Back to reality

Mom left on Sunday morning to go back to Philly. The dogs had lots of fun with her since she fed them all kinds of table scraps. We've been referring to them as the "chunky monkeys" because they may be a little thicker through the waist. It was back to work on Monday. At least it's another short week.

Our Christmas

Fonzie got a new hedgehog, his favorite present every year.

The big dogs got HUGE rawhides. They might have been a little too big.

They didn't chew on them for long, it must have been too intimidating of a task to take on!

Duke curled up and laid with his.

Mom cooked lots of food. Jason helped by carving the turkey. It was a relaxing day, spent in our jammies all day long.

Think they might be a little spoiled?

The kids got lots of presents. They must have been on Santa's nice list. :)

Snuggling with Grandma

My mom had lots of fun with the dogs while she was visiting us.

Duke's favorite part about Christmas....

....chewing up wrapping paper rolls!

Our best colors...

I wrapped Duke in the bow I got off of our present at Jason's work party. I think blue is a good color on him.

A hunting we will go.....

Jason and Duke went hunting on the 20th. As you can see, they had a great time. This was Duke's first time retrieving a goose. Jason said that Duke kinda paused when he picked up the goose like, what's this thing? because it was so big. I think they both look handsome in their camoflauge.

O Christmas Tree

We didn't get the ornaments on until last night. I love taking all of them out and remembering how it is we got each of them. I especially love all of my doggie ornaments!

Tree Hunting 2009

We made our annual trek to Sprouffske's Tree Farm on Sunday, braving the bitter cold. Troy joined us for the first time purchasing a tree for himself and his parents.

Jason enjoyed playing the lumberjack as usual.

We picked out a 9 foot Douglas Fir.

Tom, Stacie, Tyler and Remi found a tree much closer to the truck than us.

I had to take a picture of the truck weighed down with our FOUR trees. It's great to have fun traditions with our friends!

The Dog Whisperer

On Friday night, we turned on The Dog Whisperer. Roscoe sat and watched it with us. Not just a glance, he sat there just like in the picture and watched the show. It was hilarious!

Merry Christmas to me!

I have been wanting to upgrade to the larger 6 quart KitchenAid mixer for quite some time. I found a deal too good to pass up on Amazon.com on Black Friday. So I bought it, can't wait to start my holiday baking with it! Isn't it pretty?

Boogieman Part 2

If you do not remember, Roscoe became obsessed with our computer room closet during our remodel earlier this year. He was so obsessed that every time he came into the house, he had to run upstairs and check that closet. On Sunday when I was pulling out decoration, he kept going into the closet under the stairs. I don't know if it was the closet or the mirror inside of it where he could see himself. In any event, I think he may have been on another quest to find the Boogieman.