Day 54: My Snow Dogs

Posted by: Cris

It was awesome to be able to spend some time out in the snow with Sherpa and Denali today. Denali has more energy than he knows what to do with so he needed some play time. My dad has him spoiled so that despite being a 50+ lb dog he thinks he can be held like a baby:

Even Summit came out to join in the fun.
The top dog of the pack:


Denali
My "brown eyed girl", Sherpa:


They are going to miss the snow in Hawaii but our jungle of a back yard will provide loads of exploring fun.
After lunch, we pulled out from Grandma and Grandpa Stickley's and headed back to Toledo. After a nap in the car, the girls were ready to watch Alex & Lyndsey play basketball. Nova promptly wiped her face with the back of the hand where they'd put her re-entry stamp and transferred a load of blue ink onto her face:
Lyndsey bringing the ball up the floor:
Alex breaking the press:
When you are up by 40 points in the 4th quarter, the starters all sit:
After briefly trailing 2-0, Lake came back to win a close one: 59-16.

Following the basketball game, it was directly to Brent's Christmas musical performance - I can say without a doubt that it was the best 3rd grade Christmas musical I've seen since 1981.