Our Animal Menagerie

The kids wanted to introduce you all to our beloved pets, so here goes:

First up is the leader of the pack, our pup Cheyenne. How can you not love that sweet face?!
She is the gentle protector of our brood.

Meet Midnight the Movie Star Mouse, Caroline's newest addition to our family. He's very tiny and very cute! He squeaks too!

This is Kaley's award winning Russian Dwarf Hamster, Oreo. To see his debut on the internet, click on Kaley's fave website and go to the April Archives. He is just adorable!

This is Janet, Caroline's chubby and smart Hamster. She is known in our family as the resident escape artist. She loves to eat anything, but especially sunflower seeds. :)

This is the baby snapping turtle that Caroline rescued one day from our pool filter, she named him Swimmy. We have been feeding and caring for him for a few months now in the hopes that we can release him into the wild when he gets big enough. He is really small and Caroline says he's pretty cute (for a turtle). I worship him from afar, tee hee.


Of course, if this wasn't enough animals in the house, Daddy has a 55 gallon freshwater fish tank in the living room. He has had these fish forever and they have gotten quite big. This one was nicknamed "Great White" by Caroline.

Here's another huge fish from our tank. Kaley nicknamed her "Turtle Face" because of the shape of her face. She's a shiny silver creature with orange fins.

So there you have it, the extended members of our clan. I keep telling the kids that we have enough pets already, but they don't seem to get the message. :)