Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day, friends!  
Do you have special plans for this day of love?  We will be having a family cookout and enjoying the nice weather.  There may be some chocolate involved at some point since hubby and son both know how it puts a smile on my face. :)

Much love to you all,
Marie

Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas Eve!  I've been baking, spending time with family, wrapping gifts and listening to Christmas music!  I turn it up loud and dance in the kitchen..it's the best, our pups even love it!  
Merry Christmas to you!

Love is what it's all about..

Roxy enjoying an early present.

This is how I roll when it comes to baking. haha
however, I will make my Chocolate Raspberry cake from scratch :)

These are sooo gooood!
They're my dad and hubby's favorite. :)

sweet memories...

Love you so much, Mom & Dad...

Happy Spring Time!

Hey everyone!  Are you enjoying spring?  We've had beautiful weather here.  This week will be much warmer than the past few weeks.
Hope everyone had a nice Easter.  My dad's birthday was Easter weekend and mine was less than two weeks later. :)  
I'm looking forward to catching up with my blog friends. :)  

This is my Dad & Son.
The picture he's holding is of him and Kyle, Grandpa & Grandson, fishing together
in Boone, NC back in 1999.
I'm so grateful for the relationship they share.  Kyle has so much respect & love for his Grandpa.

This was my birthday cake. :)
This Chocolate Raspberry cake was Delicious!!! and Adorable!!

Our Little Girl, Heidi!

Little Heidi was rescued by my uncle.  Her owner was moving out of state and her plans were to take Heidi and her cat to a shelter.  My uncle heard about this at his work and immediately jumped in to rescue the two.  My uncle's little alpha dachshund wasn't always nice to Heidi, so she's ours now. :) I call her my grandma's dog because when grandma is here you can always find Heidi in grandma's lap. :)
She may only be 4.5 lbs, but she has a BIG bark!    Maybe it's a little yappy, but it's loud! lol
She has a favorite stuffed animal, Ducky, that she keeps in her bed.  If any of the other pups even act like they're about to sniff around Ducky, watch out!  Heidi will come charging and snapping!  As if she has forgotten that she's smaller than Rambo's head!  Gotta love her spunk!
Heidi sends everyone little kisses and hugs!

My Grandma and Heidi
April 2015

Our Puppy Dog, Rocket!

Rocket is fast!  When I met him at the shelter his time was up.  I asked for him to be brought out and play in the shelter's yard and he was a blast!  He was fast and wanted to play with every other puppy dog there.  I fell in love with him and five years later he's keeping Roxy and Rambo on their toes. lol  He's like an energetic, permanent two year old. :)
Every morning Rocket turns into border patrol.  He sniffs every inch of our fence to see what was lurking around his yard overnight.  He loves to run into the middle of a bunch of birds and see them fly away...simple pleasures in life. :) 
Rocket doesn't give many kisses, but he sends everyone a "high paw".

He loves to cruise around in the corvette with his boy, Kyle. :)

Our Sweet, Roxanne-Love!

Roxanne is our Alpha dog.  She is the Queen of this household and she can howl like a hound dog!  lol  If someone's knocking at the door and she doesn't feel like getting up...she will howl...it's so funny.  I'll have to record it one day. :) 
She is sweeter than honey, but if one of the dogs aggravate her while she's napping, watch out!  She will snap and growl and they won't mess with her anymore, at least for awhile. :)
Her favorite game is fetch with a tennis ball. :)
Her favorite times of the day are breakfast, dinner and her snacks in between.  She acts as though she hasn't eaten in weeks. lol  Do you have a puppy dog like this??  
Roxy sends you all sweet smooches!

This pic was taken on
Roxanne's 10th Birthday!

Roxanne, Kyle & Rambo
Christmas 2014

Our Puppy Dog, RAMBO!

Rambo is our only pup that will bring us his food bowl when it's time to eat.  He does the same with the water bowls if they're empty. :) 
He sends you all slobbery, sweet kisses! lol