Growing Kittens

Our kittens are growing up! We figure they are between 4-5 weeks old now (and still bottle fed at this time).

The first picture is Bear and Silver. Silver got sick and had to go to the vet last week. She is on antibiotics for what we think was aspiration pneumonia.

The second picture is Bear. He is one of the Hemingway Manx kittens and the most pleasant tempered of the bunch. He has 6 toes on all of his feet and a bobbed tail.

The third picture is Gimp. Yes, we could come up with a different name, but it endears her even more to us. She is a fighter. Gimp, as you may be able to see in the 4th picture, has 6 toes on 3 feet and a split to 7 on her fourth foot. She has limited use of her back legs, and her tail is only half bobbed. We figure as long as she eats and can get around, then she deserves a chance!!!

Blue Cody

Cody said she wanted to be BLUE for halloween.

So, she decided to try out what would make her BLUE.

We found her smoothing Food Coloring all over her face in an attempt to be BLUE.

It washed out (Thank Goodness!!!!!) with a shower or two.

But BLUE Cody had us laughing so hard we cried, and cried.

Baby Bottle or Kitten Bottle

The kittens finally took a bottle instead of a syringe, and the cutest part is they hold their bottle!

More Kittens!!!

Who would have thunk it?



A friend of ours had a litter born, that the mother couldn't feed. So, we took the 5 week old kittens and a jug of goat's milk and here we are, feeding kittens by hand every 2-3 hours. Luckily they sleep fairly well at night. Jared is tickled!

Sick Pictures

Spending time together as a family with a stomach virus!!!

We love sharing our Germs!

Emotional Chair

For Art Appreciation Chantel had to create an Emotional Chair. Here is what she came up with.

Summer Fun with The Tanners

We took a before-school camping trip to Rochester and spent the weekend with The Tanners. On Saturday one of their ward families had a fabulous picnic fun and games water party in their backyard! Here are the pictures.

Waiting for the Zip Line

Talk about a cool backyard! How about a Zip line in your backyard??? Is it worth the wait?

Whooooeeeerth the Wait

And Here we go, down the Zip Line.

Fun and Games

From sack races to Tug-o-War, it seems the kids were always the victors.

Jump Higher

A trampoline is so much fun!!!

Getting Wet

Anyone for getting wet? Super Slip and Slide and buckets galore!

More Fun

Waiting for the BIG ball.....