Christmas Cuddling

hope everyone got in just as much Christmas cuddling as we did today!

Paw-fect Stocking

mom did a little crafting this weekend & made us new Christmas stockings

you can read all the details on Mom's blog!

Santa Paws

What a great way to start off the holidays!  We had the opportunity for the 2nd year in a row to do the photography for a fundraiser for The Ark Animal Shelter & we couldn't be more pleased.

Disclaimer1:  I am by no definition, no matter how loosely based, a photographer.  Like many people, I just like shooting pics & wish i knew more.  But unlike some, I've learned, I'm willing to bypass the Automatic setting on my camera in favor of the Manual setting & do my best & take my chances!  So with that, here are a few samplings from our work fun last night!

Disclaimer1:  This post is photo heavy & full of cuteness!

Let's start with the woman who started it all, Miss Donna & the rest of the Sarver clan.

Of course we had to pose for our own photo as well!

By far our funniest customers were these 2 Macaws.  They were a riot & completely out of control!

As the macaws proved, it wasn't all about dogs, we had quite a few cats this year & these 2 were just the best buds!

We had so many people that obviously loved their pets, be no one made as clear as this gentleman did.  He has so much love for his friend & it shows!

 A return couple from last year's event, and man had this lab grown!

Lucy (we may have that name wrong) we such a sweetie!  With her "I'm blind" sweater, she had us all at woof!

There were so many rescue dogs with happy endings.  We could not possibly post all of them.  This husky youngster was the perfect model.  One shot & we were done!  What a lucky human he has!

 Another return from last year...Miss Sally.  My god this girl is perfection!  If her mom would look away for just a minute, I would have gladly brought her home.  They are both so lucky to have one another.

 And we could not post these adopted pets without including a couple of the honored guests who are still looking for a home.  Macey (pointer beagle mix) and Leo (standard poodle).  It is a wonder they made it out of the shoot.  I was gonna take Macey & Tisha was gonna take Leo.  They are looking for forever homes & you COULD NOT go wrong with them. They were both so sweet & gentle!  I'm still trying to figure out how i can trick Nacho into Macey!

Last, but not least, the crew that made it all possible.  So much work in so little time!  In 3 hours we managed to raise $2000+ for The Ark.  A job well done!

One Final Note:  We were happy to raise every penny that we could, but you know it's never enough.  If you find you have the room in your home for a pet, please find the room in your heart to adopt!

Dress Rehearsal

Baxter getting ready for today's photo shoot to benefit Ark Animal Shelter!

Greetings

Baxter here!  well, it took mom a year to do it, but she finally made my envelope on the Christmas door hanger.

she said it was just so hard letting go of Butterz, and i understand that.  but she said, it wasn't fair to handsome boy like me & it was time to let Santa know i was in the house!

she made a new "cover" & sewed it over Butterz original "envelope" so she still has a little piece of all of us at Christmas time!

A very Boxer Christmas

we wanted to do a quick post instead of a tweet to show you what we got for Christmas this year.  we were very good indeed!  Baxter even pretended to be an Elf & watched over paw while he slept on Christmas Day.

guess they never did catch Santa in the act.  anywho, we got a brand new Screaming Monkey from Santa

and here we are sharing it like good boxers do

mom is so proud of our manners you know.  and Sarvers (that's the nice people that house & dog sit when ma & paw are adventuring) gave us 2 new toys

that's Screaming Monkey in the middle after Baxter had chewed the tail off!  and in case you're wondering what a Sceaming Monkey is, check this out

we got some other cool stuff like treats & kongs filled with goodies. we were spoiled rotten. hope all our boxers friends were just as spoiled!

much belated holiday wishes

as always, mom meant to post this much sooner.  well, better late than never we guess!

our wish to you

hope everyone had a good holiday and you got everything you wanted! we sure did! here's to a great '09

who's naughty? who's nice?

wishing everyone a very merry christmas!

festival of lights

yeah, we know this should have been posted at Christmas, but seriously, this is on time for us.

our favorite christmas gift this year

you can tell we've had a good time with this one so far!

Merry Christmas!

thanks momma T

mom told us how you let her "steal" from you last night and we appreciate it. we put both boxers on the tree immediately. come see it some time please!

Happy Boxer Holidays

big shout out to ma and pa for buying this tree for us. they got it at Festival of Trees - fundraiser where they auction off pre-decorated trees to benefit Children's Hospital of Illinois. mom said she had to have it the minute that she saw it. but they thought they lost it cuz pa didn't put a bid in in time. luckily, they did an open bid at the last minute on all the trees and ma had the top bid. thanks ma! and it was for a great cause. can't wait for next year cuz ma is gonna donate a Ride the Wake tree for auction! maybe brother and i will make one to donate too! happy happy holidays all!