About three weeks ago, one of my friends found a mother cat with five baby kittens in her yard. She asked around if anyone wanted them. coming from a family that is very big on pets, I was eager to get one. I didn't decide on her name until last week and closed on Phoebe (After Phoebe from the television show, Friends) Before that, we were calling her Cat- and let me tell ya, we all lover her, especially Mary Alan!
The bunnies...
Our bunnies have gotten SO much bigger since they were blogged last, and they are still extremely soft and adorable.
I love how you can see her fluffy white cotton tail.
Mom doesn't have that many pictures with Mary Alan because she is usually the one taking pictures- well until now of course! There is such a cute mother-daughter connection between these two.
My sweet little sister walked over to the gate and said, "Ivy! look! loooooook! watch meeee!" She is already loving the camera time and her model status is at an all time high.
Mary Alan loves my kitten sooo much. When I told her that Cat had to take a nap, she got really sad and tried so hard not to cry. Such a sweet girl.
The farm animals...
Mom loves having farm animals around. We all firmly believe it is because she wants to live on land and have a real farm with several different animals. We all really want to also, but this is her way of having a little piece of farm life around.
The dogs...
At the Colbert house, there is never a dull moment. The excitement is something that I don't know if I could live without. On the rare occasion that I am home alone, it is one of the strangest feelings. It feels super empty and I almost can not wait until someone gets home. We have several dogs that help keep the action vibrant.
Gage (above) is our black lab who pleas for attention. If that is brushing by our legs and nearly nocking us down for some lovin or basically setting himself up for getting run over when Dad pulls in the driveway and he sits right in front of the truck. He is such a fun dog! and really fun to bathe...
Sam, our golden-doodle, is our biggest and furriest dog; but ironically, he thinks he is a teacup Chihuahua and will literally try to sit in our laps! He is so funny.
Annabeth's golden retriever, Remington, has truly grown on me. Not going to lie, at first he was a bit too hyper for me; but he has really mellowed out and now I love this precious/ginormous pup! We call him Sam with a straightener.
Clementine, our Cavalier, is ALWAYS licking the air! Mom and I call it L.O.D.- Licking Obsessive Disorder.
Sophie, our Shih Tzu, is so sweet. We used to take her into nursing homes so that she could love on some elders. They absolutely adored her, too!
Murphy is our grandpa dog. He is almost 12 years old and we rescued him from Petsmart one Easter a while back. He has such a sweet heart and even though he takes a while to get up, he always lets Mary Alan pet his tummy!
The cats...
We actually have 5 cats, but the only one that isn't always out exploring is the new kitten, Phoebe. The "big" cats live outside and a little interesting fact is cat urine keeps away snakes! This really helps since we live on a pond.
Something you may not know about me is I knit, and always have yarn around. Phoebe and her brother Richard Parker, my friend Ashton Mueller's kitten, found my stash. Good thing they didn't get into the good stuff. I guess cats really do love yarn!
We are babysitting little Richard Parker for a week while Ashton is in Arizona for the summer. He and Phoebe have the best time together... partners in crime.
I can honestly say that at our Zoo, it gets crazy sometimes. We love this lifestyle so much and wouldn't trade it! If anything, we would probably expand. Whenever people ask me how many pets my family has, it takes me a little bit to calculate how many we actually have-6 dogs, 5 cats, 4 ducks, 2 bunnies, 2 chickens, and a fish. Having seven people living together with all these pets, it gets pretty interesting. I can't help but think of how Noah and his family must have felt on a boat for 40 days and nights with an overwhelming amount of animals; two by two they came. I also think about how Noah's family must have trusted him so much to believe him when he said God was going to destroy the earth and for him to make a boat for his family along with God's creatures. His family was right there with him because Noah was such a trustworthy man that they didn't have any doubts that this was what God had called him to do. This kind of trust is something that I for one definitely need to work on. Trust is being able to rely on someone. If we can't trust anyone, how will we grow as one? It says in the bible that we are suppose to be in unity with fellow believers, but if there is no trust, then how will we be able to become one? I know being a teenager, trust is a hard thing to come by. It is difficult to know that the people I talk to about my problems won't go around telling others what I said. Finding friends who won't tell your secrets is something that is so hard in this day and age. I try to be trustworthy to my friends and by being that way to them, I can better my chances of having the same trust in them to where they won't tell mine in return. Everyone has things that they need to confide in someone about, and everyone needs someone who won't go around telling other people what they were trusted not to. Being christians, if non-believers and even believers see us as not trustworthy, do you think they will want to become a part of our, so called, "unity"? Take a stand in being trustworthy. Don't let anyone rattle out secrets that you were trusted with to keep. That is absolutely not living life like Jesus would want us to. After all, we are His. Every breath should be for Him. Don't use that breath to break trust. It simply isn't worth it. Be like Noah. Trust Jesus and be trustworthy to your family, friends, and even total strangers. Breathe for Him.
