Happy Holidays

The holidays were extremely happy in the Meadows household. This was our first Christmas in our house--and we love this house. I'm not sure if it's simply because it is ours, or if it's because the house is so us... or exactly what it is that makes us constantly comment on how much we love the house, but suffice it to say that the house was a fabulous place for some Christmas festivities this year.

I went through Duncan's photos to try to find some that highlighted the last several weeks... we actually didn't do a very a good job of capturing people in all of their Christmas bliss (and we totally forgot to take any pictures with our dear friends the Robinsons who so graciously opened their home to us!)... but of course we're loaded with pet pictures, so we hope you enjoy the following.

Christmas Eve... Mosa models his Christmas bandana while anxiously awaiting for his extended family.

I still love on the cat, don't worry. Mosa had not made her the forgotten pet. However, with his arrival, she has kind of become a jerk as you will see in the following three photos.

After our love fest, Moki decided to tell me that she was done with me. Love 'em, and leave 'em, right? Duncan happened to catch her mid-attack. I think I am actually the funniest part of this picture with my mouth agape at the shock of her sudden mood-swing.

And, in her jerkiness, Moki has also decided it is her mission in life to destroy ALL the blinds in the house.

And just so you can see how ridiculous this is... you'll see that we do raise the blinds for her, but she must peer through the blinds, not beneath them.

Christmas morning at the Meadows'! I think I was showing off my kindle.

Sisters! I love my sweet Nicole.

And here she is in all of her cuteness. Seriously, look how cute she is! (And showing off her new camera)

White Christmas--the view from our front door! (MAGICAL!)

And here is Mosa in some leftover snow. Apparently, he LOVES snow. Who knew?

The Monday following Christmas we took a very brief, but lovely, trip up to Tennessee. Mosa came with us. He had more room than we did! And he travels in style, of course, with his blue hoodie. It was snowy... seemed like a good idea.

This is what most of our drive looked like. Isn't that just beautiful?

Here is Mosa both modeling his hoodie and enjoying the snow. He loved being at the Robinsons' as he could be off-leash. Sorry, Mosa–you're a city dog. You can only be a farm dog on vacation.

The wheat (?) was frozen and was sparkling in the sunlight. Beautiful!

More pretty scenery from Tennesee

Here I am as we prepare to leave from the Robinsons' lovely home. We had so much fun spending time with their sweet family.

And now we close with my parents' puppy Isabelle in one of Dad's birthday gifts—a Falcons jersey, just for her. We got an extra small because she was about 8 pounds? And it was too small. What dog can wear that?? But Dad made some adjustments so she could breathe.

It looked like a little muscle shirt, which made it even better.

Now we're getting back into the swing of things. Duncan resumes class tomorrow... and is actually beginning the job-hunt process. That is both scary and exciting, and we'd appreciate your prayers in that direction.

Hope your holidays were as fabulous as ours!