snow much snow

seriously.

What's the deal with all the snow?!?!  (this is for Josh...and his love of Seinfield) Don't get me wrong, I love a good snow day...but this is just crazy! 

sweet little dylan likes to get all cozy in his hoodie when it snows!

pico

meet pico.

He belongs to my friends Anna (MOH) and Noah.  He's adorable and I thought you should meet him.

Pico lives in Kansas where it's cold so he loves wearing jackets and pajamas.

while anna and noah were in town, they asked me to take a family picture for their HAPPY NEW YEAR card..here is the one they used and their cards turned out great!

pumpkin puppies

Oh dogs in costumes...it will always be funny.

I got Bauer a pumpkin t-shirt for Halloween...so his girlfriend got a pumpkin costume to match.

and for the record...they really do love each other...

Now, when Halloween rolled around we felt like Rosie Bell was maybe feeling a bit left out (this absolutely not how she felt, but our desire to have all the pups dressed up won out over her desire to never conform to what the other two are doing).  Luckily, Luna had a set of Halloween pajamas (naturally...what dog doesn't have an extra set of Halloween pajamas).  I know what you are thinking.  Luna is a SUPER small.  Rosie is fairly average...is this going to work?  well...why don't you be the judge of how it worked out...

ummm, hello adorable!!! (poor rosie...she was a trooper, it was a wee bit too small)

now...if you remember our HUGE pumpkin that we got at gentry's farm...Mom REALLY wanted to put Luna IN it.  HA!  maybe next year. We'll just settle for all around it. But putting her next to it does help you see just how big it really is.

hope you all had a happy Halloween! 

next up is Thanksgiving and on to Christmas! 

What a wonderful time of year!

BAUER

Today is Bauer's birthday.  He is 4 years old!  He's had a pretty good 4 years of life! 

Here are some insteresting Bauer facts for you all:

- Bauer gets his name from Jack...not Eddie.  big difference.

- when Bauer was just a puppy he swallowed an entire plush toy.  He had to have surgery to remove it.

- I think it's this surgery that allows him to now be able to swallow socks whole...it's quite the spriritual gift.

- Bauer would constantly eat if I left food out. always, always, always ready for supper.  Like, you can't say "food" "supper" or "hungry" around him or he thinks he getting something.

- if he is not eating, he prefers to sleep really...under the covers.  If it's past 9 o'clock and no one is in bed, he'll whine until someone goes to bed.

- he loves me very much.  but I'm pretty sure his Gran (my mom) is his favorite person...next to Caitlin.

and since you all love my dog as much as me here are some pictures of him over the last 4 years

(I know...you are all so excited!)

Bauer is such a good dog!  I certainly got lucky to have such a good-looking, farily well-behaved (unless there is food around), loyal pet.  Happy Birthday Bauer...if only you understood what that meant!

(the top 2 pictures and this one are curtesy of THE Mary Rosenbaum)

bauer