Friday, June 27, 2014

Meanwhile back in the desert...

Well the trip home was painful... and not just because we were leaving the good weather and family... ;-)
my lower half kept going numb, both on the planes and in the car.  We did stay in Boise until Sunday, hanging out with more family and a couple friends.

We went to dinner with some friends we hadn't seen in a while and toured their family's ranch on fore-wheelers.  At one point, I got off the fore-wheeler so Anton could go off jumps and do donuts and stuff.  He was having so much fun!  And then he did a donut  too tight and flipped the fore-wheeler over.  It was so cool to watch--he was like a ninja, rolling in the air as he flew off, just barely escaping being trapped under the fore-wheeler (which is about twice the size of the one we have at home).

I was so sure the fore-wheeler had nabbed his ankle, but when I got to him he was totally fine.  Then he got back on to do more.  :-)

Anyway, we adopted a baby kitty from the pet shelter.  He's so cute and little.  I wanted to keep him mostly outside but Anton will only agree to a pet if we keep him inside.  City boys.
I was reading this article about happiness and it mentioned pets promoting emotional well-being and that people who have pets are usually happier.  So, I decided Anton could use some emotional well-being and a little more happiness, even if it's in the shape of a little ball of fur with claws.  This semester's been pretty tough on him.

We've both been smiling a lot more since we brought the little rascal home.  :-)

Bringing him home from the shelter

He likes to play behind the computer.

Then he cuddles after he plays.


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