We show a lot of kitten photos,

but today we want to let our grown up cats know

how thankful we are for their love and friendship.

Thanks Elf for being so gorgeous

and for standing guard

so no one disturbs Dad’s afternoon nap on the couch.

Thank you Koala for the I-haven’t-had-a-treat-yet stare,

even though I just gave you treats 5 minutes ago,

I just love that stare!

Thanks Leila for the slow eye blink,

letting me know you still love me

every time I look up from my laptop.

Penny: We had a scary day last week,

there were sirens going off and all kinds of loud weather.

Mom had to do the Comfort-the-kitties thing for a good while.

Penny: Thank heavens, those tornadoes did not come to visit our house!

Just 4 blocks down from us got some hail and LOTS of damage.

The hailstones were 3 inches in diameter!

Penny: Mom’s friend Ken is a storm chaser and got this amazing photo in Vernon Texas.

Mom does not like her friend chasing storms,

what a crazy thing to do!

But Ken assured her the tornado above was moving away from him

and he was perfectly safe.

Yeah, sure – like tornadoes never change direction?!