Anderson Family

During the recent holidays, we had a gray cat, named Lola, visiting our house. Her owners, who are friends of Eden’s, were away visiting family for a few weeks and they needed a place for her to stay.

She visited last year for a couple of weeks around Christmas and one other time when her owners were away. She was pretty shy, at first, and we didn’t see her very much. But this time, she seemed to be used to us and she hung around a lot. In fact, she is the kind of cat that wants a lot of petting, so she would come close to where we were and then collapse on the floor and roll around a little, inviting us to stroke her soft fur and rub her chin.

Max and Dingo—especially Max—kept a close eye on her when they could, although it turns out they are not very good hunting dogs. Sometimes they looked all around for her in one corner of the room and she was sitting and watching them from another corner. When Max did see her, he came as close as he could, usually trying to squeeze under the piece of furniture under which the cat had hidden. He got all excited and pounced around, obviously wanting to chase around with her but she never accepted his invitation.

Cats are nocturnal. That means that they do a lot of napping during the day and they like to prowl around at night. Sometimes in the middle of the night, we woke up to her loud mewing outside our bedroom door. We usually got up and let her in and then she jumped up on the bed and started a loud, rumbling purr while slinking around the pillows and blankets to find where to land so she could get some petting. (Cats make this loud purring sound when they are happy.) Sometimes she tucked her head under my chin and I felt her cool nose against my neck and her purr was so loud I couldn’t fall back asleep. She would knead her front paws against my shoulder and look like she was in “cat heaven.”

Having a cat around reminded me of the cats we had as pets when I was growing up. There were a few different cats we had but I’ll tell you about my favorite one next time.

While I was looking for a YouTube video of a cat purring, I learned something new. I didn't know some of the bigger cats purred. I found out the biggest cat that purrs is a Cougar, which is kind of nice, since the Cougar is the mascot of BYU.

Papa and I hope you are all doing well and enjoying school and helping your moms and dads.

Be Good and Do Right.

Love,
Bubbe and Papa

P.S. Does anyone remember the scripture that many of you memorized at our first family reunion? Email me to let me know.

Here's a hint:

Search d _________, Pray ___________, and Be B____________
and All Th_______ shall w_____ t__________ for your g_____
if ye walk u___________ and k_____ the c___________.

D&C 90:24