Frank has definitely been enjoying the cooler weather this winter. It is hard to keep him inside sometimes.

Merry Christmas !!!

Mom, Dad and Lucy.

NO man should be without an Auto Wrench

(and by "Auto" I mean battery-operated).

Chris and Brandy get started on their gifts while mom gives Josh instructions.

Josh and Kerri are just getting started

Lucy was helpful as ever.

Chris

Mom and Dad

Josh

Josh is the proud new owner of a toy car that has a singing dead deer on the hood.

Now really.... what more could he ask for?

Josh and Kerri

Brandy and Chris

Mom and Dad

Josh, Kerri and Mike

Brandy and Chris

Chris, Brandy, Dad and Mike decided to soak up some sun this beautiful Christmas day.

Happy Birthday Dad!!!

Chris, Lucy, Dad, Maggie and I.

After a delicious Birthday Brunch it was time to relax and let the food settle.

Lucy took refuge in Mom's lap.

(Lucy does her best to ALWAYS find a lap for protection from Maggie).

It is Dad's turn to play with Maggie.

Dad protected Lucy while I restrained big, bad Maggie.

Kerri and Maggie

My 2 boys relaxing and watching football.

Frank tries really hard to sleep on the arm of the couch not realizing that he is just to big.

Now it is time for a nap.

My little Gangsta Pug.

Ok, not the greatest picture but this should give you an idea of what the house looks like at night with all of our beautiful Christmas decorations.

Mom, you will notice we still have your favorite Santa. ;-)

It has been very foggy these past few days...

I know there is a park behind those trees somewhere.

Frank recently discovered that he could stand on the foot rest for the chair and he thought that was pretty neat.
He liked it so much he never got up to sit next to me. He just took a nap right there.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Kerri and Josh were kind enough to bring us some BEAUTIFUL flowers.

Will you hold these while I get a vase Mike?

Mmmmmm - TURKEY!

Look! It's NACHO TURKEY!!!

Pre-Dinner snacks and.... of course..... Football.

Master Chef Michael fried up one DELICIOUS Turkey!

Turkey is done!

It's finally time for dinner.

We really need to get Frank his own chair.

Now it's time to relax.

Darn Tryptophan

WHAT a profile!!!

I would like to thank Mom, Dad, Chris, Kerri, Josh, Michael and Frank for making our Thanksgiving so special!

Happy Thanksgiving to a WONDERFUL Family! :-)

Oh! and Thank you Travis for taking pity on me and working for me today so I could spend a GREAT day with my family. You RULE!

It may only be 51 degrees right now but........

That does not stop Frank from getting a tan.

Yep, the Hummingbirds are still around.
They seem to be favoring the blue this week.
:-)

Colin and Sofie...

Sofie was VERY proud of herself up in the tree ALL BY HERSELF! YEAH!!!!!!

Don't feed Frank any more chips... ok Sofie? All right.... maybe ONE more. Get 'er Frank!

Kerri - THIS is what Mike does to Loofa's. NOW do you understand? ;-)