Introducing the cats!

Penny

Full name: Penny Marie
Breed: Rumpie Manx
Color: Tuxedo
Eyes: Green
Age: 8ish
Weight: 8 lbs
Favorite toys: Laser, tent
Favorite food: Chicken
Favorite place to sleep: On my legs
Her quest: To find the perfect lap

Penny was a stray that we found at the barn. I had seen her around many times but she always ran away. Then one day she decided to come up to me. She had an eye infection and a horrible case of worms. I thought that night would be a good night for my then fiancée, James, to come to the barn to see my horse Justin. Penny came up to us and it was love at first sight for James. $100s of dollars worth of vet bills later and we had ourselves our first cat together. She's a wonderful, loving cat that enjoys sleeping on laps, wrestling with her brother and sisters, and fitting herself into very small boxes.


Bella

Pretty Bella

Full name: Thumbellina Rose

Nicknames: Smella, Mella Mel

Breed: Hemingway Cat

Color: Grey with white

Eyes: Sage green

Age: 3

Weight: 12 lbs

Favorite toys: feathers on a string

Favorite food: Blue Buffalo Indoor Cat

Favorite place to sleep: On the cable box

Bella loves Penny

We were in the process of buying my in-laws house that we had been living in with them for 5 years when we adopted Bella from the Tacoma Humane Society. Penny had grown fond of their two cats Amy Daweeze and Midnight and we wanted to get her a friend. Bella was my first kitten and she was probably the start to my kitten addiction. She has six toes on each of her front feet. Her dew claws look much like thumbs and she uses her hands in very human like ways. Her meow never quite grew up so she sounds like a kitten when she talks. Attention should only be given to Bella on her own terms. When she decides she wants attention there is no avoiding it. 

Logan

Not evil. Just panting.

Full name: Logan Barthalameew

Nicknames: Boy, Handsome Meaty Boy

Breed: Maine Coon

Color: Black

Eyes: Gold

Age: 2

Weight: 12 lbs

Favorite toys: feathers on a string, laser

Favorite food: Whiskas Temptations

Favorite place to sleep: On the the top tier of the cat tower

Last summer my in-laws captured 2 feral kittens from under their neighbors house that was vacant at the time. They used a laundry basket propped open with a stick that had a string tied onto it and they hid in their car with the other end of the string. Just like a cartoon. They caught Princess first who was very sick. They took her to the vet and with a lot of patience and TLC ended up with a very tame and loving cat for my in-laws. Logan was captured days later via the laundry basket technique. He was almost 2 times as big as his Siamese looking sister and was very wild. Since my in-laws already had their hands full with Princess and their other cats, so we agreed to take Logan. Many trips to the vet and hours of time socializing him later, we ended up with the snuggliest love of a cat I've ever known. He's absolutely beautiful but usually looks like basement cat whenever I photograph him.

Punkin

Full name: Punkin Spice

Nicknames: Punky, Best Friend (I don't even know)

Breed: Tabby

Color: Orange

Eyes: Light Brown

Age: 1

Weight: 7 lbs

Favorite toys: feathers on a string, laser

Favorite food: Whiskas Temptations

Favorite place to sleep: Also on my legs with Penny

So one night I was joking with James about how we needed an orange kitten. A female would be best. James instantly said okay. I can never count on him to be the voice of reason when it comes to cats. 3 was already too many. We started talking about how it would be fun to have an orange tabby someday. Preferably a female which at the time we had no clue were rare. So the very next day, my co-worker Linda, comes running in saying there is a kitten screaming in the parking lot under the parked cars. She said she almost caught her but she got away. I ran out there, looked under the line of parked cars and saw her. A beautiful orange female kitten. I climbed under the car and grabbed her and rushed her into the office. We locked her in an empty office and I called James. Within 5 mins he had a vet appointment and was on his way to pick her up with the kitty crate. She's fit into the house beautifully. All the other cats love her and we do too.