Picnic in Nebraska

This is one of my favorite pics taken in 2008 - she is a distant cousin to Danielle. The family picnic was held in North Platte in August at the picnic area of Cody Park.

Noele's Christmas Present

San Diego Symphony Hall pre-concert

Thanksgiving 2008 for Daughter-Dear

High School Friends turning 60

Let's go to Paris

Time for Fighting Breast Cancer!

Danielle is volunteering her time to walk for the cure again this year. If you wish to contribute, please sign-up and contribute generously. Below is a picture of her group from last year.

Mikki Sings

Mikki sang to her extended family at her grandparents' home.

Mushroom Joke

Danielle tells her favorite fungus joke

Jesse and Luke

We spent April 1 with Tommy, Selena and their twins, Jesse and Luke. Everyone was impressed with the twins, despite the disruption to their nap schedule by an ant invasion. Selena handled the crisis well, and had the pesky insects at bay by the time we arrived.

Kiity Toys

Donja brought home two new dangling window-mount toys for Noele to play with. They lasted about an hour. The window-mounts are still intact - the kitty teeth are apparently perfect for slicing through the string used to attach the danglers to the mounts.

She had a good time while they lasted, though...

Multiple Exposure

There are three cats and three dogs in this picture - can you pick them out?

Noele Up Close

The picture was taken with Noele at the top of a tall cat tree on her first evening with the new family. It didn't take her long to get used to the new surroundings.

New Arrival

Noele is the latest edition to the managie - she is the best surprise gift for Christmas 2007 from our daughter. She is an active one, too - expect some videos to appear on the blog in the near future starring Noele.

Dallas for Daughter

Say hello to Dallas, my daughter's new puppy. She brought it over for us to watch while she finished some Christmas shopping nearby. Dallas is a female mix of German Shorthaired Pointer (first pic below) and Rottweiler. He has the black Rottweiler coat with some of facial attributes of the pointer.

Buddy visits his friends at the vet

Buddy the Basset has to visit the vet for a shot once a month. He thoroughly enjoys the visits, despite being stuck every time. The Drake Center for Veternary Care is where we adopted Buddy, who was released for euthanasia by his first owner after Buddy was diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency. So, Buddy is always excited to see the folks that saved his life.

Thanksgiving

The family was together for Thankgiving, with the humans being outnumbers by pets (as usual). Used the Flip videocam to capture some of the day in the attached video mix (the Flip software makes it easy to mix the video to a sound track). Hope you like this first movie I've posted to this blog.

Buddy the Basset

Here's our hound dog, Buddy. He is a rescue dog, abandoned at our vet's office because of a adrenal grand disorder. He gets monthly shots for his condition, and is a normal grumpy Basset Hound.

Snowy

This was the last Christmas for Snowy, our white cat with eyes of two colors. He finally lost his battle with failing kidneys and general old age not long after the holidays.

Theo

Say hello, Theodore.

This is our Teddy Bear. We call him Theo unless he is acting up (which is often). He's just a pup, less than a year old in this picture.