Nikko

The church lately has made some pretty exciting announcements lately. One of those announcements is a change is in the Young Women's Program. Not knowing exactly what to expect next year we challenged Emily to earn her Young Women recognition before the end of the year. To give her a little incentive we told her she could get a bunny if she succeeded. One of my favorite quotes, "She believed she could, so she did." And that is exactly what Emily did. 

She's pretty excited. After weeks of searching for a bunny that was never found, we did find a male rabbit looking for a forever home. The rabbit had no name. He was bought from a pet store and lived inside for several months. But then the owner had to get rid of him and gave him to her boyfriend who had grown up on a ranch. For the next year this little guy has been an outside rabbit on a farm. We don't have a farm for this little guy but we do have a decent back yard he can run around in. 

Emily was so excited. She decided to name her rabbit Nikko. 

During the day Nikko is put on a leash and can roam up to 30ft. Once we get our fencing done he can stay in the back yard with no leash and no fear from the many neighbors dogs. At night we lock him up in our rabbit coop to keep him safe. 

Living in Alton we had animals but they weren't pets. We knew ahead of time those animals were being raised for the stock show. They didn't come home with us. Nikko is our first family pet.