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This n that posted on November 7, 2011 - 9:02pm

Ella conducted her first independent animal rescue yesterday. We were driving home at about 8pm last night and saw a kitten walking along the busy road amidst a group of people. That didn’t look right as people usually don’t go out walking into town with their kitten in tow! I pulled over and Ella jumped out and grabbed the kitten before it got smushed on the road. The folks walking laughed and cheered for her, and thanked her for saving the kitten. It was a hoot! I asked if it belonged to anyone and nope, it was all ours : )I was very proud of my six year old! And glad we have another kitten : )

How To Catch a Bee posted on November 2, 2011 - 7:19pm

How To Catch a Bee (should you ever want to) Step 1. Look carefully in shrubs and flowers. Two are better than one so a hunting partner will help.

The Kiss posted on November 2, 2011 - 7:07pm

"Well, since we're sitting here Madea I think I just might want to..."

“When I die…” posted on October 27, 2011 - 8:45pm

This was a conversation that went on at my house, while the kids were rubbing my feet earning a movie (yes, I unabashedly perpetrate child labor). Ella: [while rubbing my foot and thoughtfully looking at my rather chunky calf] “If you died Mom, I think I’d eat you.” Me: [nervously]“Oh.” Frank: “I wouldn’t eat you. I’d take you to the hospital and tell them to bury you!” [Dear boy] Ella: “How would you know what number to call? You don’t have their phone number.”Frank: [not to be deterred and eyes beginning to sparkle] “I’d put her in the car and drive her to the hospital!”Ella: “Oh! I could help you drive! We’d get there and I’d say, ‘We have a dead people in the car.’”

Happy 4th Birthday and 2nd Year Anniversary, Frankie!! posted on October 22, 2011 - 9:49pm

Sunday was Frankie's 4th birthday AND his second anniversary of coming home. My how fast the time goes by! Seems just like yesterday that we brought this fat, bald little two year old feller home.

Hana W*lli@ms posted on October 21, 2011 - 9:22pm

So I just read this story yesterday. And then, because I couldn’t leave well enough alone, I read this. It's not the first time it's happened, either. Check out this.Now this case is particularly disturbing in SOOO many ways. When a child is killed it’s bad enough, but this case hits closer to home (she was adopted AND from Africa) and somehow having your parents torture and kill you seems like the ultimate betrayal. Especially knowing that Hana was adopted as an older child and undoubtedly already had feelings of abandonment, trauma and grief to begin with.

Family Fun posted on October 9, 2011 - 11:41am

I love how Ellie is modeling The Packs resourcefulness. In the absence of a dog bed, a purse works for your pillow, Spiderman slippers cushion your bum, and stuffed animals soften your shoulders. It’s a darn good thing we don’t keep a tidy house or our Pack would be sunk!

Kids, Dogs, a Grasshopper and a Rabbit posted on October 3, 2011 - 8:10pm

Here are some pictures from the last couple of days. Frankie with his large, prized hopper. For some reason he wasn't wanting to smile for the camera although...

Who would have thought? Not me! posted on October 2, 2011 - 10:01pm

So, I never thought that I’d ever be raising my kids like this. Like, ever. Little farm girl, 4-Her Gracie? No way.I was brought up rurally. My kids are growing up urban.I grew up not only in North America, but in Montana and Wyoming, a class all its own. My kids are not only growing up in Africa (and that’s a looong way from Montana!), but in urban Uganda. Like, not even cool mud hut, rustic, haul–water-on-your-head Uganda.More like wow, I really feel like a homely frump while waiting in the line for the ATM with a bunch of meticulously and stylishly dressed women, not a Carrhart to be found, Uganda. The traffic is stinky, everyone’s on mobile phones, and look out for that cow sleeping in the road right next to the internet café and the woman driving by in the $100,000 Land Cruiser. Oh, and don’t forget the Russians. Our lives would not be complete without the creepy Russians. Yeah, weird.

Work and play (with the cat) posted on September 26, 2011 - 9:11pm

Um, so, I figure I should post something on my blog! I haven’t really taken any pictures of the kids in the last few weeks, or much of anything, but I did find a few older pics of Billy (big surprise) and the kids playing with the cat that I had on my camera.