Merry Christmas!

No, I haven't been drinking  nor do I have a head injury. We celebrated Christmas yesterday. I'll explain.

Each year we and our dogs celebrate Christmas with J and T and their dogs Splash, Grace and Runtley. Their family went away early in December and only returned last month. Normally we would have celebrated in November, but last November was awful for me and I wasn't ready to party, so we waited.

Yesterday was the day. We planned to drive to the lake to visit, then the four of us would go out for a nice holiday lunch. We had hoped to take Morgan, Sebastian and the the puppies, but the weather forecast was for a hot day with thunder storms. We didn't want to leave Morgan and Sebastian in the car so they stayed home. J had a crate available for the pups to stay in while we went out to eat.

I was a little concerned about taking Syd and Mac to visit because their manners still need a little work. No, make that a lot of work. I was afraid they would race around at top speed, crashing into things, pull things off tables and possibly have an accident in the house. None of those things happened.

The girls were on their very best behavior and I only wish they'd be that good here at home. They were friendly and played nicely with the other dogs. Splash and Grace, being Porties, looked somewhat familiar to them, but they were fascinated with Runtley.

They wanted to be friends with Runtley since she's more their size than the others, but Runtley is tough. She sets the rules and her rules are that all toys on the premises are hers. It kept her busy running around collecting toys and hiding them under the chair. I'm sure she was tired at the end of the day.

We exchanged gifts and had a lovely lunch and chatted and  laughed.

Notice those nice sits the pups are doing to get their treats.

It was a very nice Christmas.