I was asked sometime ago by my friend, Keri, to share a picture of our bearded dragon.  I shared my plans to put a post up sharing my pets and my other friend, Mary, thought it would be fun to do it as a Show n Tell. So here we are.

 Up first is Sunny! She is 6 years old and just a lovely foot warmer for those cold winter nights; most of the time you can find her sleeping on my bed. One neat thing about her is that she is our resident ‘dog.’  She literally will follow us when we take walks, all the way to our destination and then turn right around and come back home with us. It’s the neatest thing. Some day we want to put a camera on her to see where she goes – she has been several blocks away, but has always returned home. She also loves to leave us half eaten mice right outside our front door. I was told that was her way of saying, ‘Thanks.'

Now on to Lucy; we got her back in Jan. She is 7 months old. We originally planned to keep her as an inside cat only, but after she got a taste of freedom, we grew tired of trying to keep her inside when we opened our doors. She is however, a scaredy cat! She doesn’t ever go further than a few feet from the door. Once we left her, by accident, outside when we left for errands, she sat on our porch chair till we returned.  She is out children’s baby. She is carried, snuggled, kissed and then some by our children. She doesn’t seem to mind at all.

Our Frog; no name for the little guy. We did the ‘Grow-A-Frog’ thing back in August. Out of the 3 tadpoles we were sent, only this one made it into full fledged frog-hood. I moved him out of his ‘Grow-A-Frog’ house into one of my glass vases. He seems to enjoy his home. I certainly enjoy watching my swim around and do loopdy-loops!

Joy is our new bunny. We got her a couple months ago. You can read the story of her and her roomie here. Joy enjoys hopping around our huge backyard, eating my hubby’s plants and flowers. Just the other day, she found a small hole under our fence and made her way into a neighbors backyard – who by the way has a wonderful dog. J YIKES! I’ve never seen my kids so freaked out – ‘MOM, the dog's gonna eat JOY!’ Mom to the rescue – the neighbor's weren’t home so we hopped over and saved her ourselves. She’s a sweet little thing.

Now to my bearded dragon, Diego. He is just over 2 years old. They are the perfect pet for children as they want and need lots of attention and handling. In fact, if we don’t take him out for a few days, he bangs his head on the glass when we are in the room – as if to say, ‘take me out!!!’ He will sit on your shoulders while you’re doing just about anything.  He eats lovely meal worms and enjoys basking under his heating lamp. His favorite activity is crawling through my hubby's flower garden. Here he is taking his weekly 'bath' -- yes, in the bathtub.

There you have it!

To see more Show & Tells, visit Mary’s blog……

I bought a 'Bubble Machine' and oh, what fun it is!!!

Meet Brownie & Marshmallow.

Our oldest requested a bunny a year or so ago. She completed the required reading and written paper on how to care for one a while back.

 Taylor chose Marshmallow at the shop, but of course Jayda wanted Brownie, who was his roomie. J Dad said yes, but Jayda was told she too would need to read and narrate to us how to care for the bunny until it would be officially hers.

Unfortunately, Marshmallow was ill and passed away yesterday. She had mucoid enteropathy. ( 60-100% mortality rate ) The shop owner had no knowledge of the illness and we trust that he was being truthful. He did seem sincere when we phoned to let him know what happened.

I had rabbits growing up and my husband and I had a couple when we first were married, but neither of us has had experience with this illness. Marshmallow was buried in our backyard yesterday afternoon by oldest son and dad. The kids were very upset but are doing much better today.

We still have Brownie & the kids have decided to change her name to JOY! Isn’t that awesome?! Weeping may last through the night, but JOY comes in the morning!!!!!! ~ love that scripture!

I’m thankful that my children have found Jesus’ Joy this morning!

Have you heard this new ballad by Steven Curtis Chapman? My husband recently shared what an impact it had on him. I had not heard of it yet. We were in the car together a couple days ago and it came on the radio, as we listened together, tears came to our eyes.  What a special song.  It reminds us that the time we have with our 'Cinderella's' now is so important. It reminded my husband why his 'daddy & me 'date nights are special to our daughters ( our sons have time too ).  Click Here to watch/listen I have it on my play list at the bottom of my blog ~ you'll need to stop it to watch the video. Or you can just listen to it on here.  The lyrics are below.....

She spins and she sways to whatever song plays
Without a care in the world
And I'm sitting wearing the weight of the world on my shoulders
It's been a long day and there's still work to do
She's pulling at me saying "Dad I need you!
There's a ball at the castle and I've been invited and I need to practice my dancin'
"Oh please, Daddy, please!"

Chorus:
So I dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone

Verse 2:
She says he's a nice guy and I'd be impressed
She wants to know if I approve of the dress
She says, "Dad the prom is just one week away
And I need to practice my dancin'
"Oh please, Daddy, please!"

Chorus:
So I dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll be gone

Verse 3:
But she came home today with a ring on her hand
Just glowin' and tellin' us all they had planned
She says, "Dad the wedding's still six months away but I need to practice my dancin'
"Oh please, Daddy, please!"

Chorus:
So I dance with Cinderella
While she is here in my arms
'Cause I know something the prince never knew
Oh I will dance with Cinderella
I don't want to miss even one song
'Cause all too soon the clock will strike midnight
And she'll, she'll be gone

Today my oldest turns 11!

She's become an amazing young lady.

Her Dad & I are so very proud.

Happy Birthday, Taylor!

The day before we arrived home, Zane become acquainted with 2 new friends.......

 He got his first teeth!!

Vacation Pics!

 More Wordless Weds... HERE