Good weekend with a sad ending

This ended up being Joe's first weekend off! It wasn't supposed to be but it just worked out that way and we were super excited about it! Thanks to Joe's promotion to part time supervisor at UPS he doesn't work Saturday mornings anymore so now we have more family time <3

Actually though he ended up working on the chicken coop fixing some brooder boxes and I took the kids to the mall with my mom because like I said before we had thought it was going to be next weekend that he started to have off so the plans were already made and plus he needed to get the boxes done so it worked out pretty nice. We got home at around noon and the kids were so excited to have lunch with Daddy since that never happens on a Saturday (he usually doesn't get home till after they get up from naps) and then the rest of the day was spent just having fun. I took Casey to the grocery store while Joe took Caden outside to play some ball and play then a great game of candy land. Caden has decided that he will give T-ball another try now so we are going to sign him up next time it starts.

Sunday was church minus the kids because Caden has had a cough since Thursday night and both have had a cold with fevers off and on so that means no Sunday school and nursery for them. My parents are awesome and watched them for us since Joe and I taught Sunday school and then I had nursery durning service followed by a children's committee meeting (by the way we are gonna have an awesome Fall Festival at our church North Naples Baptist on the 30th I will post more on that another time). The rest of the day was really fun and the kids had a  great time we watched football of course and all that good Sunday afternoon fun stuff :)

Now the sad news is that I noticed on Friday afternoon when I took the kids out to play with the kittens that Sterling (the little grey kitten that my mom found in the rain) had a problem. His nose was draining and was crusted over so he wasn't able to breath through it which means he couldn't nurse (a sign he had pneumonia). We cleaned him up and I checked on him again a few times. Then Saturday repeated the process but had a feeling it wasn't going to make it. I went out early on Sunday (Caden usually feeds the cats so I had to beat him to it) and he had died so I had to remove him from the litter before any ants got into the garden and Pixie moved the other kittens. I cried...the kids handled it better than I did. Pixie of course didn't handle it that well she kept looking for the kitten and I was worried she would move the kittens yesterday but she didn't. I checked on them all this morning and was relieved to see them all out there but then noticed when  I took Caden to the doctor that they were gone :( 

I spent 40 minutes searching the yard for the kittens because I am supposed to mow the lawn tonight and of course freaking out because I don't want to hurt them. Pixie came out and walked with me but no sign of the kittens...I cried again. I am a pretty emotional animal person. I know it is just part of having animals especially when they aren't really YOUR animals they are outside animals but still. I really love those little kittens and I think I am a little depressed now and want chocolate cake. I spent a good deal of time sitting and discussing this with Pixie while she ate her can of tuna I gave her. She was a pretty good listener.