Spinnanama Wedding Next Week!!

The big day is quickly approaching. In just 8 days, we will officially become Spinnanama. Mom and Glenn left on Wednesday but I have to stay behind in PA and help with all the preparations - there is so much to do! I've been mostly in charge of trying out all the appetizers - little hard biscuits, nasty knuckles and bully sticks. I've also been breaking down sticks in the backyard for the centerpieces.

Before she left, Mom told me about the little church they will be married in. The Moravians that settled in Bethlehem, PA founded the Old Chapel in 1751. I'd like to smell the inside first, but I think it looks pretty nice.

Christmas Morning 2007

It never fails to amaze me how fun it is on Christmas morning. Everyone comes down stairs full of excitement and still in the their pajamas, the Christmas music comes on, the tree lights blaze and the coffee is brewed.



And then we get down to business.

This year my most favorite present was from Grandma Spinney -- a yellow and green frog that makes a lot of noise.

Salute, Cheers and Slainte

These are all things that we will be saying a lot of in the next few weeks. Not only is there Christmas and New Year's, but Team Spinnanama becoming official!

It's A Christmas Miracle!!!!!

Santa listened!

Just yesterday, we received a wedding gift from the Reap/Reusser Clans. A gift of a Cannon Powershot SD8000 IS ELPH! In other words -- game on -- it's time for mom to get off the couch and start documenting my life again!

The camera is truly amazing -- without reading any directions whatsoever -- mom inserted the battery, then the memory card, and off she went. snap! snap! snap!

Here are the first photos taken with our wonderful new present!






Give me a "T"

T!


Give me a "H"

H!


Give me a "A"

A!


Give me a "N"

N!


Give me a "K"

K!


Give me a "YOU"

YOU!

Elf-Yourself!

That's what mom and I did this morning because it is really snowy outside. It's from Office Max and is a special little treat for the whole family... and it's really easy to do.



You can watch the whole movie by clicking here.



And here are some screen grabs...

Sorry State of Affairs

We are in a real sorry state of affairs. Both of the cameras aren't working and everyone is missing out on a lot of great events because mom isn't able to take the beautiful photos!

You are missing our great adventures in the ice forest (that was last night when the trees were covers in beautiful ice and Central park looked like it was inside of a snow globe), the Building Holiday Party (I only was allowed to pass through the lobby where it was being held because the food was oh so close to the ground....), and the beautiful holiday decorations that mom and Glenn have put up for me to take down.

So far I have successfully reached the Santa-riding-a-dolphin ornament and have removed Santa's head, as well as chewing the stuffing out of a cat ornament.

I will have to rely on old photos I guess... here are some to hopefully tide us over...

Christmas Tree 2007

Mom was right.
Glenn did have a big head after his bachelor's party, so it was up to us ladies to pull our weight and find our 2007 Christmas Tree. Here are the results.

What do you think?





Each year the Christmas tree has grown -
from 3 feet,
to four and a half --
to SIX feet this year!











Rut Row! The camera's getting blurry!








Now I just have to write my wish list for Santa:

Bully Sticks
Pig Ears
Knasty Knuckles
A metrocard and permission to ride on the subway
and a New Camera for Mom

Her camera is broken and most often takes photos like this:


Bummer.

Sometimes we can squeak out a shot. but not often.

Snow!

This weekend while Mom and Mutti were finalizing the wedding plans, I got to go out and romp in the snow. This is my favorite time of year I think.



And where was Glenn? He stayed home and went to something called a Bachelor's Party with his friends James' Son and Jim Beam. Mom thought he might have a really big head the next day so we stayed at Mutti and Poppa-dino's house for a girl's weekend.

Puppy Pile!

At three and a half weeks these little guys really know how to 'nuggle. And that is one of my very most favorite things to do.