Look what I found

In the dog's mouth...

That would be chewing gum.

Why was the dog chewing a piece of gum? Perhaps he wanted minty fresh breath? Or maybe that was just the best smelling piece of trash in the garbage can? I'm not quite sure what the appeal was however when I got out of the shower I wondered why our bedroom smelled minty. It wasn't until my slipper stuck to the carpet that I realized the dog had dug something sticky out of the trash and left it on the floor for me! Thank goodness it came off nice and easy or our carpet would be sporting a red kool-aid stain and a chunk of gum.

Someone tried to apologize but I don't really think he was sorry.

And... Look what we woke up to this morning!!!

I have been wishing for snow after our yucky brown Christmas. Yay for pretty white stuff covering the muddy ground :o)

Round Three

Alternately titled: Round Wii.


Nanny and Pawpaw are going to have to move to the big couch before the kids get too much bigger!

Zach loved his tractor...

Nanny loved her Dish remote...

and everybody else loved the wii. I think it will get plenty of use!

Boxed

One would expect that when you buy a video game the box would actually contain the game advertised on the front.

Not the one I bought Richie for Christmas. Thank goodness the lady at Target believed us and they exchanged it for another one.

Poor Richie :o(

Merry Christmas

love,
The Garrotts

C'est fini!

Nothing like waiting to the last minute to get things done! At this point if it isn't wrapped it's not going to be wrapped.

Now to start "giving" instead of "collecting".

p.s: I decided to give myself an early Christmas gift and watch my favorite movie... "I know! It's a keck!"... not once but twice this morning while Richie was working :o)

Round 2

Sunday we drove to Avon Lake. (We didn't make the two hour journey in less than 90 min. No not us. My dear husband never drives over the speed limit)

It was super festive up there with the 4 trees they had decorated!

The traditional holiday shot of the "kids" (Who are all over 21 at this point).

Monday we (and by "we" I mean Richie) iced all of the cookies we made almost 2 weeks ago. They turned out really nice. I got to put the sprinkles on which was perfect for me. Nothing too technical for me in the kitchen.

And Bevo watched and waited for us to drop things on the floor. Of course no one gave him any cookies. He never gets people food and we would never even think of giving him a taste. Nope, not us!

And one more "not-me" ... even though it's Tuesday...

There was no way that I would have been left alone in the aisle at Walmart this week by my dear husband who did not disappear the second we ran into a co-worker who we would never think of referring to with the word "crazy" before their name. We would never abandon eachother like that!

Here we go!

Let the holiday rush begin!

We went to our first family gathering last night with the Harsh family. It was nice to see everyone since we really didn't get to talk to them too much at the wedding. Of course I took my camera (but forgot to check if my flash batteries were any good and had to make a trip to the store to get some new ones) and ended up with some good pictures.

Zach wanted his picture taken with Grandma. He likes to see himself on the camera screen :o)

Thanks to Aunt Pam for taking this one. We have plenty that were taken by holding the camera at arms length. It's nice to have one were you can see more than our faces.

Look at those good lookin' guys!