Bragg Family South

Kenny's expression above is priceless--even if a bit goofy. As you can tell, he's happy to be fishing with his dad and grandfather Rich Pruden (aka Bumpa ). I haven't posted in a while, so I've got some odds and ends images to post. Below are two pictures (taken with my cell phone, so the picture quality isn't good) of the minor fender-bender I was in a couple weeks ago. While I was waiting for traffic to move at a stop sign, a small car had neglected to stop (low speed, fortunately) and bumped the small maroon Chevy pick-up behind me, pushing him into my rear bumper. You can see the damage was notably worse for his vehicle than mine: Believe it or not, my bumper actually did get bent a little bit, just to the right of the receiver hitch. The Chevy truck's damage is likely to run into the thousands of dollars, and mine is actually more costly than you'd think--they would need to replace the bumper and the plastic on the top to the tune of almost $70...

We are all about big changes this week... The first ones are apparent in the pictures above. We finally got serious looking at finding replacements for our beloved Mooch, who was put down earlier this year following a long illness. After a couple failed attempts at getting cats (don't get us started about that debacle), we finally got a call from a local vet that they had cats to give away (we've brought stray kittens into this vet for years, and she's always found homes for them). We went over to look at them one day this week. The three young kittens she had were REALLY timid and scared around Beth and Stephen, and obviously were a bit on the feral side. However, Judy had some older kittens that were much better around people. The grey tabby on the top is Kenny's cat, a male he named "Draco" ( hmmm .... a Harry Potter inspiration, eh?), and the calico on the bottom is Beth's cat, a female she named "Bella". Both cats seem to be adjust...