Our Pets...

This is the female Amber, she is somewhat head down & sideways

Here's the male Manti, he is much smaller & tan he is on the green leaves in center of picture.

Their dinner a couple of crickets...yuck!!!
Their beautiful pickle jar home above and the female again below. So since we've been home Calvin has been begging for a pet...amazingly enough he settled for a Praying mantis actually he has two a female who is large and green and a small male that looks more tan like a twig. We are so state of the art that we have them in the best of environments...an extra large Costco pickle jar with screen material for the lid. Each day he and Will catch crickets to feed them and it is actually very interesting to watch them catch & eat one. Gross but interesting. Calvin has named them Amber and Manti, McKenna considers them our family pets and Will says it is better than watching the Discovery Channel. :o) We have had them for over a week now well at least the female the male was just added 3 days ago but he has an injured arm and we have yet to see him catch a cricket but he tries so we shall see.

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UPDATE: We only have one female praying mantis now she ate the males and she has laid 2 egg sacks!

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Mom comes home from Hospital 9/30/08

If I didn't blog tonight I think I would have just exploded! I have been so busy that I've not had time for like 3 or 4 weeks and it's been eating me up inside. :o) I still have lots and lots more to post but this is a start. We got back from the funeral last night and I will post about that but want to keep things in chronilogical order or as close as possible.

Thank you to all that have helped me in some way or the other through the last few weeks as we've had so many things happen with Kent's sudden death, Mom's surgery & 50th birthday, my Grandpa in the hospital and then passing away...so truly thank you for your prayers, kind words and kind deeds. :o) My Mom is staying in Springerville with my Grandma & her siblings for about a week and then coming back here to stay with us for a week. My Grandma seems to be hanging in there and doing pretty good through all of this. More pics to come as soon as I get time.

Kyah can ride a bike!

Kyah so proud that she can ride a bike before she's even 2 yrs old!


Brandy making sure she the foam cushion was on the handle bars.

Back in August when my Mom & Sister where here along with Brandy's two little girls Adia (6yrs old) and Kyah (20 months) Kyah learned how to ride Calvin's bike. The kids would ride it inside because it was way too hot to ride bikes outside! Anyways she kept wanting on so my Mom put her on it one night and she took off riding! It was so cute! So Mom or as Kyah knows her Grammy went to get the camera and Brandy came down stairs to witness herself. So cute! Mom took some pictures and we all clapped and said yeah Kyah! Kyah is a little squirt anyways so tiny at only like 20 lbs and short too so she looks like she's about 11 months old and here she is riding a bike. :o) Gotta love it!

Show me Grammy!