by. Moments before he had his tail feathers up and he was beautiful!!
If you're ever in Austin I highly recommend going and seeing this area. Pack a picnic and take your tennis shoes to walk the trails. There is also a nature preserve that is free to the public that is close to Mount Bonnell......where the peacocks roam free.

Happy Keester!

Sisters

Kate has lots of friends at school. Some of her favorites are Brooke, Maddie, Olivia, and Chandler Bell......but her best friend of all is Sarai. The other day we were talking about all her friends and what they like to play. She turned to me and said, "Sarai isn't my friend she is my sister". I thought that was so funny!!

Best Friends Forever!!!

Too Cute!

It was a beautiful day outside yesterday! The kids played outside all afternoon. Kate wanted me to take a couple pictures of her.....isn't she a beauty??