T'was a VERY Merry Christmas

What a wonderful time we had getting to be with out families!  And boy am I thankful we had the new bigger van!  I honestly don't know how we would have gotten everything there and back without the extra space!  We drove the 6 hours from here to Dallas on the 22nd and stayed with Russ' folks until mid morning on the 25th.  We left my folks' house mid morning today.  I LOVE getting to road trip and see family, but it is always good to be home again! 

The kitten

So the kitten is named Oranges.  And it now seems to be tamed.  It will come to us, eat from our hands, let us hold it.  She LOVES attention.  We brought her inside but didn't let her get down earlier.  She was nervous at first but quickly settled down.  Pupadoo, our dog, and Tabby, the inside cat, were NOT at all appreciative of this little stranger in their territory taking away attention that should be theirs.....oh well!  We are enjoying this sweet little baby.  The kids are now asking if it can be another inside pet.....the jury is still out on that one!  I'll post pictures soon....she really is cute!!

Fun festivities

Friday's Squadron party was nice.  The food was wonderful!  We didn't stay the whole time since we aren't ones to take to the dancefloor and the music was too loud to hold conversations.  Saturday dawned foggy, but we drove on up to Abilene.  The party there was nice too.  Was fun to see all those kids running around.  Then Sunday we went to church, ran some errands, came home for a bit and then went back for the Children's Christmas play and dinner.  Both were wonderful!  Oh! and I do have my new sink installed!  YEA!!!!!  one more thing crossed off the to do list!  Russ is planning to try hunting again this coming weekend.  Kevin is suppose to come down for another weekend with Lex.  Then next week we drive up to dallas for Christmas!  WOW!!!  Will go to town tomorrow to mail packages.   
A kitten that looks about 3 months old has decided to take up residence under our craft building.  It's very vocal!  And oh so cute!  It's an orange and white tabby like our indoor cat.  Kerrie has been making great strides in getting to tamed somewhat.  We will let this one be an outside cat.  We are giving it plenty of water and a little food.  Don't want it dependent on us for food so it will be a good barn cat!  Will be interesting to see if it's still around when we get back from Christmas vacation!