Beat the heat

It's hot, but you can only hibernate for so long in air-conditioned comfort...

That's not my name...

Lincoln, the cat who was once large and in charge, and the inspiration for the name of this blog, is no more.

...Don't worry, he's still alive, but a shell of his former fat self. He was about 16 pounds when I got him over 10 years ago (May 2002). During that first year he ballooned to over 30 pounds, eventually topping out at 37 at his heaviest (the video below is of him getting weighed at the vet's office).


He weighed 24 pounds last summer, after going from 36 to 32 the previous summer. Blood work was done, and the vet couldn't find anything wrong with him to account for his big weight loss.

Lincoln is between 12-13 years old now, and is doing fine, enjoying trips out onto the patio, putting up with loud kids and grabby toddlers, and big dogs who occasionally try to chase him. Long may he reign in the Henn House!

The heat is on...

We had a hot, but happy 4th!



Our little firecrackers - Sparkplug and Spitfire!



Matt demonstrates proper firework protocol.





I want you...to celebrate 'Murika!



On Friday, it was another broiler, so we went to Science Center. WHO Channel 13 does its noon broadcast from there occasionally, so we squeezed into the first live weather report!







Here is the video I shot: http://youtu.be/WtO7T8Z880w



Here is the clip on WHO's site (Alex appears in the last part because we were walking into the exhibit as they were filming): WHO at the Science Center 7/6/12











Then it was onto Bauder's Pharmacy on Ingersoll, which has been around since 1922. They feature hand-made ice cream and an old-fashioned soda fountain.







Strawberry ice cream in a sugar cone!







Getting the soda fountain counter experience!

Kansas City 2012

Fun weekend in KC...the highlights:





Science City at Union Station








Legoland





Zoo





Bronto-ribs at Jack Stack






Cards/Royals game