ollie always looks like he's up to no good...even if he's guiding a sleigh.
sadly, this is the best picture i got of all three.
oops.
this one is hilarious to me for some reason.
the best gift we got in 2011!
my beautiful boy
obedience...finally.
ha.
santa paws visited the pups, and they have since expressed their gratitude for their generous pile of gifts by playing exclusively with a red light bulb toy from the dollar aisle at target. we'll be scaling back considerably next year...i'm thinking: sticks from the yard and maybe some american cheese slices.
max absconded with joni's toy...
and later with her stocking.
max is an expert at the woolly mammoth bone...
while ollie just licked his (most of it is still in my kitchen somewhere).
joni ignored her joni-sized bone until she was comfortably indoors.
later in the season, i even got my act together enough to snap a few pictures of human christmas. the humans rallied and were able to have, in the words of clark w. griswold, the "hap- hap- happiest christmas since bing crosby tap danced with danny f**king kaye!" we had new babies to celebrate, my brother was home for the first time in a few years, and most notably, no one cried. here's hoping you and yours enjoyed an equally joyful and drama-free holiday season, and if there was chaos, i hope it was the good kind!
happy holidays!
