Wesley: When he was 3 months old, Wesley was rescued from a forest fire. The people who owned his mother had already been trying to find a home for him. When they met my sister, she asked to pet "the puppy" and really just fell in love with him. They saw that and asked if she'd like to keep him. Of course, she did and brought him home to us! My dad is a United Methodist pastor. Wesley is named after the founder of the United Methodist Church, John Wesley, who had himself been saved from a fire when he was a boy and was often called "the brand plucked from the burning".
Lilly: When we got Lilly she was a tiny, scared little puppy. She has always been tiny, small-boned, skinny, and tall, and of course, VERY pretty and girl-ly looking. We liked the name Lilly, and she just looked like a Lilly! So, now I have my Tiger Lilly (although, she acts more like a tiger than a lilly) lol