Spending time with family.

Although they've only been gone a week, we really miss having our aunties, uncle & grandma around! We had a great weekend last week. Here's the story. The weekend of Mother's Day just happened to be Mommy's birthday weekend too (actually Mom's birthday was on Mother's Day). Well Mom & our Auntie surprised Grandma with a one-of-a-kind Mother's Day gift!! Everyone came into Oklahoma for a tiny family reunion. Grandma just thought she was coming in for our Mommy's birthday. She had NO idea Auntie Cyndi had flown in from California or Auntie Suzie & Uncle Jay drove in ALL the way from Wisconsin. What a surprised look on her face when she walked in the door to see all of them sitting on our livingroom couch! She was so shocked!! Needless to say it was a once in lifetime gathering since we all live in different parts of the U.S., but it sure did mean a lot to our Mommy to have everyone in our little house! Thanks for helping us make Mommy's birthday & Mother's Day special for both our Mom & G.G.!!
We love you guys and can't wait for you guys to come back to visit & spoil us again!

Auntie Cyndi with Sophie & Lola. 

Aunti Suzie with Lola & Uncle Jay with Sophie! What are you looking at girls?

Lola & Uncle Jay....oh won't you please stay with us?? How could you possibly leave a face like that?? 

Sophie sitting on Uncle Jay...trying to get him to stay!! 

Sophie sticking her tongue out in protest!! 

Lola & Sophie saying good-bye to Auntie Cyndi, Aunti Suzie & Uncle Jay. 

The battle for the sock. By Yvonne Jacobson

This has gone on for as long as I can remember. Lola has this obsessiong with my socks....and only my socks. She doesn't do this to dad...only me. It never fails.....everyday it's a fight to the finish for my sock. Lola WILL NOT give up until she has tugged, pulled and ripped at least one of my socks off. Then once it's off she shakes it around like she's ripping it apart...I mean she growls and everything. Don't get me wrong, she's not vicious in anyway but it's like she's showing me she's boss. I can't tell you what drives her into this mad rage but something comes over her the minute I take my shoes off. I can see it in her eyes......she watches every move I make and then pounces on my foot like a lion attacking it's prey. It was funny at first but since I've had to several pairs of socks since January I knew I had to put my foot down--haha get it "foot-down" ;0)!!! As you can see from the pictures she's got a pretty tight kung-fu grip on it and doesn't let go until it comes off on it's own or I fight her for it!

Anyway, I had to share this tug-of-war match....it's pretty funny how entertaining dogs can be.

P.S. No I wasn't wearing the shoes that are pictured in this photo with my socks either.....just a bit of FYI!! :0)

don't like mommy's socks....must remove!! 

Lola....what are you doing?  

i'm gonna get this off if it's the last thing I do!! 

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 

just a little bit more 

almost got it! 

Some friends....

Here are some missed pictures of some of those we hold very near and dear to our hearts. We are not a prejudiced breed.....we love all of God creatures! ;0)

Our feathered friend...Peter, who is actually a girl. Long story. 

Franks 

Our friend Frankie.... 

And Merlin too..... 

Our cousin Lexi.... 

A new friend.....Peanut!  

Betcha didn't know!

Well I guess maybe most of you know our dad is a musician by night. He's currently involved in 3 different bands, two of which play pretty regularly. Anyway, mom found these pictures of him at one his recent gigs and thought you'd like to see them.

Giving it his all! The best drummer this side of Texas!

Dad playing the drums.....he's a nut!

Rainy weather....

This rainy weather sure does make you feel LAZY!! Me & Sophie LOVE lying around all day & it's no surprise that we hate thunder & lighting but we sure do love this gloomy day. Weird but true, it makes it so much nicer to bundle up in my favorite blanket and/or pillow in sophie's case. Just thought I'd share that bit of information.