Meet Will and Avery!

Meet Will and Avery! They're "purr-fect," don't you think?

Since Randy lost Big Cat, he'd been in search of a new yellow kitten. What could be better than one yellow kitten? Evidently, it's two yellow kittens. The Hutchinson Animal Shelter had a 2-for-1 price special. (Genius marketing, don't you think?) So these two brothers came home to The County Line - appropriately, on Randy's birthday at the end of October.

The Animal Shelter had named them Mac and Cheese. But they were just going to have to get used to new monikers. We started a family text regarding names for our new friends. Kinley and Brooke suggested Milo and Charlie. Pumpkin and Spice were other suggestions. But Eric's suggestion of Will and Avery won out.

For the uninformed, those are the names of the two K-State quarterbacks - Will Howard, the veteran, and Avery Johnson, the true freshman. 

Brent, who is always good for some humor, texted: "Just hope it doesn't end up like the OU guy I know who named his kid after Lincoln Riley." (For you non-football fans, Lincoln Riley was the coach at OU and abruptly departed for what he thought were greener pastures at USC.)

Also from Brent: "Shouldn't Will be an existing cat that everybody loves, but isn't as exciting to play with now that we've got the quickest kitten in the world to play with?"

I must admit: I laughed out loud at that one. But, then Avery looked a little more like a true freshman quarterback during his appearances at the October 28 game vs. Houston and again against Texas last Saturday. And Will had another great game. So Will and Avery it is!

The whole family at the October 28 K-State football game!

There is a long-standing tradition of using K-State football player names for animals around here. Brent's bucket calf and steer names can provide a retrospective of prominent K-State football players of the 1990s.

Getting new kitties doesn't mean we forget about Big Cat. He was a fixture around here for a long time. In fact, my birthday gifts for Randy reflected his love for our old friend. As I wrote in October, Randy buried Big Cat under the lilac bushes. I got him a memorial marker to add there. 

I also got him a Christmas ornament to hang on the tree featuring a photo of our friend. 

 Will and Avery have already begun their jobs as County Line models.

Of course, they can't replace Randy, the County Line Super Model. But they are nice accessories, don't you think?

Maybe they don't need to be models. They can be neck warmers instead.