Twas The Night Before Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas....... and all through the house, Creatures were stirring, swimming, barking and pecking. That would be our Dog, Judah, His new friend Marley, 6 gold fish, three hens, our 1 beta fish Action Jackson, and his two new friends Tupac & Franz.

This Christmas since we decided to stay home, we ended up taking on a few new creatures for friends that were going out of town. Two friends asked us to watch their beta fish, we said OK.

Then Lyndsey found a young couple on craigslist that was looking for a family to take in their dog over the holiday so that he wouldn't have to end up in a kennel. We always hated putting Judah in a kennel, so we decided to see if him and Marley would get along.

It turns out that they did, so Judah has a buddy to hang out with. Marley is three year old chocolate Labrador. He is already 90 lbs, so he is quite a bit bigger than Judah. At least he stands a lot taller. He is a joy to have around, even though he is crazy dog. He actually makes Judah seemed pretty laid back and relaxed, which is odd. The biggest difference is Marley is only three, and a three year old lab still acts very much like a puppy. Where Judah is now 5, so he is a couple of years out of the crazy puppy stage.

We are blessed because Judah is very good around the hens. He acts like they are not even around when they are in the yard together. This is probably due to the fact that Judah watched the hens grow from little chicks. Marley on the hand is all Bird Dog. When he spots the hens he tries to hunt them. You can't blame him, because it's in his blood, it just helps us appreciate the relationship Judah has with them.

Holiday Gathering

We decided to have some friends over Saturday night to celebrate Christmas early. Lyndsey made some snacks and some desserts for the festivity. The weather held up, although it was a little cool for Southern California standards. Which means it may have been in the 50's.
It was nice to visit with everyone, exchange some gifts and play some games. One of the games we played was a name game that Lyndsey's Dad taught us. Basically you write down a bunch of random names on blank sheets of paper. The names have to be recognizable like Oprah, Mr. T or Super Man. Then each person gets a name taped to their back. For the next 5 minutes - an hour, depending on how good you are at it, you go around asking people Yes and No questions about the name on your back until you can guess who it is. Now normally I am not too much into playing games, but one like this was actually allot of fun. Everyone wished that we had more names so they could keep playing on even after they guessed theirs.