First I would like to say thanks to all who offered help to very slow newbie (that would be me!) Because of your help I was able to get the picture thing figured out. Now I would like to introduce you to my fur family.
This is Sammy (COTD Sept 5). He is 6 years old and a sweety
Next came Leroy. Our neighbor found him in a Kroger parking lot and brought him home. He would sit and stare at us through our front window day after day. He ended up moving in because we couldn't stand it any more! He is a forever kitten and will never grow up! He wears me out, but I wouldn't trade him for the world!
Soon after we got Leroy I started feeding a pregnant feral and the babies began!!! These are the first three rescued about 3 years ago. They were the 3 survivors of a litter of 5. Peanut Butter is a huge wooly cowardly lion! He is about 18 pounds of fluff and love.
This is his very camera shy brother Lucky. When he was a baby he got some kind of illness that was horrible to watch. He couldn't hold his head straight and he walked stiff and would fall over and flop around. It made me sick, but even in that condition we couldn't catch him. The neighbors and my husband and I tried for months. I went to bed crying many nights thinking about him so sick and unable to keep up with his family. One day I left the door propped open (like many other times) and he finally came in! He lived with us for a year and a half before I ever got to touch him. Now he is my lap kitty and has only minor effects left from his illness. It doesn't slow him down much! Now you know how he got his name!
This is Stubby. The only surviving girl of the group. She mantains her girly figure with a 6 to 8 pound weight. She can hold her own with anything that comes along. She is a spitfire!
The next batch came about a year later. We started seeing 4 tiny little faces in the beginning. When it came time for the momma kitty to start bringing them around for solid food there was only 2. One was hit by a car so, of course, the door opened for the little girl who was left alone. After weeks of quiet talks and distant play I am the only one allowed to touch her. She is also very camera shy. I think it is because of her weight! She is so fat that she doesn't want her picture taken!!!
This is Maggie Sue
Then came the winter babies. We were shocked when we started seeing 5 little furballs in Nov. They were so tiny and it was getting really cold. By Dec. we were freezing with lots of ice and snow. It broke my heart to see those little babies so cold. I put a box on our covered porch with a down comforter and wool blanket, and all the food they could eat. I would watch the 3 that were left pile on top of each other in that box and the wind would be blowing their fur and they would shiver. We tried so hard to catch them. Finally at the end of Jan. we had all three in the house! It was as if someone had lifted a lead weight off of my chest. They are now happy, healthy, and warm!
This is our beautiful but silly Pete (COTD Oct 4)
His wonderfully hilarious brother Pepper Jack
And last, but not least, their beautiful sister Ms. Pervis (before we knew she was a girl we called her nervous Pervis and it stuck) We call her Pervy for short and she was the hardest one to catch. She was worth the effort.
I'm sorry this is so long, but there are so many with their own sad and wonderful stories! I could tell so much more about them and their lives. Don't worry! I'm not! I just wanted to introduce them to you all and thank you for welcoming me into this wonderful world!
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I love you always and forever 
when they caught her, they thought she was pregnant. She wasn't; she's just has very heavy fur 
We're aiming for 10 lbs.
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