Pepper the Parakeet

We had a parakeet when Chris and Mark were small. They loved Charlie as you can see by Christopher's reaction in this picture. We brought him with us when we moved from Cheyenne to Utah. He lived about nine years. He could say his name and whistle.

Cash likes bird, when we played outside this summer he always wanted to catch one and he would say "Hold it." He would also try to sneak up on the birds, he would say, "Be really quiet Grams," but of course they always flew away. So I decided to give him an early Christmas gift and give him his very own bird. He came in the house Saturday and when he saw him (we think it's a boy!) he put his hands on his face and said, "It's a bird." We talked about several possible names and Pepper seemed to be his favorite. So Pepper is it! It's fun to watch him talk to Pepper, he says, "Pepper is my friend!"