The Rest of the McAlister Clan

Well, I want to start this post by saying that I bought a new lens!  Yay!  I know what your thinking "Jacob's flight was barely over international waters and Kawanda runs outs and buys a new ($$$) lens!"  It's true he wasn't enthusiastic when I told him I was considering adding a new lens to my collection, especially when he saw the price tag.  But, shame on you for thinking I'm the type of wife who would live by the old tale "While the cats away, the mice will play!" I am a frugal woman (I know some of you call me cheap!) and I came across a really great lens for sale on Craigs List.  When I say great thats code for cheap, but the lens actually was pretty good and it was a whopping cost of 10 BUCKS!  It's manual, of course, not automatic, but that just means I get to continue to improve my skills.  I didn't pray for a lens, naturally there's lots more pressing and significant issues that make the list, but God is Good and he threw this old girl a bone.  A $10 lens that generally matches what I was looking for can't be anything else but a gift from Heaven.

So, I've put it to use the last couple of days.  Especially with Jacob being away, I traded cooking dinner for camera practice (the only benefit to Jacob overseas trips, is I get 7 straight days of no cooking, Brenna and I live off McDonalds and frozen pizzas!)

I decided that this post will be dedicated to the rest of the McAlister Clan, the kitties!  I used them for practice, because Brenna had fun playing camera assistant and trying to make them "Smile!"

Of course we have Pickles and Moose, but some of you may not know that we've acquired a 3rd cat which Brenna named Abraham.  He's a stray that showed up on the front porch one days and decided to adopt us.  He's a tomcat that lives outside and roams the neighborhood and comes home when he's hungry.  With Jacob away I depend on the cats to guard and protect.  That's being said, its a good thing I know how to shoot Jacob's pistol.

"PICKLES"

Sleeping in Brenna's Room

Sleeping in Brenna's Room

Sleeping in Brenna's Bed

"MOOSE"

Sleeping on the stairs

Sleeping in the living room

Sleeping in Brenna's bed

"ABRAHAM"

Sleeping in the front yard

Sleeping in the back yard

Sleeping on the patio couch on the front porch

These cats sleep at least 20 hours a day and of their 4 waking hours I can't believe that they actually stand on four legs for more than 30 minutes each day!  So much for attack cats!