Happy Birthday Dad!

Happy Birthday to my crazy, fun, intense, crazy...Dad.

I miss you.

Murphy's Day.

Stating the Obvious

The girls thought the first snows at Nahahum Canyon were their Christmas presents.

Labs love snow.

And Willa?  She thinks it was made just for her.

Who can blame her?

Murphy's Day.

Bundled Up

It was cold last week.  I worried about Sage until I finally wrapped her in a fleece blanket for the night.  She tolerated my concern...but when I came downstairs in the morning, she had slipped out of the blanket and had made it into a "nest."

Labs are tough dogs.  No need for a blanket for this girl.

Murphy's Day.

Somedays....

Oh, what the girls have to tolerate.

Murphy's Day.

Advent Calendar

I have this gorgeous Advent Calendar that I bought years ago from LL Bean.  It looks like a log lodge, with 25 doors...at the beginning of December we're all assigned days.

Annie is waiting patiently for her day.

Murphy's Day.

Top Dog - Apprentice

If Donald Trump had a show about apprentice top dogs...Willa would win hands down.  She follows Sage, the top dog, around, mimicking every single thing she does.  Poor Annie...waiting her turn patiently to be top dog...

Murphy's Day.

Willa

A day doesn't go by when I don't find myself amazed at this girl.  She is intense, kind, funny, intense...it's really too bad I don't duck hunt, she would be perfect at it (assuming, of course, that I could actually hit something with a shotgun that remotely resembled a duck).

The great thing about Willa is she greets every single day as if it was her first on Earth, and goes throughout the day full on.

I'm still learning from her.

Murphy's Day.