Our new additions to the family......

In my pervious blog, I stated that we had gotten a box of 10 cats dropped off at our house. Well out of that ten there was four baby kittens, cute, fluffy gray kittens. Seeing how our cat Oliver, had disappeared the beinging of this spring, and we still haven't seen him around.. our kids have been pretty sad. They think he might be dead, but we have decided to not finialize it for them, cause that way they can keep alittle hope. I tired to get rid of the cats before the kids got home that day, but the cats were not cooperative in the catching process. Therefore, they were able to see the one of the kittens... They fell in love with it instantly.. and how could I say no??? So, I agreed if they would help take care of it, we would keep it. Well, a few days later we were finally able to catch the other baby, and the kids thought the one we kept needed a friend... So here we are with two kittens. :) We have decided to name them, Baliey and Wicket... (yes the wicket was Andy's idea... after one of the star wars characters)

Here is Wicket! The one on the bottom.... Isn't he cute??

Here is Bailey! He is alittle darker and skinner then Wicket... :)

The dumb things people do!!!

Ok, so you know I must say people can be dumb and cruel sometimes. So, while I was away at my family reunion, my father called me to tell me, he had some cats at his house... Cats??? What the heck? Apprenatly, someone decided that they were going to drop off a box of cats between our houses. (we live next to each other, connecting driveways) He orginally only saw 6... well that was bad enough right?? Him and my step mother Jayne, decided to stick them under my house, for me to deal with.. YIPPEE! So, when I got home I went to investagate, but didn't see any, so I figured they ran off. Monday still no sign of them. Tuesday I went out and out pops one from the wood pile... then another, and another, and so on and on... Til, I start counting and there is 9... yes I said 9!!! Oh my! Nine cats... 4 baby kittens, 3 middle sized ones, and a couple adults... or so I thought... I started rounding them up, and putting them in a carrier for the animal control officer... Between Amanda and I we caught 6 of them... Phew! Then Amanda and I look... there is a 10th one! Oh my goodness... it was the mother of the 4 kittens. So, I figured I would give the others some time, and they would come out on their own, once they didn't see me. Left for a couple hours to run some errands, and when I got back, Andy was able to catch one of the baby kittens. We decided after a long talk, that we would keep it, cause our cat ran away, and the kids have missed Oliver greatly.... Then we set out a trap for one of the adults... we ended up catching the mother, so the other baby stayed close... After that one was picked up and taken, we felt bad for the baby, no mother, no food... So we got some moist food and went out to try and get it to come to us... sure enough straving it came out and we were able to catch it. The kids thought we needed that one too... Being that they were the same sex, and siblings, and liking to play together, we decided to keep it... Suckers we are... I know! One more to get, so we set the trap out again, and this time we got the white adult one. So, 8 of them went to the shelter, and since they are such friendly cats they are going on the floor for adoption, which makes me feel better. :) The people who left them in the box, left their address though, so I hope they get in trouble. That is so cruel! They also left a 20pd bag of food for them, so I am sure they meant no harm to them, just couldn't keep them all, but really! Find another way! That was my adventure for this week. We now have two very cute grey kittens.... I will put some pictures of them up soon. Thanks for listening to me rant! I will let you know their names when we decide!