A Gang of Kittens

The first couple pictures are of my baby Hope. She was really underweight so I took her home from the shelter to foster for a little while. But then her brothers Pipin(tabby) and Rupert(black) and her sister Lacy(orange,black) got kitty colds so they needed a temporary home too. So now we have four sneezy but very active kittens running around our little apartment. They are funny because they do everything in a pack so whenever Matt and I sit down or take a nap we get covered in a gang of kittens and their snot.

Back To Alberta!

We were really excited to get back to Alberta and see some familiar faces. It was quite the driving day for me that friday as I came back from Fort Mcmurray that day, which was a 9 hour Drive, then we got in the car for the 6 hour drive to the homeland. A few bags of spits later we were there.
Saturday was canoeing day. As you can see I carried the canoe but not with the same finesse as Dad did it. We canoed down the bow for a little and stopped at a little island to have lunch. It started to hail a little bit on the last stretch so I was kinda glad I was wearing a helmet.
Next stop was Lacombe. Jenna was turning 2 and we were ready for a celebration. It was super fun to see the growing up kids in Jay and Christy's family. Royall found some cute sunglasses and a swimsuit for Jenna's birthday.
It was a great time families! thanks for all the hugs and yummy food. We can't wait until next time.

Condo Update

We dropped by the condo today to check it's progress. As you can see the roof is on now and it's lookin good. Royall was so excited she hopped the fence!

Another Kitty?

This is Lily. She had a kitty cold so Matt and I were fostering her at home until she got better. She was adopted today by a nice family with two little kids. We'll miss her despite her fascination with our toilet, which resulted in her swimming in it three times. She loved snuggling me and Matt whenever we would sit down to read or play guitar.

Study Break

While Matt and I were restlessly studying on the Mac computers the other day we became distracted by the photobooth cameras. Needless to say we wasted a solid hour being silly. We feel these shots do our physical beauty the most justice.

Billy the Kid

Royall Brought a friend home from work on monday and he got to stay with us for a couple of days. We decided "Billy the kid" suit him the best, he loved to hunt our toes and fingers down and pounce on them. The garbage bag in one of the pictures was definatly his favourite toy. We have a funny video of him hunting Royall down, we'll have to put it up soon.

Summer Plans

This summer we decided to stay in lovely Saskatoon. I hope that means we get to see family more (more than if we were in Vegas anyway). Royall is going to keep working at the SPCA and the GAP, and I am going to be helping a professor here at the university with his research. OH YEAH, Royall is bringing home a baby kitty for us to foster on monday. We'll just have it for two weeks until it gains enough weight to be adopted by a lucky family. We'll put some pictures up.
This is the research I'll be helping with:



Approximately 1,700 tonnes of elemental sulphur (S 0 ) per day are produced by Syncrude Canada (SCL) as a by-product of bitumen refining. Molten S 0 (shown here) is poured into blocks for long-term storage at SCLs Fort McMurray operation. Professor M. Jim Hendry, colleagues in other colleges, government agencies, and graduate students are studying oxidation rates of S 0 to sulphuric acid within the blocks, migration of the sulphuric acid through the blocks, and its impact on the underlying geologic media. This three-year research program is jointly funded by SCL and NSERC.

Sounds like fun!