For this new blog, I thought I'd go back and post a couple holiday emails that we did prior to the blog.  This was our Christmas card for 2012:

Merry Christmas!

We had our annual pet abuse session tonight, with Rowdy as the star this year. First, he models his fetching plaid ensemble, complete with bells:

Then we added the classic red cable-knit sweater, a garment NO self-respecting Labrador should omit from his wardrobe:

He explored a new look in a striped hoodie, and we decided it made him look a bit “wrong side of the tracks” so we cut that short:

which was fine with Rowdy as hoods aren’t really his thing. For the finale, we debuted the Rudolf look, and had more wardrobe malfunctions than your average starlet – in our case, ears were the issue, along with flaccid antlers. Not the most manly look, I think we can all agree.

Dan volunteered for antler support:

And then we just let him shake his head and catch some cookies for being such a great model!!

The cats were EXTREMELY happy to let the dog have the honors this year, so we’ll just bring back a couple classic favorites of holidays past to remind you how dang cute they are:

Merry Christmas to all!!! 

Dan & Robyn and the critters