The day my dog turned into a gremlin...

My poor baby...

Moving from Phoenix, we let her hair grow out longer than it had ever been. She looked so cute, but the mats began--and got worse and worse. So, after the New Year I took her in to get groomed. They informed me my options were to either shave her completely or spend a small fortune having them try to brush out the mats. Well, seeing how we don't have a small fortune to spend on dog grooming, I opted for the shaving and purchase of a sweater...yes, I have subjected my dog to wearing clothes. But, only for the greater good--and hey, I bought the cutest one at Target. :)

My cute fluff...

My cute gremlin! :)

She still has her cute black eyelashes, though...and she's still my sweet Bella. :)

Sledding

We wrapped up Christmas day with some good ol' backyard sledding. We got a ton of snow on Christmas Eve, so Kelly and Alex decided to make a hill out in the backyard. Kelly ended up staying out for about an hour building up this big hill. So, then on Christmas day we all went out for a couple rides...it was really pretty fun--minus the occasional snow going down the pants or up the back. I wish I had a picture of Alex's face plant. :)

More Christmas

The Saturday before Christmas, Kelly, Crissy, and Alex arrived--and the pigging out, crafting, movie watching, and play station playing began. We also have the family tradition of cutting out ginger bread cookies one day and frosting them the next (Christmas Eve).

Here is Ba helping Karly smoooosh out the dough.

Karly's beautiful contribution...

And, then she was content to just sit and eat the dough. But, who isn't??

The next day, frosting was pretty much the same senario. I showed Karly how to put frosting on the cookie, she got angry, and then began shoveling it in her mouth. Well, there's always next year. :)

Kelly made a stellar stop sign, so fitting for the transportation engineer. While I strayed from my usual santa face master piece and just turned out this fancy candy cane. Aren't we lovely!?

Christmas Day

Karly was thrilled with her new kitchen!

And what else does every DIVA need, but a microphone and the glamour look?!?!

Karly and her booty--she made out like a bandit this year! It's hard not to spoil her though, since her toys have to last a whole year until her birthday....maybe we'll start celebrating her half birthday in June. :)

Christmas in Idaho!

Karly, Bella and I got to spend a whole week in Idaho for Christmas this year--it was so fun! A day or two after we arrived it started to snow, so Karly got her first "real" encounter with snow. She just stood there mostly. :)

But I can't say I blame her...when she tried to move, this happened:

But we finally got a smile once she was on sturdier ground. I have to say though, for not really wanting much to do with the snow, she sure had a fit whenever it was time to go inside! :)

Bella and Barclay sure loved it too!

Bella and Barclay were pretty much inseperable the whole time we were there. After the first day, and learning each others boundaries, they became good friends. They would wrestle and chase each other, and even nap near one another. And usually Karly wasn't too far away either...she loves her puppies!

Christmas Lights at Temple Square

We were so excited to be able to go see the lights at Temple Square this year...well ok, maybe it was just me. :) It was reeeaaallly cold, and Karly really only cared about the water, or watie, as she likes to call it--which explains why the only pictures I got were of us by the fountains. But, all things considered, it was still a fun family activity!

Karly spent the majority of the car ride home trying to put her dad's ear warmer over her head.