It amazes us how different the personalities of this brother and sister are. One is rambunctious and always ready to play, one is more cautious, always testing the waters before they jump in. One comes to bed with us every night, one likes to scratch and chew on Jeff’s leg while he gets ready every morning. So set in their routines, so much the same but different.

Zeus absolutely cannot resist the bath water when Quinn is in the tub. The swirling, moving water, and the bubbles attract him like a moth to the flame. Athena, most of the time, she’s happy just to sit back and watch. Zeus has only fallen in once, but we are waiting for it to happen again…

Oh, and you’ll notice in these photos, there is no toliet paper on the holders in our house. The kitties keep unrolling it. And I was tired of using toliet paper off the floor. But now? They are knocking it off the counter, and shredding it on the floor. There is a reason they don’t sell shredded toilet paper people. It’s very hard to use.

Here are some pics from when we first got them.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I don’t miss that bottle feeding at all. But they were so tiny!

Look at them now.

Clara, I can’t thank you enough for bringing these little loves into our lives! Even though they have been waking me up everyday at four in the morning! They are (mostly) a joy!

Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of pictures from Christmas!! No one was manning the camera. Well, Christmas was awesome as usual. I get caught up in the excitement just like the kids. On Christmas Eve, the boys had a lot of fun with the beverages…

And the kids just had a lot of fun.

Jeff built a kitty condo over the break. The Kitties LOVE it. It is like a playground for them, and it is so fun to watch them.

We had a birthday in January. My baby girl turned 8. I can hardly believe it. We celebrated with family, and her “friend” party is this weekend. She’s just getting too big, too fast!

We said goodbye to another beloved four legged family member. Sam was Jeff and I’s other baby. We had gotten her about a month after Emma and she was fifteen years old. It was a hard day, but she was sick.

And later on that afternoon, we went out to get our mind off of things.

And last, but certainly not least, we have the blizzard. It did indeed turn out to be a crazy amount of snow! It was pretty cool. Now it is literally pretty cold!

And I think that about brings us up to date! I can feel free to post at random now. I do have some new pictures of the kitties to post. They are getting so big. I can’t believe how little they were when we first got them!

I am thankful for my husband and family. My man supports my fanatical gym obsession. He even got the kids on the bus yesterday so I wouldn’t miss my workout. I love you honey, and I don’t tell you nearly enough. I am thankful for my sisters and their never-ending support.

I am happy that we got our first snow! Makes it seem so much more like Christmas time. I am loving our new little kitties. Even though they are a handful, they are soft, cuddly, and so much fun to watch them play. Their antics are comical.

Now, some pictures. Like I said, we got our first snow!

The kids could not have been happier. Josh even volunteered to shovel!

We went to cut down our Christmas tree, and had lots of company. It was cold, but we all had a good time!

Kristin and Mark, ready to cut down their first Christmas tree.

The kids, having a grand ole time.

The mountain man and his mistress – oh, I mean wife!

And the truck that they use for their tree delivery service. Thank you guys!

And what post would be complete with out at least one kitten picture? They are doing great! We are done with bottles and on to canned food. Soon, we will hopefully move on to dry food! Here’s Athena cuddled up among the pillows on the couch catching a little cat nap.

Hope everyone is healthy and happy. Enjoy this season, it only comes once a year!

Watching the parade on Thanksgiving morning, snuggling with some kitties.

So, things have been busier than usual around here. I have a couple of older posts to catch up on, you know BTK (Before The Kitties). I’ll get to them soon, I promise!

Still trying to decide on some names for these little ones. But here are a few pictures.