Elves Extraordinaire

Boon wonders, "Hey, who spiked the egg nog?"

Kudzu bidding for a space on the nice list.

Isaac and Cosmo make this elf business look good!

The Cheetah Girls - Rose Bud and Dacey

Decking the Halls

Well, things didn't go quite as planned... but they seldom do around here.

Instead of heading to a tree farm to cut down our tree, we decided to put our old artificial one up instead.  Mom was scared we dogs would be led into temptation to mark our territory should a real tree exist inside of our home.

After lunch yesterday we headed out to decorate the outside of the house.  I was in charge of supervising, but quickly became distracted by the piles of leaves.  So I left the heavy work to Dad and Jaden, while Connor and I played, played, played.

Do you remember that one of our traditions is decorating in our pj's?  Well, I don't have any of those, so I just participated in the furs God gave me.  Everyone else looked pretty silly!!

Jaden, Connor, Isaac, and Dacey

My peeples took several play breaks during the work...  Dad helped Connor ride his bike with one training wheel off and then had leave wars with Dacey and Jaden.  They make being peeples look so fun!!

Somehow they still managed to get the work done.

Of course, my ornament looked best:

It even has my name on the bottom of it!!

Thanksgiving 2011 was a fun day.  We have so much we are thankful for - but mostly we are thankful just to be blessed to have each other in our lives.

The Love Shack

Ohno meeting the new guy.

The Most Wonderful Time

Christmas music has already begun playing in our home.  Mom is somewhat of a Christmas fanatic!  Not that we skip Thanksgiving - we are observing it daily this month by proclaiming all we are thankful for.  We have LOTS of SPECIAL traditions in our home during this time of year and most even include us doggies.

Our season officially kicks off on Thanksgiving Day.  We have what the humans have affectionately begun to refer to as "A Non-Traditional Traditional Thanksgiving".  Instead of having the normal Thanksgiving turkey and dressing, each child chooses their favorite food.  Then mom cooks one dish per person.  We usually watch the National Dog Show before lunch and then the Dallas game and Christmas movies afterward.

Of course, with this being mine and Kudzu's FIRST Thanksgiving and Christmas season, we are especially excited!!!

This year we are going to start a new tradition on Thanksgiving afternoon:  We are going to go to a CHRISTMAS tree farm and pick out our very own TREE.  Now I've never heard of having a tree in the house before, but that sounds like a good tradition right there.  After the tree has been chosen, we will ride over to a neighboring town to see their entire park lit up with Christmas displays.  And from there, the fun is just getting started.

The following day, the humans "deck the halls".  I'm not sure what that means, but from what I gather they will make the inside of the house pretty with seasonal decorations.  That is also the day they will decorate the outside of The Love Shack.  Something about hanging lights on it and all?  Sounds strange but the peoples are excited about it so I guess we should be too!  One of mom's favorite traditions on that day is decorating inside and out wearing their PAJAMAS!!  Bwah har har!!  Silly humans.

Mom has already started taking lots more pictures of us for what she calls "Christmas cards".  So far she hasn't gotten one she is "in love with".. pray for us, furiends... cause that means a lot more time with the flashy monster!  Here are some from last year.. before Kudzu and me were here...

Rose Bud and Cosmo didn't want to cooperate!  

Mom is so excited about Christmas and is wanting to decorate something - anything really - so bad, I told her it was ok to go ahead and make my blog "merry and bright".  So today or this week sometime be on the lookout for the premiere of CHRISTMAS with Boondocks and The Love Shack Pack.

We'll share more with y'all about some of our family's favorite Christmas traditions in the weeks to come.  We'd love to hear some of yours too!!  Please share.

Walking, Camping, Hiking - Oh my!

What a week!! 

We shared last Saturday that October 1st through 7th marked National Walk Your Dog Week.  Boy, did the humans make good on that.  We walked everyday last week except for yesterday - at that point we were all too tired to think straight let alone walk anywhere.

We celebrated our small two legger, Isaac's, 9th birthday yesterday.  As part of the celebration, Isaac requested to go camping. 

So off we went - four two legged kiddos, five golden retrievers, oh and mom and dad too.  (Yes, anyone willing to primitive camp with four kids and five dogs might be considered slightly insane, but as the humans say, "If the shoe fits....")

What a fabulous adventure we had! 

See for yourself:

We supervised the humans as they set up the tent.

They do all the work.  We do most of the play!

Here I am hurrying them along.

Scarlet and Dacey taking an early morning walk.

Playing at the creek was the best!!

I couldn't wait to jump in!

We ran and chased and ran.

We had fun taking the kids for walks.

Dacey and Rose Bud went down a nature trail.

Connor and Kudzu stop to inspect some foilage.

At night dad built a big fire.

We supervised that too.

Dad danced with his princess.

That silly Jaden told scary stories.  (They were funnier than scary though.)

We had a grand time and can't wait to go back!

But first we have some napping to do.

Wordless Wednesday - It's Your Move

RDOD and a Surprise K9 Family Reunion!

Yesterday our family took part in Mississippi's 6th annual Responsible Dog Owner Day in Jackson.  We had such a blast!

Kudzu rode in Connor's lap on the way.

Mom, Dad, and kiddos have been to RDOD a couple of times before, but thinks this year it was way more fun.  There were lots of booths set up with vendors, breed, and club information.  We sat and watched a conformation show, a rally event, and tons more.  Everybody loved all over us and most questioned about Kudzu's missing leg.  Mom was even interviewed for the news telling about Kudzu and what his life is like now.  (You can check out that video HERE.  It is located in the upper right hand corner of the page.)

Our favorite part was when the hoo-man children participated with us in a few of the events. 

This was a relay contest to see who could dress their pup the fastest.  We Southern boys had 'em shed before we got back to the starting line!  AROOOF!

Here we are competing in obedience.



Mom was surprised at how much attention I'd apparently showed during the conformation event.  When it was announced that I'd won first place in obedience, I went into my "show dog stance."

That's right, first place!!  Go me, go me!!

Kudzu didn't do too shabby either.  He placed third!!!

Golden's ruled the day!

Afterward's we went to PetSmart to get a reward for our hard work.  It was Kudzu's first trip.  Boy, was he in awe!

"You mean we can take this stuff home?  For real???"


The next part in our day was the biggest surprise for me.  Mom had called my first hoo-man mom and told her we were in town. She brought my doggie mommy and older half brother to meet me.

"Rosco!!  Oh, how I've missed you, brudder!!!"

My mom and me!  Isn't she beautiful!!


Hoo-man mom was so surprised that I instantly knew my mom and brudder.  I'm not sure what she expected, but I was ecstatic to see them and danced with delight!

Then it was time to head home.  We were all pretty tired but had such a great day!  I can't wait to do it again!!

Kudzu konked out!




AROOOOF!
Boondocks and The Love Shack Pack