Grandma Hoyt

For those of you who haven't heard, on June 16th we said good  bye to my Grandma Ruth. A little less then a year ago we found out that her cancer came back and they decided not to treat it.

In mid April they moved up from Santa Ana to Paradise to be closer to us. We had 2 months with her here. We got to celebrate Mother's Day with her. We knew it was probably going to be her last and wanted to honor her on this one last special day. She made it to her's and Grandpa's 60th Anniversary, to the day.

She lived a great and long life, impacting many, many lives of those who knew her. She was a teacher and a mother, not only to her own children, but those she worked with over the years. She was a missionary not only over seas, but also in the States.

We are happy for her though, she got to go home to be with siblings and parents. She has very much been looking forward to heaven, now she gets to enjoy the rest of forever there.

She will be missed, but we will see her again one day and through a big party together.

Gizmo

Some of you may know, some may not. Back in November we got ourselves a kitty. Pretty sure he was born in August, the same month we got married. He is a Siamese, Snowshoe, Rag-doll mix. We named him Gizmo and call him MoMo or MOzy.

He is one silly little man. Sleeps most of the day and goes crazy when we get home from work. And he really lets us know home much he missed us when we get back from a trip, tons of meowing. He likes to rough house with Tim and attack his ankles. When I am working in the kitchen, he likes to lay on the edge of the counter and watch me run around putting things together. Silliest thing though, he absolutely loves drinking water from the sink faucet... watch out when your washing your hands, he will join you. Quite silly, he prefers rolled up plastic bags and cardboard boxes rather then real cat toys.

I am at home more often then Tim normally and new I wanted a companion to keep me company during that time. Slinky was an awesome pet, but ferrets sleep something like 20 hours a day and hides out when he does. A cat was the next best thing. A dog would be too much responsibility for a pet right now. Perhaps one day will get one when there are kids to enjoy them too. We love our Mo!