W-A-L-K

We decided to take the dogs for a walk in the snow last night. It was quite an adventure. I dressed Fonz up in his coat, he kept getting stuck if he jumped into deeper snow. I didn't walk all 3 of them - I just took all 3 when Jason was taking pictures. Everyone was happy to be indoors and warm again after about a half hour in the freezing cold. Jason made us go and look in the retention pond in front of our neighborhood in search of ducks. No ducks but there were 7 geese. I always joke when he can't see ducks/geese in ponds or whatever that they've gone to the "duck spa". Last night I said, those geese must have waited too long for their reservation at the spa! Jason responded with, maybe that is the spa. Definitely wouldn't be what I had in mind for a spa!

Lights out

We have gotten quite a dumping of snow. Last night, this is what the lights started out as at the beginning of the evening.

Notice them here.....

Zoomed in a little closer, you can see that the lights were underground so to speak!

The Mini has been parked for days. I started to clean it off this morning but I'm using it at as my snow gauge!

Dog portraits

We jokingly call Fonzie "Mountain Goat Dog" because he likes to climb all over everything. Last night, he was looking for his racoon and climbing around on the back of the sofa. I noticed the tree in the background and got an idea. I found his beloved toy and pit it on the back of the couch so he would climb back up there after I got the camera. We have to talk to him and mention biscuits to get the head movements.

Alexa Who

We had our first Christmas celebration last night. As Alexa was getting ready for the car ride home, she posed for me. Doesn't she look like one of a "Who" from Whoville? Too cute!

Icon Grill

I have a monthly date with 2 of my friends, Troy and Sarah. Troy works for Alaska Airlines and has been stationed in Anchorage for the last 7 months. :( He's back in Seattle temporarily for 3 months and we had our Christmas date on Thursday night. Check out the dessert below - yum! That would be alternating layers of Red Velvet and White Chocolate Cake with Peppermint Buttercream frosting in between. I am not at all ashamed to admit we had 2 desserts, the other was a Gingerbread Bread Pudding which was equally exquisite!

Snow - holy crap!

It's still snowing here, I would say we have gotten at least 5 inches but maybe more. The big guys love to play in the snow. Fonzie has other things in mind!

Doggie jail

My massage therapist send home some goodies with me for Christmas. She has 3 dachshunds so we are totally on the same page with dogs. She sent home toys for the boys. What I did not realize was that she had a bag of biscuits in there wrapped in tissue paper. When I came home from work on Thursday, they had found them. The bag was dumped, the tissue paper was ripped off and there was a torn up empty bag of biscuits. Needless to say, they were in TROUBLE! Don't they look pathetic? I had to do my best not to laugh while disciplining them!