Country Livin, Movin Out & Cat Up a Tree

A couple weeks ago I went with my Mom to Pennsylvania to visit my Grandmother for her 80th Birthday. My Uncle Bill flew in from Tampa, Florida too. We got a chance to spend the weekend at a family relative's house that was built in 1871. The McGravey Ridge Homestead has been in my family since the time it was built and has had it's share of houseguests. We were lucky enough to spend the weekend in this gorgeous farm house. My Mom and I are were definetly doing some country livin as we didn't have air conditon, cell phone or Internet service. It was great! My favorite part of the trip was enjoying eachother's company on the covered porch. The moment the sun started to go down and the temperatures began to drop we knew this was our invitation to sit back and relax. We saw plenty of lighting bugs buzzing around and were even lucky enough to watch the deer venture out from the secret hiding places. It was fun watching those little guys enjoy the freedom of the evening.




This past weekend was a pretty eventfull one. Colleen and Shannon moved out of the old Barnett Homestead and into their new apartment! The movers got here on Saturday morning at 8:00am and were done moving C & S by 11:00 am. We got the girls all set up in their new place and it looks great! They have such a beautiful new home and I know they're going to really enjoy it! Congrats girls on your new place. Steve and I are already looking forward to having a big party there when he gets home! Do you think we could crash at your place???




Along with their new apartment C & S also adopted a kitten they named Oliver. Little Oliver is as cute as he can be, all three pounds of him. Well, yesterday Shannon decided to bring the little guy over to meet the rest of his animal family, aka Charlie, Cosmo, Rocky and lil Miss Bella. Before we could even get inside we were greeted by Rocky. Oliver took one look at Rocky and dove out of Shannon's arms and ran up the closest tree he could find. I never saw a cat hike up a tree so fast. Oliver just forgot one thing in his quest for safety, how to get down? Mom took this picture of us figuring a way to get him down. I guess she just couldn't resist. This story has a good ending though. After spending about three hours stuck up in that tree little Oliver managed to shimmy his way down.