Puyallup and Portland

Well.....the dog shows are finally over! Or at least until my handler recovers from pregnancy! I will enjoy the rest from it all......Sizzle did very well for just being an eight month old puppy. Out of the 5 days she was shown she won her class 4 of those 5 times and ended up going Reserve Winners to major points. She showed beautifully and we were all very proud. The handler also did beautifully and she survived going around the ring numerous times!

Sizzle's Next Show

I thought I was done with this dog show stuff and then I got Sizzle! Thank goodness her handler has moved home! She has been shown once and won her class of three puppies! We have three shows coming up this next weekend and then the Portland Specialty the middle of January. Thank goodness we will have to take some time off due to the arrival of Aiden Paul. I always knew I liked babies!

Trying to be serious!

On the move.....notice the handler!

Looking pretty good!

Thinking she is pretty hot stuff!

Wish us all good luck next weekend! Will post the results!

Christmas Presents

Happiness is not all about the Christmas presents you get on Christmas morning but the people you share that morning with. Seeing my family together opening their gifts is what brings me the most happiness. We even opened gifts for someone that is not even here yet but next year I am sure there is going to be even more happiness!

Jason getting started!

Anthony very happy with his book....a chef can never have too many cooking books!

Darcie very happy with her Coach Diaper Bag....now isn't Aiden going to be changed in style!

It is tradition every year that Jeff and Jason get a Dilbert calendar...this was Jeff's year to open!

I hope everyone received lots of nice gifts this year but most of all I hope everyone got to spend Christmas with their family.

Winter Girls

Winter brings on all new challenges for the girls! From frozen water, ground so cold you can't come out of your house because your feet get cold and the fact that chickens molt in the late Fall. Hello.....why would you want to lose all your feathers so close to Winter. Everyone seemed to be doing fine until poor Oprah went into such a heavy molt she lost almost all of her feathers! Well, Jeff and I were so worried about her so I went online to my handy "backyard chicken blog" where it told us it could either be bugs or molt! Have you ever stood out in the freezing cold holding a chicken looking for bugs on them! Well, I have and thank goodness I didn't find any! So the advice they gave was to increase their protien and you could do that easily by feeding them dry cat food. So the only cat food that I had was Sydney's really expensive cat food so now the chickens are sharing! And to my suprise Oprah started growing her feathers back in just a week. She still looks a bit ratty but she now is warmer and comes out in the yard and does chicken things like scratching and pecking! We love our girls!
Beyonce, Michelle and poor Oprah enjoying a cold sunny morning!

Beautiful Beyonce....Jeff's favorite!

Michelle and Oprah!