Update from Honey

This was our Christmas letter this year. A few years ago, Cache composed our letter for his and my first Christmas together. Since Honey was still new and a bit shy last year, she decided to step up and do it this year. I thought I'd share it here, since I'm kind of at a loss for blog motivation. Hey, re-using material is not being lazy! It's being resourceful!

Dear Friends and Family,

Hello! You may not know me yet, but I might have had the pleasure of tripping some you with my paw swipes. My name is Honey and I joined Jerod and Andrea's family about a year ago. They rescued me from an Akita rescue shelter in December of 2006. It's been pretty cool becoming part of their family and also inheriting a big brother with the deal.

It's been a pretty eventful year since I became part of the family. In February, my brother Cache had knee surgery on a torn ACL on his back knee. He is still all “puppy” and he managed to tear it again this summer, so now he has to wear a brace when we go on walks. I think he just likes to see how many different ways he can shorten Andrea's life with his antics. I just try to ignore him and go take long naps on the futon in the office. That's much easier then chasing bunnies in the backyard.

In May, Andrea left Cache and I with Jerod for a week to go on a cruise to Alaska. Jerod said she went with her parents, Dan and Kari and her sister, Jennifer. I missed her a lot, but I really enjoyed drooling on all the pretty pictures she brought back. It looked like too cold of a trip for me.

In mid-July, Jerod moved into the house with us. Jerod and Andrea have tried to explain to me that they got married and now he gets to stay at the house all the time, but all I know is that I really like having Jerod around all the time. Now, there are two people that feed me, which is very important. It seems like Andrea really likes to have Jerod around all the time too. They seem really happy.

At the end of July, Jerod and Andrea left us for a couple weeks and my friend Amanda came over to stay with us. She told me that they went to Italy on their honeymoon, whatever that is. I had a lot of fun with Amanda because she's really good at spoiling us. But, it was ok when Jerod and Andrea came back too. Lately, it seems like Andrea has been spending all of her time taking pictures from her trip and pasting them into a big book. She seems really happy to show the book to anyone that is willing to look.

Well, I suppose I should go. My futon is getting cold, and I better go warm it up with another nap. Jerod, Andrea, Cache and myself all with you a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year. Stay safe and take lots of naps!

Much love,
Honey, Cache, Jerod and Andrea

I'm decorating my house for Christmas...

...and the first thing I put up was my birthday present. My friend Marlene gave me the base Nativity set last year and my mom finished off the extras this year. I love love LOVE it.

Blinky Blinky

Last night I got the hankerin' to go for a drive to check out the Christmas light displays around town. Holy COW, do people go all out. I picked up Jerod and Cache and we drove around for a good hour looking at the different displays. I really encourage you to take an hour or so out of your busy shopping schedule to do this. People put so much work into it and it really does give you the warm and fuzzies to see all the Christmas cheer. It's a heckuva lot more effective then going to the mall. Talk about sucking the Christmas spirit out of you!! So, anyway, I thought I'd post the addresses of my favorites in case you too decide to go for a drive one evening.

3402 Powderhorn Circle - driving west on Rimrock, it's the next right after Zimmerman. You can't miss it. Tune your radio to 107.9 and you can watch the lights dance along to the music. It is VERY sweet. It's the best display in town that I've seen so far. The display is on from 5-9:30 p.m. on weekdays and 5-10 p.m. weekends. This house is owned by the Fuller's who used to live on 24th St. and put up a legendary display every year.

1415 Miles Ave - it's another one that dances along to the music if you tune your radio to 104.7. It runs from 5-10:00 p.m. It's a good one, but it's not quite as sync'd up as the Powderhorn house.

2425 Granite Ave - From Rimrock or Poly, turn north on Arvin Rd. and go as far as you can towards the rims, then make a left on Granite. You won't miss it. I also noticed that this one shuts down about 10:00. If you want to make a drive on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, a pixie will be giving out candy canes on Dec. 23 and 24 at this display. I swear you could stare at this display for 30 minutes and still not take it all in.

36th Street - Going west on Monad, turn right(north) on 36th street and then left on Crater Lake Ave. This is Christmas Tree Lane and Misfit Toys Lane. You can wind in and out of these streets forever looking at these lights. It seems like a very cool place to live.

Those were my favorite from last night. There is also an awesome one on Alkali Creek that I saw the other night. The gazette has some good listings here. Just click to view the map and you're set.

Anyone else know of any good ones? I'm totally up for another drive!

Christmas Tree Hunting And The Decorated Kill

It's a tradition in my family to go Christmas Tree hunting the day after Thanksgiving. It's the only hunting my family really does (except for Easter. I'll tell that story later.) :) So, here are a few pictures from the hunt.

What do you think of this one?

One hot guy.

Stealing kisses in the woods. ewwww

The decorated kill.