We spent the weekend in Fairview, Utah at my honey’s parents’. It was his Dad’s 76th birthday yesterday and all four of his full brothers and sisters were there to help celebrate. It was nice time.

Here’s my honey and his Papa:

The weather was alternately sunshine, rain and snow (and the occasional hail) throughout. Definitely springtime in Utah.

We got home to a houseful of cats (Reno went with us to Fairview) who were happy to see us.

Coincidentally, it was Jasper’s 1st birthday today. He and his siblings — which we saw, along with is mother in Fairview — were born on my honey’s dad’s 75th birthday last year.

Here he is on Friday:

Jasper Caffeinated

No wonder he sleeps so soundly — during the day.

We finally made arrangements to have Jasper the 7-month-old cat neutered. It’s one of those things that has to be done, but as “elective surgery”, is hard to justify time off of work, the research, the expense, etc.

Fortunately, we found the Spay & Neuter Clinic on 48th South just off of State Street in Murray that allowed us to drop him off on the way to work and pick him up on the way home.

He got all of his shots, some pain medication and his ‘nads removed for a low, low $77.

Right now, he’s still quite under the influence of the anesthetic and is sleeping it off in the bathroom.

He’s not supposed to get excited and run around, so that should be fun to keep him calmed down. He is still a kitten, after all.

Last week a friend told us the story of his new Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner.

While at work, his dog crapped on the floor and the Roomba tracked it all over the carpet.

We got up bright and early this morning and Scotty came over to take us all to the airport (Lee had spent the night at our house). I remarked that that’s the sign of a real friend: one who would take you to the airport at 5:30 in the morning.

We rode in first class to Houston and had an uneventful flight — which are the best kind. Lee did really well with his fear of flying and plugged ear and made friends with all of the flight attendants. He certainly has a knack.

We dropped Reno off at DogMode last night. He ran into the room on his leash and never looked back. We watched him from home via the webcam and he was certainly herding the pack. The cameras turned off at 7:00 p.m. sharp, so we didn’t get to see if they beat them into submission after that time. The dogs sure were having fun up until then however.

Here’s a photo I just snapped from there…right above the lady’s head.