Beggars' Night 2008

Alex was Bam-Bam the caveman (or caveboy) last night for trick-or-treating. Dad took him down the street and called Mom to tell her that our little caveman cried at 3 of the 4 first houses. Then he got the hang of it and had a good time!

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The most beautiful sight these eyes have seen in awhile...

That's right...$1.97 a gallon for ethanol blend gas in Iowa! Fill 'er up!

Halloween Twins

This blog may be named in honor of one cat, but around Halloween it's time to pay homage to our (much) smaller cat, Miss Belden.

Belden bears an uncanny resemblance to Winston Churchill (or "Church" as the cat is referred to) from the horror movie Pet Sematary, based on the Stephen King novel. Check it out -
Here's another angle - Belden flashing the evil eye...

...And Church with freaky glowing eyes.

Zomething Zad...

MillerCoors Discontinues Zima

This was a staple during my early college years, along with body suits and Melrose Place!

Rest in Peace!

Bam Bam

Someone's punchy right before bath time...

Cover Boy

Check it out -- wearing the cute jacket Grandma Gloria got me, I could be a catalog model for L.L. Bean!

These kids have nothing on me!

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Overheard at the Y...

I was working out at the Y yesterday and the kids from the high school next door come over during their P.E. classes to use the facility (it's basically empty with the exception of a few SAHMs and senior citizens). As I was leaving the locker room, looking sweaty and frumpted out, about 5-6 cute, young teen girls were gathered in a circle using resistance balls. They realized that they were kind of blocking the exit and one of them apologized as I was passing by, and said, "Sorry, I know we're obnoxious high school kids"...I said in reply with a smile, "Don't worry, it beats being a 30-something housewife!"

It's Geeky Beak Time!

From Grandma and Grandpa Hennig


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www.youtube.com/hennigfam

Kid's Got Talent!

I love it when Alex grabs my camera and starts taking pictures - it's fun to look at them afterwards. I gotta say, I think he has a decent eye for composition! :)
Check out a couple of these:

UPDATE: 30 Pound Cat Status

Lincoln and Belden went in on Tuesday for their annual checkups at the vet. Belden, healthy as always, continued to maintain her girlish figure at 11 pounds.

The big guy, however, has lost another 1 1/2 pounds to weigh in at 34.4 lbs - down from 36.0 a year ago. This is really quite an accomplishment when you consider the average cat sleeps about 22 hours a day. Way to go Lincoln! Here are a couple shots of him after his checkup:

Check out (and order) photos!

We've been using Shutterfly for a few years now and have a lot of photos up there. Recently, Shutterfly started offering a free web site service to upload photos. Visitors can check them out and even order reprints. It's great if you want to get some shots that you like on the site. Even better, you have the option of having the reprints sent to your local Target where you can pick them up!

Go here to check out our photo galleries!

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Here's just one of the photos taken from last Sunday in Itasca, we had lots of good ones!

Good Times..

We had a great weekend in Itasca - Alex got spoiled by his grandma and two aunties! Plus we got to see the Kellys!