Aunt Marlene

We got to visit with Great Aunt Marlene because she came to Grandma's to go with her to Branson. She lives in Minnesota. I really like her because she is nice. I wish I could have snuck in their car to Branson because I would really like to go to Celebration City!

First Chess Tournament

I took chess in our homeschool classes this last year. On Saturday, I went to my first chess tournament. I liked it a lot, and I want to take chess again next year.

I got 5th place for K-3, adn I was in the top 4 homeschoolers, so I made the homeschool team, and we got 1st place! We weren't expecting that I would do very well since it was my first tournament.

If anyone knows how to place chess, I always need to practice!

Baby Kittens!

Two weeks ago, our gray cat had baby kittens on the very top floor of the cat house. We could not reach them or see them, but we could hear them. About a week ago, we discovered that the mother cat had accidentally gotten locked into the garage. She was so thirsty and hungry, and we immediately were worried about her babies since she had been locked in for almost two days before we realized it. We could not hear babies or find babies anywhere, and we were sure they were dead. We were very sad.

Today, we were putting groceries in the freezer in the garage, and we heard "meow" "meow". We looked in the boat, and there were four kittens ALIVE! Luckily, the garage door had been opened just enough for her to get in to feed her babies. The cats LOVE to have kittens in Dad's boat---he is not happy about the boat, and he is not happy about more cats! He said we can't keep any, but we are going to keep working on him in hopes he will let us keep one.

Surprise while Hunting!

Regan, Dad, and I built a tower blind for hunting. One of our friends built a birdhouse for the side of the tower blind, and we put in wood shreds, hoping some birds would come. On Friday, Dad and I went turkey hunting (I didn't get a turkey). I asked Dad if we could check on the blind. I looked in the box and saw tiny, baby squirrels! I am hoping to go back out and get pictures soon. I had never seen baby squirrels before, and they were so cute!