Where has December Gone - 5 Females and Mike

I blinked and it was all over. My head is still reeling from the fastest month I've ever seen. Does it seem like Christmas has already come and gone? WOW. Time really does fly!! Our holidays were great. We celebrated with my family the Saturday before Christmas and had a really fun time. Brooke got more fire gear (another helmet) so everyone put helmets on and posed with hatchets, fire extinguishers, her badge, etc. I have some really fun pictures and we shared a lot of laughs. We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Red River with all of the Hankins crew. That was nice! It took us 5 hours and 15 minutes to get there due to the snow and ice, but it was worth it. What a beautiful place. We had a great time and truly enjoyed all being together in such a fabulous setting. As always, it was nice getting to spend time with the "babies" as Brooke calls them...Colton and Jonas (our great-nephews). They are 2 and almost 3, so not babies. I found myself tearey eyed once while watching them play. Confession...it hurts me that I will never get to be a grandmother. As much as I try not to let it bother me...at times, it does. So I spoil them as much as possible and buy them all of the obnoxious noise-making toys that I can find. That's what grandparents do, right??

We are dog-sitting our niece's dog and her boyfriends dog. They're our cousin-dogs. Right now, Mike is at the holiday tournament, Brooke is in her room watching a movie she got for Christmas and I have no idea where the 3 dogs are? That's a little scarey! They're sweet dogs. Maddy is an Australian Shepard and super smart. Chloe is half German Shepard and half Lab and is a little timid. It's been good for Brandi to learn to "share" her family and her things. She's suprised us with her protectiveness of us and everything we have. She's like Brooke in that regard and likes things a certain way all the time. Chloe and Maddy are good girls and have been hardly any trouble at all. Besides, I tell Mike he can tell everyone he has 5 women in his life right now. Ha. And all 5 shed really bad. He ran the vacuum today which seems like a mute point. Anyway, the two cousin-dogs leave tomorrow, so I'm sure Brandi will sleep all day. I've been proud of our little Alpha Dog! And I thought she was a pushover. YOU GO GIRL! Would it be insensitive, vulgar or disgusing to blog that Maddy just let a silent one that has me gagging. Ugh. I hate dog farts!! (Sorry Dave, your girl may be sweet but she sure is RANK!)

I have to get some air. Night all!