My Ginger Boys

Jinx and Rocket have taken some time to become real buddies, but I think we are just about there!

These Two!

Dexter watches with careful stare as Rocket J. played in front of his new cat lounge.

Dexter Morgan decides that sitting with his Mommy is more enjoyable than playing with his little brother! (Mommy secretly loves this way too much!)

Poor Baby Izzy

Isabella Sophia was not feeling very well when we got home from Williamsburg tonight.
We decided to go ahead and take her to the emergency Vet.

Bay Beach Veterinary Clinic

Isabella is not what you would call a "hold me" type of little girl. This was basically how she was for ALMOST  THREE HOURS!
She cuddled between my arms and Terry's arms until they could call her to the back. She had 104.7 temperature. She was dehydrated. Looks like she had a little bit of  Pancreatitis.

Drugs and orders for REST and FOOD. She had me VERY WORRIED!! As much as she thinks THAT WE are JUST HER asshole roommates from whom she STEALS FOOD

We do love her!!

A LOT!

Williamsburg Trip

Started the morning with a trip to the Williamsburg Winery for a tour and tasting!

Entrance and Me, of course, taking a selfie!

The basement where the wine is kept!

There is a LOT of mold on the walls. It's a little disconcerting..

 More wine. (This is ALL RED)

 This is the Special Tasting Room.

 The swine bottler and a cask of red.

This is how the WHITE wine is kept.. 

WINE TASTING TIME!!

#12014 John Adlum Chardonnay 

#2 2015 Midsummer Nights White

#3 2015 Governor's White

#4 2014 Arundel Cabernet Sauvignon (LiKED THIS ONE A LOT)

#5 2014 Barrel Aged Claret

#6 2014 Gabriel Archer Reserve (I LOVED THIS ONE)

#7 Vin Lecoreux de Framboise

#8 Jamestown Cellars Settlers Spiced Wine

Then we went into Old Town Williamsburg to see a bit and have some lunch

Rogue One

Went to see  ROGUE ONE tonight!!

For anyone who known me, you'll know that this..
Being able to see Star Wars Movies

EVERY YEAR

Is like a Birthday Present from George Lucas!

CLICK HERE 
to READ the  Review on my  Movie Blog.

Dexter's Pickle

Dexter would like everyone to know that this is HIS pickle. 

He loves his pickle. 

There are many pickles out there but this one is his.

Rocket is 9 Months Old!

Happy 9 Month Birthday Baby Rocket!

He's pretty amazing for a kitten and I smile every time he hops up in my lap to cuddle. He is still super quiet and only meows when he wants to have his dinner. He loves FOOD. ALL FOOD. He wants whatever anyone else is eating and is not afraid to let you know with a little tiny yellow and white paw on your lap or even tries to jump up in your lap at the table.

I love him with my whole heart!

White Pants After Labor Day

Spent some outside time with the kids this afternoon. Decided that today, I would go against the grain and throw out the old fashion rule of "No white pants after labor day!" I wore white pants and I think I rocked them pretty hard! Took some selfies with the Baby Dexter!

My 4 Bears

Really, all there is to say about them is LOOK AT THEM! 

They are beautiful and loved and amazing!

Kitties and Face Paint

Today was pretty fun! Baby Dexter was pretty clingy and sleepy which usually makes for a ton of pictures since he's always in my sight. No difference today. He was sitting on the cat tower by the back window and the light was hitting him in just the right way!

It was about 10 minutes later that Rocket took Dexxy's spot on the tower and Jinx crawled up top. Dexter tried, unsuccessfully to get Rocket to move off of the tower before just giving up and laying down on the outside one. He's pretty spoiled if I do say so myself. I must admit that a lot of it is my fault!!

Finally, Taylor came over for me to do some face painting for a party that she was going to later in the evening. We spent about an hour and a half getting the eyes and forehead before we could finish up with the nose and lips! Luckily we planned for two hours. I love that my friends like my art enough to trust me with face paint!

Today was a good day!

Me, Dex, Izzy and Rocket

Just a little fun from today!

Friday at the Chrysler

Ami and I went to the Chrysler Museum today and spent several hours enjoying the art and history as well as the glass blowing demonstration. At the bottom of this post if a very long video of the glass blowing demo. It was pretty awesome!

Video of the glass blowing..

After the Hurricane

Well, we did end up losing power, only for one night though, we were lucky! 

There is a good chance that the big tree in the backyard will eventually fall down. It's roots came up a good 4 inches after the water dissipated from the backyard.

We drove out to Terry's warehouse to see how bad the flooding was.. and it was pretty bad!

SaveSave

My Sweet Ginger Baby

I love this baby boy with all of my heart. He's only 8 and a half months old, but he's pretty amazing already! He's the destroyer of toilet paper, the eater of all foods and the cuddle of laps!

Breakout! Kidnapping

Look at these faces!

These are the faces of six people who just completed a 60 minute challenge with 5 minutes to spare!!

We did this a few weeks ago. (Click here to see that post.) We won that one with about 4 minutes to spare!

ROCKSTARS!!

Back row: Taylor, Me, Scott and Jon
Front Row: Ami and Chris

SO much fun!

Sunday's are Always Fun!

DEXTER!!!

I must admit that I have a special place in my heart for Baby Dexter! He's always been the odd kid, just like his mommy!

He's done this for a while, and I finally got some good video.

He takes ONE piece of food out at a time and chases it then eats it! He's my boy!

Finally, after about an hour of eating ONE PIECE of food at a time, he finally seemed to give up and go to sleep!

His big sister ...
Isabella Sophia 
was watching from her guard tower in the living room. I like to think that she was silently judging the activities from afar. She's beautiful and prickly!!

She just turned 2 on August 3rd. She shares a birthday with her Uncle Michael.

I love her!!

I got around to making some dinner. I found a recipe for Filipino Pork Skewers..

RECIPE HERE

It was delicious!! I made a yummy rice pilaf to go with it. Just kind of threw it together with some half thought.

I like to think how far I've come from 25 years ago not being able to make a meatloaf!!

:)

Saturday Fun

Well the day started out with Rocket and Dexter playing in the office and they were absolutely adorable, so I recorded them!

And finally, the day ended in making the menu for the next week, baking a cake that says "Michelle is Awesome" and making some steaks and salads!

Tacos and Rainbows

So, we all know that I have a love of everything that involves me eating Mexican foods. That point is not able to be argued! Well, I decided the tonight would be a little carne aside taco with some lovely refried beans. I just wish I had more time and I would have made the tortillas from scratch!!

I ♥ TACOS!

After dinner, there was a beautiful rainbow that could be seen in the backyard. It was double, but the second one was so daily that it was really not able to be captured on film!

So pretty though!!

My Boys (Minus the Girl)

Jinx 

What can be said about this little boy? Well, this month, he's 3 years and 6 months old. He's quirky, to say the least! He's up for a quick coddle, but only if it lasts for between 12 and 45 seconds and you make no eye contact or touch him in any way. If any of those happen, he will leave. He's still pretty amazing though! He's my beautiful little ginger and I know that his big brother Boomer would be proud of how good he is with his little brothers and sister!!

Dexter Morgan

Mommy's little monkey! He's 16 months and is still fairly small, well, just not his gut! He's a munchkin and should weigh no more than 9 pounds but this boy is topping the scales at 11.2 pounds! Someone has been sneaking some extra food while mommy isn't looking! He loves to watch while I am on the computer and often grabs at my hands to pet him if he doesn't think that I am giving him enough attention! He's messy in the kitchen and likes to knock out one piece of food at a time to chase and eat!

Rocket J. 

Rocket is the tiniest of the crew at 8 months old. He's special in more ways than one! He DOES NOT CRY! Only when you give him a bath or are slow with putting his food bowl down! It's insane! He loves to eat, sleep and attack, in that order. I love him in spite of all of his weird behavior and in some cases because of it! He's a lap cat and a wants to be "Where the People Are!"