Chicken Update

Here are some new pictures of the chickens.  They are getting big.

Maggie doesn't care about the chickens

Gertie

Birdie

Ester

Annie

Happy Birthday Maggie!

Happy Birthday Maggie!


This year I decided to get her a birthday cake.  Yes, I got her a doggie birthday cake.  A local shop here called Coastal K-9 Bakery makes natural and organic dog treats and cakes for dogs.  I thought why not.  I got her an Apple Oatmeal birthday cake.  Maggie loved it.  We even saved enough so that when we celebrated our anniversary, she could have cake too.

Maggie wouldn't look up.  All she wanted was her cake!

Funny Maggie

This morning as Brian was getting up for work he found Maggie at the foot of our bed instead of her bed which is on my side.  Our comforter had fallen to the floor and I guess in the middle of the night Maggie decided either she was cold or just wanted to be covered up.  And people say dogs do not have personalities.

Engagement Pictures

We got our engagment pictures today.  I am so happy with them.  I can't wait until the wedding to see how those will turn out.  I have no doubt that they will be wonderful.  Erin, our photographer, is wonderful.  I hope to use her again when we finally decide to start a family.

    
    

Christmas, Bengals game and snow!

Christmas eve was spent with Brian's family here in Wilmington and Christmas morning we got up early to drive to Ohio to spend Christmas day and a weeks vacation with my family.  Again this year we didn't take any pictures of Christmas and barely have video from the trip.  During our vacation, part of my Christmas was to go to a Bengals game again.  This year Brian was prepared for the cold.  And it was a good thing too.  The game started off pretty cool.  I'm thinking it was in the mid 30's.  By the time we left, the temperature had to of been in the 20's and snow was starting to fall.  By the time we got back to Grove City, snow was everywhere.  The snow stuck around and Maggie was able to play in the snow.  She didn't seem to mind the snow, but she wasn't shy about letting us know she was ready to come in.

Happy Birthday Autumn!

My birthday day this year was quiet. We pretty much just hung around the house. Which was fine with me. We we did go to a Def Leppard and Poison concert, but that really wasn't part of my birthday. It just happened at the same time. Brian made me a chocolate cake, from scratch, for me, and we went to his parents house for a BBQ. Other than that nothing to exciting, except we were able to get a crazy picture of Maggie playing in the back yard. She is chasing after a Frisbee type toy and I got her in mid air. She does catch it. She sure doesn't act like a dog that is seven years old!

Beach

Today we decided to take Maggie to the beach to see how she would do. We already knew that she liked the water, but wanted to see if she liked to swim. Well, she likes to attack the water and hates it when one of us decides to go in the water and she can not come. While we were there we did see a dolphin. It was swimming along the coast. The video was taken with my digital camera and you can just barely see the dorsel fin of the dolphin and you can see Maggie swimming.

Pool

A while ago I decided that we should get Maggie a pool. So when the hot summer months came and we couldn't take her to the beach, she would have a way to cool off. The day we bought the pool she would only get in while we were in there. Today she had fun on her own, with a little coaxing on our part. We are also enjoying the pool as well.

Rims on the River

Today we went to Rims on the River. It is a classic car show in downtown Wilmington along the river, for the most part. It was cool to see all of the old classic cars. They we lined up along 4 or 5 city blocks. Here are a couple of pictures of my favorites. The rest you can see in the picasa web album. We took Maggie with us. She was a hit. Everybody wanted to stop and pet her. She did really good.

Yard Sale

Today we had our first yard sale. I think we did pretty good. We were able to get rid of a lot of stuff and make money. We started at 7:30 and went to till noon. In out last hour we only had one customer and by that time I was over it. The money we made will pay for the garden we just planted. I think we'll do it again. Oh and the star of the show was not the yard sale it was Maggie. More people were interested in playing and petting Maggie than buying anything. She did really well. She didn't mind any of the attention.

Garden Time

Last year our garden turned out pretty well, so this year we decided to make it much bigger. We took out one of the planter boxes and used the side yard. So today we planted. We planted just about everything. Tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, peppers, corn, green onion, egg plant, radishes, green beans, lettace. You name it, it was planted. I just hope we have the same success we had last year. Our apples trees are blossoming as well. So hopefully in the next couple of years we will have apples to add to our list. Oh and we found out that Maggie loves to play with garden hose. She had a blast playing in the water.

Maggie playing with the garden hose.

Boxer Photo Contest

Maggie is on the home page of Carolina Boxer Rescue. I sent in her picture early last week for the Boxer of the Week contest and they said that she won. So for this week she will be on the home page. You should check it out. We are so proud!

Warm Weekend

The weather has been crazy this past week. Tuesday it snowed and now it is in the low 70's. We decided to take Maggie to the beach. She LOVED it. She kept trying to run into the water. I think we are going to try and get a summer pass to Fort Fisher Beach where we can drive Brian's jeep out there. This summer should be fun!

Carolina Boxer Rescue

Carolina Boxer Rescue is where we got Maggie. They are in a contest to win $10,000. All they need are votes. Please click on the link provided so that CBR has a chance to win and be able to help other homeless boxers.
http://www.care2.com/animalsheltercontest/12235/?refer=12032.13.1232046995.4883

Christmas

Santa was very good to Brian, Maggie and me. We got things we wanted off of our list and then some. Christmas Eve was spent here in Wilmington with Brian's family and then very, very early Christmas morning we loaded up the car and drove to Grove City to spend Christmas with my family.


Maggie did awesome with the long car ride. She sat in the back seat and just enjoyed the ride. She was spoiled by all of the attention she received while we were home. She had somebody there to play with, rub her belly and cuddle with on the couch. She pretty much made herself at home at my parents house. My parents wanted to know if we were going to leave her there.


We don't have pictures of Christmas, but we do have video of Maggie opening up her favorite Christmas present she got from Uncle Luke and Aunt Christie. It is a ChuckIt. It is awesome because now we don't have to pick up a slobbery wet tennis ball.

Christmas Party

Last night was my Christmas Party. While I was getting ready Brian got Maggie to sit infront of the Christmas Tree so that we could take a picture. We also decided to take a family picture infront of the tree, but you really can't see the tree. Oh well. Overall everyone looked pretty and good time was had by all.