Category archives: Toby

 

 

Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful Christmas!  I hope you all did as well!  Ashley got lots of toys, books, shoes, etc.  Now we are just trying to find a place to put them all!  Her big present from Santa was a Strider Bike.  The concept is that if a child can walk, they can ride the [...]

 

 

Toby's Early Christmas

We got Toby a dog bed today for Christmas.  He and Blake used to have their own couch, which they slept on every night.  But when we put our house on the market back in April, we got rid of the couch.  It wasn’t exactly show-worthy.  And ever since then, the boys have had to [...]

 

I Am Thankful

How was everyone’s Thanksgiving?  Good I hope!  Mine wasn’t exactly as planned. I originally drafted a long post complaining about how nothing went right over Thanksgiving.  But after reading it, I felt like I was rambling so I will shorten it up for you.  Basically, we had to cancel our original plans (having Thanksgiving dinner [...]

 

 

Love the Lake

We had such a great time at Smith Mountain Lake this weekend!  Now that we are home, I feel like I have a little more time to blog about it. So the drive there on Thursday was quite an adventure.  You wind through the mountain, part of it on an unmarked road, to get to [...]

 

Boating

We’ve all had a great time riding on the boat while we are here!  The dogs even got to partake, which is something they rarely get to do, so that makes me very happy   And Brody had his first boat ride.  I have a feeling that Smith Mountain Lake will be a new vacation [...]

 

Smith Mountain Lake

Today is my birthday and what better way to celebrate than with good friends at Smith Mountain Lake!  We rented a house up here for the weekend.  It’s been a lot of fun so far and the kids are having a blast together.  Here are some pictures from our first day!

 

 

Toby Turns Ten!

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Eyeing his cake

Eyeing his cake

We celebrated Toby’s 10th birthday on Monday!  Wow – how time flies!  Ten years have put some gray on his muzzle and between his toes; and he now has arthritis in his rear legs, but he is still the same ole’ Toby James!  Full of life and he loves his family more than anything!  He [...]