Something Borrowed

Teresa started a fun tradition with her family several years ago; on Christmas Eve she gives them all matching Christmas themed pajamas to wear!

With eight grandkids that's a lot of pj's!

I've been wanting to 'borrow' her tradition for a long time and this year felt like the perfect year to start the Gering version of Teresa's tradition!Our version of the tradition will happen a night or two before Christmas Eve and starts with dinner, this year we had a taco bar. Dinner was followed by sugar cookie decorating. And a little pretend frosting tasting for the camera.





Josh has a bit of a reputation from Christmas' past for creating gruesome and grotesque sugar cookies. Normally his cookies don't make the 'cut' to be taken to Teresa's house for Christmas Eve! This year he started out making normal cookies but it wasn't long before he was back to his old tricks. See the blood spattered bear with the missing arm below.

It must be a guy thing because Evan made a yellow boot with dog pooh on the bottom and a bloody Brett Favre cookie!

Sara and Susan are responsible for the pretty cookies!

FUN TIMES!

Merry Griffmas

Merry Christmas from our house to yours!

One little puppy who is very unhappy about having to squeeze into an elf outfit!

Griff's Growing!

Griff is getting a bit too big to be snuggled like a baby!

HA!!!!!!!!

Man Cave Upgrades

The man cave is now heated and ready for all seasons! A pellet stove provides the warmth! Josh & Evan, it's all ready for beer drinking and cigar smoking!
New signage so there can be no mistaking this is not just an everyday ordinary garage!

A little more reinforcement!

Outside looking in on a warm sunny December afternoon!

Thanksgiving Tradition - Puppy Style

The dogs' version of that age old Thanksgiving tradition of breaking the wishbone!

Griff's Game

First you get something you're not supposed to have, like a sock. You make sure your human sees that you have it. And when they begin to come towards you to take it away....You run, and they begin to follow you. So fun! But that's not the end of the game, oh no.



You take the object and run behind the couch, a place where you know your humans can't follow.




And then you come out and taunt them some more with the object still in your mouth.

Make a few more laps around the couch.

All the while they're following you....

And when they get tired of chasing you around the furniture because you are always just out of reach, you win!!!!!!!

My humans just love this game!

A Day in the Life

Sleep, eat, drink, pee, poop, play, repeat!

And charm the socks off your new people parents!

Griff (born 8/10/11)

She had followed me into the other room, and then on her way back to the living room she grabbed 'her' broom from the laundry room and dragged it to her bed like she does with all of her smaller toys, quite a funny sight to see!

Frog dog watching television!