Oh Doggie!

Woof is not the smartest dog on the block but he does know how to use his paws which is pretty darn cute when he is digging in the river for rocks or fetching his ball out from under the car. It is not so cute when he is escaping from his kennel, multiple times. The other night he broke out twice, once from each corner of the kennel door. Ben fixed it up with some rope and all seemed fine until a week later he broke out again, from a new spot. We watched him out the window frantically digging at the chain link and every time we went out to bust him in the act and scold him he quit. Dogs, seriously like kids that never grow up.

We had a good first Thanksgiving away from Minnesota. Thankfully a little bit of home came to see us via my in-laws. I was slightly nervous as we were hosting them for the first time and you just never know if one lives up to the expectations' parents have for their son's wife. Everything turned out just fine, I passed the test and I even learned to make fried rice and egg rolls. Ben's parents really liked our house as Ben's mom so eloquently told us, "Oh your OLD house is really nice, when Benjamin told me it was a hundred years old, I thought it would be a real dump".

I really love Christmas, the decorations, the music, the cookies. It is a can't go wrong kind of holiday. This year I wanted to watch all the shows I remembered watching as a little kid so I was pretty bummed when I realized I missed the Charlie Brown Christmas special. To make it up to me Ben brought a piece of the special home to me. Check out our Charlie Brown Christmas tree, not an exact match but pretty darn close. Don't worry Ben, I think it is cute and it really fits our OLD, not dumpy house.