Introduction

I will start with Lacy....a frequent visitor to our zoo. She has been staying with us for 2 weeks already and will be with us for 3 more (I think) but she is definitely fitting in just fine!

Then there is Dakota and her best friend Rocky....they share everything (except bones of course) and they LOVE to chase each other and play.

Tigger doesn't live at the zoo but she was my first kitty that I had on my own. She got evicted from my first college apartment so my mom was kind enough to take her in. Tigger used to be sweet and cuddly...now she only really likes my dad and brother Todd (sometimes mom) but she HATES me. I am lucky to get one kiss from her while I visit home...ususally it is all hisses and growls. Don't let this cute kitty deceive you....she is a TIGER not a Tigger:-)

Dakota is the cutest pup you will EVER meet. My mom doesn't really care for dog's but she LOVES Dakota. She will just sit and gaze at you with those eyes and she always looks so concerned....and BOY does she have energy! This is a picture from my Jaycee's K9 3K event that raised money for the Buddy Foundation (a no-kill shelter) Dakota was definitely the talk of the town that day!

This is Mercedes....the quiet one. When Jason and I were at ISU we went to visit my bosses new kittens and I fell in love with this little one. The mom was a stray cat and Dylan (my bosses son) had never held a cat before and didn't know what it meant when they purred so he told his mom he was going to name here Porche because her engine was going:-) So when the kittens came along he named them Cadillac, Mercedes, Mitzu (his dad works at Mitsubishi), and Truck! His dad tried to get him to name Truck somethine else like Beamer or something but Dylan was insistant on Truck! So Mercedes came home with us and turned into quite the sweetie...she is rather skidish and scared of a lot of noise, but she sure isn't shy to tell you when she wants something!

This is Rocky...hard to believe he started off so small! On December 12, 2000 I was studying for my Spanish final and I got a call from my friend Jeannie to tell me I was the proud new mommy of a cute cuddly tiny gray cat. Rocky came home on Super Bowl Sunday and instantly made himself right at home. He was so playful and he cuddled with me EVERY night. Over the years he gained a *little* bit of weight (19lbs now) but is still as playful and cuddly as ever. This cat has more personality than any cat I have ever met!

And this is me....I think I was seeing if my parents new camera worked...it did:-)