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My son and some of his special pets! William has gone to the birds. Yes chickens. He loves his 9 chickens. He takes care of them and pats them. We are averaging 1 to 2 eggs a day and he is so excited.

Last night it started with Shauna and I coming back with the truck on interstate 85 when all of a sudden the truck died! I was in the lane several lanes over from the stopping side. People would not let me over and I was going slower and slower. Very scary. I said a prayer and all of a sudden there was a clear path for me to get off the road! Thank God that Bill was able to come and help us to get home.

As soon as we got home we realized that the gate to the chickens and bunnies was open. We were very nervous and we headed into the woods to look for the escaped chickens. 3 of them had gone around back and were trying to get back into their cage but the chain link fence was in the way. William was able to just pick them up and plop them in their cage. 1 chicken was still missing and we looked everywhere. 6:10 this am when Bear woke me up - there was the chicken back in the pen just like it had always been there. Bless William's heart that he had prayed that God would help him find his chicken and God did. I think Bear is still to much of a puppy and would want to play with them so I have no earthly clue how they all were able to make it.

The bunnies are doing fine and growing healthy. Parrotgirls baby came out of the nesting box tonight and fell on the ground. Bear saw it and started pawing at the fence (she was outside) and barking. She alerted me to look and see what was going on and sure enough there was the baby on the ground in danger of being hurt by the chickens. I scooped the baby up and gave it back to mama.

All I can say is God is good and watches out for us!

Babies in several breeds...

We have some sweet babies in several breeds that are going to be ready to leave May 29. Some have deposits on them but we just had several mama's have babies yesterday and today so if you don't get your bunny this time it will be available shortly. We have available french lops, holland lops, english angoras, new zealands in several colors, and californians. We have been very busy taking care of all the new babies. Making sure the mama's feed them.

We have had a lot of happy comments from the babies that have left recently. The families just love them and are surprised at what great family pets they are. Someone wrote thanking us for the english angora - Merlin- they have had for a year already and what a sweetie he is. We do work very hard with the bunnies - more than people would imagine- so we really appreciate the nice comments. We even get up in the middle of the night to check on the mama's and the babies.

The unexpected generousity!!

Today a family came to see their french lop baby bunny that they have a deposit on. They couldn't believe how cute the french lop baby is and how pretty the color is. When they left they gave my daughter, Shauna, a box of cupcakes!! Now these cupcakes are the cupcakes of all cupcakes. Shauna and I were sharing the peanut butter cupcake and the chocolate one. Delicious! The unexpected generousity is greatly appreciated.

The bunnies are doing well. They love this nice weather we have been having. The babies are growing like weeds. 2 days ago we had some more babies born. So we have babies in dwarf hotots, french lop, holland lops, new zealands, californians, and english angoras.

Yesterday we had angora grooming afternoon! It is a festive time around here when we harvest the angora fiber. We had 2 families come over for the afternoon and help pull the angoras. We have some lovely fiber from the angoras. The one family that comes to help each time really helps us out grooming the bunnies so I give her some fiber. They have learned how as a homeschool family to take the raw fiber and spin it into something beautiful. The son and daugter both know how to knit and crochet.

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On June 18th come out and support a family whose 2 year old daughter has cancer. They have a lot of medical bills so we are having a benefit for them. It will be lots of fun and you do not have to know the family in order to come. Everyone is invited. More information is on her website above.

Easter Season 2011

It has been a blessed Easter season 2011! Yes we have been on the road constantly meeting the public and also (and sometimes) at the same time hosting events and field trips at our place! My family and Lois, my friend, who I had to hire since I can't be in 2 places at one time, have thoroughly enjoyed meeting all the children and adults and showing you our sweet bunnies and horses. Our bunnies have literally been in thousands of pictures this Easter Season - some professionally taken by Greg Briley at Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens and also Rick Haithcox at The Buttercup in downtown Charlotte - and other pictures at children's events and nursing homes.

Yes Lois and my family are exhausted from all the adventures but it is a contented exhaustion because I remember all the cute little children dressed in their Easter best, the cameras clinging to the parents as they are saying "pat the bunny, look up here, smile!", all the questions we answered about bunnies from the young and old (some of the questions from the children I answered very etiquitely)Ha!, and the elderly holding and patting the bunnies as they are laying in beds or sitting in their wheelchairs.

Remember the Reason for the Season! Jesus died on the cross for our sins. It is a free gift of salvation. All you have to do is accept the gift - the gift of eternal life in Heaven. Yes Jesus is the only way to heaven. Like it says in the Bible - Jesus said - I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

PonyAndBunnyParties.com celebrates year round with parties! We have 3 pony and bunny parties this coming weekend at our house!

See you at the party!

Parties, Parties, and more Parties!!

We - the bunnies, the horses, and my family - have enjoyed meeting you all at the many events that we have been invited to lately and the events taking place at our place. The smiles on the young and old make it all worth the work!

We have been to birthday parties, neighborhood events, nursing homes, church events, Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens, and many other places. Next Saturday we are going to be at Stacey's Greenhouses in York, SC among other places! We have enjoyed also doing many parties here at our newly remodeled large Party House. The Party House is air conditioned so don't be afraid to book in the heat of the summer. If you party at my place you get both horses, the bunnies, plus we provide everything for the kids at the party including cupcakes, drinks, and crafts! We make it easy on the parents.

Whether coming for a field trip or a party to our PonyAndBunnyParties Place come out and see us and our furry friends!

Life...

It has been extremely busy around here lately. Always a major project going on. The bunnies keep us hopping. This past weekend William and I built nesting boxes for the mama bunnies. Life around here on the bunny farm with the 2 horses is a learning experience that is why we are in our 2nd year of homeschooling! We do stay busy going places and learning different things. For those of you who have questions about homeschooling please feel free to email me.

The bunnies are all doing fine. Enjoying being outside in this nice weather we are having. A lot of them know their name. They are quite the charming bunnies. Each with their own personality. We really do enjoy all 10 breeds of bunnies that we have - netherland dwarf, holland lop, dwarf hotot, french lop, english angora, mini rex, english lop, flemish giant, californian, and new zealand. Don't forget the 2 horses and the 2 dogs!

The bunnies and the horses are going to have a very busy social life the next 2 months. They told me to tell you that they are looking forward to meeting you. The bunnies just want to be patted but the horses have requested apples!

New pictures of our sweet great pyrenees and the bunnies!

GOOD NEWS! Bear's mama is in heat and probably pregnant. I am training Bear to pull a cart. I got a very small wagon to start with but she has grown so much that the wagon is to small so I am looking for another wagon. She is a totally different dog than our cocker spaniel. In fact I trust Bear like last weekend when we had around 50 people here for a party to be in the middle of the party and we lock Sweetie up. The guard dog aspect is just kicking in. Yesterday she started barking and looking in the direction. She wouldn't leave until I asked her What is it? and followed her. I told her it was ok and she was fine with it. A very loyal and faithful dog who is trained to go in the bunny house with us.

We have french lop babies and several dwarf hotot babies ready to go right now. In several weeks we will have a wide variety of english angora colors ready to adopt.

Plan some time to come out for a field trip to our place and ride the horse!