Christmas Jammies are the BEST!!!

OK, so every year, I make the kiddo's nice toasty new flannel jammies for Christmas!! Usually nightgowns for the girls, and two piece jammies for Johnny. This year Jazzy picked yellow with little elephants all over it (she's our elephant addict!) and Jenna picked this awesome cute flannel with little teenage type little cartoony girls all over. Johnny found an awesome pirate flannel, and with him being SO into pirates this year, well it was perfect! Julianna went NUTS for a purple with little baby monkeys all over it!! So cute!!!!

There was only one problem..........as soon as they came "hot off the press" or sewing machine as the case may be......I have them try em on to fit the elastic and hems etc......well......at the final fit........THE KIDS STOLE THEM!!!!!!! SO they didnt' have them to open Christmas eve!!! Little stinkers!!!! I think it's safe to say they loved them! LOL!!!!!!!

Gingerbread houses

We had so much fun with the gingerbread houses that our "Meme" sent us!!!! We all got into pairs, and each worked on a house together! Man, that was some icky, and sticky and very stiff frosting glue!!! Boy did we have fun though! The kids got really creative with their designs and ideas! Mommy got hand cramps from squeezing out that darn goopy mess as commanded by the little troops! We got our cans to stabilize the sides, just like the directions said to do!! Then when the houses were all stable and dry, we put the roofs on.......then the best part......the DECORATING!!!!!!! Jenna and Julianna did the small house (for eating!) and Johnny and Jazzy did the big house for decoration! They all did such a great job working as teams and talking it out with each other and deciding how they wanted everything to go! LOL! There was of course, sampling involved, but they still managed to get MOST of the candy all ON the houses! They looked great!

Hooray for Chester!!!!!

We're so happy to announce the adoption of Chester the Chihuahua!! This totally sweet and adorable, 10 yr old little man finally found a home of his own!!! With two little girls to give him all the snuggles he's used to! We're so happy for this special little guy!!!




Chester went from being a terrified, shy puppy mill rescue, to a much happier, content, and often silly and goofy little man! We are so happy that someone was able to see the love this little man has to give, and to give him the chance to have a family of his very own for Christmas!!! What a wonderful gift!!!!! We wish them many happy years together!!!!!

Putting up the Tree!

Ok! So the day after Thanksgiving, we always put up our gool ol' artificial Christmas tree!!!! Can't have the real thing, or we'd all be sneezing and not breathing, which really puts a damper on the holiday's, don't you think? Us too! SO fake tree it is.....added bonus........none of the dogs want to "mark" it since it's a fake! LOL!!! Always a good thing!!! We did good this year too! None of the cats tried to sleep in it, or eat off any of the branches!! YAY!!!!! And we only had a few ornaments fall to their deaths and get chewed up, so we call it a very succesful tree this year!!!!!

The best part, is the kids are old enough to really enjoy it and take part in it too!!!! So John and I put it together, and I put the lites on with Johnny's help. Then the girls helped "fluff" all the branches out til we liked how it looked, and then all the kids put on ALL the ornaments on all by themselves this year!!!! I think they did an awesome job and it looked just great!!!!! Then we tried for our traditional "kids under the tree" picture..........well, that not so good.........LOL!!!!!!! Cute and lots of giggles trying, but oh well!!!!!! LOL!!!!!

Sick n tired of being sick n tired!

Well, I've totally been slacking off, and not getting on! From getting our flu shots to getting a mild case of flu, then into a cold and now double ear infection with sinus and upper respiratory infection, have not really enjoyed December much! Now that the kids are mostly all on the mend from their colds, and I visited the Dr.'s today for some help kicking all this mess, it should be getting better! I'll try to get on and update with Christmas and all the goings-on around here lately!!

I'm a DIRECTOR!!!!!

I'm so excited!! I've been playing around with Powerpoint, and made a couple movies with it, then figured out how to convert them, and uploaded them to youtube!!!!! LOL! Wooooo hoooooooo! I'm a movie maker!!!! I am totally getting addicted to making them! They're so much fun! Feel free to check them out! I'm sticking in the links to them. One is all about my cocker spaniel Bridgett, an the other is adoptable dogs from my rescue I work with! I'm also working on some of the kids!! Too fun!!!!!!

Adoptable Dogs on YouTube!

Bridgett's Movie on YouTube!

I'm loving the artistic and fun way of working with all the pictures I take! LOL! Hope you all like them too! Bridgett's was the 1st one I've ever done. I love it! Let me know what you think too!!!

Latest Fosters

Ok, so this isn't really one of our new fosters, it's Missy, our new beagle girl !LOL! But she looked so cute all snuggled with Julianna in this picture, I just had to share!!!! They were both laying in my fleece fabric scraps tote! LOL! It's Missy's most favorite "dog bed" in the house! Good thing they are the scraps! LOL!

Ok, so the two new fosters are "Pearl" and "Wally". Both are Shih Tzu's rescued from a puppy mill. Pearl was just rescued a week or so ago, and is a cute little female, white with grey and black. She is shaved down right now, but will look cuter when he hair starts to grow back in. She is really neat, because she has ONE blue eye!!! Looks too cool!!! LOL! I call her a "sausage with legs" because she's built like one! LOL! Jasmine is especially in love with her already! As I'm sure you can see! LOL!

Jenna has her "Tilly" of course, another puppy mill rescue, a sweet little Chihuahua who has really come a long way the months we have been fostering her!!!! Even her pal "Chester" is making some great strides lately! The "lovebugs" picture is Jazzy with Pearl, Jenna with Tilly and of course, Julianna with her stuffed Lumpy! LOL!

"Wally" is our other new foster. He has been in another foster home for over a year now, but still just seems not to be making much progress. We are all hoping that a change of scenery will challenge him to start making more positive strides in his rehabilitation. He wont' let anyone touch him still, even after all this time. He's so cute too, he's a black and white Shih Tzu, with a cute floopy tail, and all you want to do is just snuggle him, but he's still so very scarred from his puppy mill experience, that it may never be possible. We are hoping we can help him. We don't have any good pictures of him as yet, but are hoping to get some soon. He goes in nervous circles, and paces from living in a small cage for his early life. it's just really heartbreaking to see how damaged he is, even after a year of rehabilitation.