BenSpark Family Adventures

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02401 Today We watched my sister's dog, Lexi. My sister and her husband were coming back up here from their home and they had boarded the dog. They weren't sure if they'd be there in time to pick her up so we did that for them. We had Lexi for a couple of hours before they arrived and we had dinner together. Lexi was pretty chill for the most part until Torrun came in to the living room to investigate. At first they just looked at each other. Andy grabbed for LEXI's leash and then Lexi tried to go after Torrun. Torrun ended up bolting for the upstairs and we did not see her for hours. James knew enough not to even come down.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02385 With Eva being on the Cape, James has taken to sleeping in bed with Allison. This morning when I got done work James had taken my side of the bed. He didn’t take off when I got to bed. Instead he went and stayed in the bed so that he could lick my arms. He stayed for a little bit but eventually took off. I’m not sure what he’s going to do when we go back to the Cape. But for now he’s actually being friendly to us.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02373 I came down to the Cape later today because I went and saw Superman before I headed down. I slept a few hours and then went over to the movie theater to see Superman. I didn’t have high expectations for the movie but I knew that James Gunn was in charge of it so I knew it was in good hands. The movie did not disappoint. It was the best DC movie since the Dark Knight, the last one I really enjoyed. The movie was bright and fun and had an excellent soundtrack. I laughed and I certainly teared up more than once. Such a fun movie to see. When I arrived at the Cape my niece and my sister’s dog were sitting on the bench at the table and I was able to catch a very happy expression on both of them.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02275 This morning Andy came down before school and was sitting on the couch watching YouTube on their phone. I came in to see that Andy was watching YouTube and petting Torrun. Torrun does not sit for anyone to let them pet her. Nobody but Andy. Torrun got up and ran off immediately after I took this.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02092 We were watching TV tonight and Eva came in and looked over at Torrun. Torrun gave a look over at at Eva with her head turned upside down. We had Eva call to her a few times so that I could catch her looking back over at Eva upside down.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02050 This morning we went out on the water on our paddle boards. The boys inflated 6 paddleboards for us to use. One deflated while on the water but they made out okay with it. It was nice to get out on the water this morning. It was nice and calm. We hung out until the early afternoon and then headed home. We had a nice last trip of the Summer to the Cape.

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02039 Blue Buffalo sent me a big box of cat food for the two cats. The box even said that they were for James and Torrun. So we had James take a photo with the food. I’ll probably donate the wet food because the cats only eat dry food but I think they will enjoy the dry food very much.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02034 Occasionally I get things from General Mills. This time around they sent some neat stuff for the cats. The package that they went was pretty cool and even included the cats’ names. I’ll post more on August 8th.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02028 Eva is coming home from Georgia today with Auntie Tara and Uncle Erik. Their dog, Lexie has been boarded for the past week and they needed me to go and pick her up. So, this afternoon I went and picked her up from her boarding place and brought her home with me so she could be ready for them when they return. Lexie was pretty chill with me. We watched some TV on the couch and the only barked a couple of times at random things going by. When Allison and Andy got home they took over watching Lexie until Allison went to pick up everyone at the airport. Eva is home now but I haven’t been able to see her yet because I had to go into the office.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01875 Eva’s cat, James is her constant companion when she is home. When she’s hanging out in her room James will plop right down on to her lap no matter how much room is available. Allison finds James outside Eva’s room all the time during the night protecting her door. He does love being with her so much and she loves him so much, too.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01748 As Torrun sits there int he armchair she is not at all happy that my getting off the couch disturbed her in any way. So, she gives me an annoyed look whenever I decide to move around my house. At least that is how Allison interprets Torrun’s thoughts.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01616 Eva has had her cat, James for 11 years. From the moment she first held him in her arms she was in love. The two are inseparable when she is home. He is constantly looking for her whenever she is gone. He no longer fits in the palms of her hands but he certainly still tries to. It was love at first sight.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01574 Whenever Allison comes into the bedroom and I am already in bed Toruun will come in with her and demand that I pet her. She pushes her head against my hand over and over until I pet her. She ends up quite needy.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01538 Apparently Torrun is annoyed. She is not the most affectionate cat in the world but when she wants to be pet she is relentless. She will not be stopped or put off. She bumps her head into your hand so that you pet her and then whips it away when she’s had enough. She must have wanted us to pet her tonight because she came and sat on Allison’s lap, which she never does.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01476 James is the king of crushing cuddles. He is always on Eva’s bed laying on top of her legs or arms or whatever. He loves being close to her and is very possessive. Eva is her girl. That is what he is saying right there. Her girl.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01346 Another night where I am not sure what to photograph. Allison and I were going to watch some shows and Torrun was sitting over on the back of the chair in the living room. I went over to try and take a photo with her. She was not too thrilled with that. This was the best of the bunch.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01340 Tonight after prayers Eva hefted James into her arms. She looked cute holding her giant cat. She loves him so much. He is her constant companion and is so lost when she is not around. When she goes to school he wanders around meowing and it sounds like he’s saying, “Hello!” It is really odd and sometimes spooky.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01323 Eva is on the Cape for a little while. Whenever she is away too long James gets very depressed. He wanders around and meows loudly. He even hopped in bed with Allison and me one night. That is very unusual and he must have been very sad to have done that. Most likely he will be smothering Eva once she returns. Or he will be upset and ignore her.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01317 Today Tara and Erik went home but left Lexi with my parents. Andy decided that he would sleep with Lexi tonight to keep her company. Andy certainly does love dogs and he loves getting to spend some time with Lexi alone. He was so happy to sleep there with Lexi and they slept really well all night long. This morning I took the boys across the street to the Bristol Beach parking lot. We took the two RC cars there so that I could work on the video for the BEZGAR truck. I also took my drone with me because I wanted to take some follow footage. Well, at one point the truck was backing up and I was trying to watch it in the drone controller screen and was backing up the drone at the same time and flew it right into my head. I got a couple good slices on my forehead. I was okay, though. We spent much of the day over at the beach and today was one of the nicest at the beach this Summer. Tonight we had a nice dinner with Mem and Grandfather in the back yard.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01116 Testing out my new phone’s camera and loving how nicely it captured our cat, Torunn. Apparently I use the phrase Torunn Sitting Pretty in my blog posts often enough that I have 3 posts with the exact same title. One from 2012 and one from last year. She is such a pretty cat.