A (Snow) Day in the Life of Our Dog

It was a busy day for the dog!

There was a snow fort to play in,

snowballs to chase,

a hill to sled down,

...wait! What?!?...

OK, so he wasn't very fond of sledding, but he was great at checking on the sled-riders when they got to the bottom!

He also took Mike cross-country skiing, ran around with the kids for hours, and ate snow every chance he got.

He's exhausted!

Silly Kids

Catching snowflakes in her mouth

A Navy Seal creeping up on the enemy position

Ruger, come!

Throwing snowballs for Ruger to catch

Trying out the grown-up-size skis

Eight Hours

Eight hours!

That's how long the kids spent up on the hill behind the house on Sunday. They came to the house for bathroom and water breaks, and sent an emissary or two to collect food for everyone when they got hungry, but most of the time, they were working on projects.

Jaela is working on a shelter,

and so is Macey,

but Anya created (and played on) a "camel",

Isaak found a perfect "chair",

and Ruger found a chunk of wood to chew on...

when he wasn't busy exploring or sneaking back to the barn to chase kittens!

It's Official!

We met his former owner today, and she gave me his pedigree papers (which are entirely in German) and said goodbye to him. He's officially OURS!

Meet Devil von der Hegge,

whose father is Balko vom Konigsforst,

and whose mother is Yes von der Hegge,

but we'll just call him Ruger!