Holidays

In celebration of James turning 14, we went to Paris Baguette and got James his favorite treat - a croissant! We actually got two croissants - one to share in the car right away and one to enjoy later in the day.

Ever since Independence Day in Washington, DC 2017, James has been terrified of fireworks. That year, DC decided to go ahead with the fireworks even though we had thick and low cloud cover. We couldn't see the fireworks but the entire sky l…

We are having a wonderful 2022 and we are thankful we have been able to see so much family and so many friends this year. We are also thankful for 12 year old James the Poodle! We rarely have any phot…

We didn't realize that October weekends at many campgrounds were so busy until we bought our RV. We assumed October was the shoulder season and with the exception of people looking for fall leaves, campsites would probably be quiet. Wow, we…

A lot of my Poodle friends raced to Home Depot to grab one of these creepy Halloween Poodle decorations. I hadn't seen it in person yet but I was pretty sure I didn't want one. We finally made it to a…

Greetings from The Mount Rushmore State - South Dakota! We hope you have a wonderful Independence Day! The Mount Rushmore Memorial grounds are huge and there are lots of hikes you can do once you park…

We are celebrating Chris' birthday in Wyoming! Chris said he really just wanted BBQ for his birthday dinner. Our campground happened to have the best BBQ in Cheyenne on the property (this is exactly w…

After James ate some cupcake he posed for some birthday portraits to celebrate turning 12 years old. This one is my favorite. He has his sweet old man face in this photo: The cherry blossoms are bloom…

James is 12 years old today! We went out to take some portraits and to let him have a little bit of his birthday cupcake. We will play frisbee on our breaks today, too!

We are celebrating James the Poodle turning 12 this week and I found some old photos from his 7th birthday celebrations that we never posted. We went on three little road trips not far from Washington, DC. Our first trip was up to Lake Ling…

James has a big birthday this week - he is turning 12! I am going through old photos and I realized I never posted any of his birthday photos from 2017. The wisteria is blooming! The tulips are also b…

Halloween was definitely a little busier with houses handing out candy this year! We decided to dress James up in his pumpkin costume and walk around the neighborhood. James got some dog treats from a few of the houses - yum! This two heade…

It is hard to believe little Poodle James was born 11 years ago! What do you think of his fedora hat?

My rainbow leopard dress matches James' Halloween hat perfectly! So I decided to tuck up and stitch the floor length dress to make it look more like a circus ringmaster. If only I had a cane and a top…

I wasn't going to dress James up in a costume this year for Halloween since we knew kids really weren't going to be trick-or-treating because of Covid. But I was at Target and I saw this cute sequined hat for dogs and I had to get it for Ja…

We took some portraits of James on Monday celebrating James' 10th birthday! I was surprised his tongue wasn't completely hanging out of his mouth in the portraits because he played with a lot of frien…

Today is Monday April 13, 2020 and it is James the Poodle's 10th birthday! Last year, James was really sick on his birthday. Thankfully James is doing great one year later. But this year is a little, odd, too. We are in the middle of a glob…

I hope you are having a great Valentine's Day! James the Poodle has been wearing his heart bandana. I took some portraits of James for his Instagram fans and I also had some cards printed. James has a few friends that send us mail throughou…

Right after the new year, we were in Dallas, Texas. I always love *wandering* around Walmart (something I learned from my Grandma - funny I was always in a hurry when I was a teen shopping with her bu…

I celebrated my birthday this week and Chris asked me what I wanted. I told him I wanted a balloon! I love seeing all of the fun balloons at the grocery store near the checkouts. Chris found a pretty balloon with flowers that said Happy Bir…