Happy Pawlidays!
“The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog.” —M.K. Clinton
Happy Pawlidays! I wanted to thank you so very much for checking in over the past year—I am very grateful.
Below is the front of our Pawliday card (the back of our card containing text is not pictured), along with our matching envelopes using little photo seals of our beautiful girls. We are heartbroken with the loss of our beautiful, beloved Victory, who will always remain in our hearts. We have been blessed with new furry family member, a rescue sheltie, named Jack, whom we believe Victory swiftly sent to us. He has a unique story, and I will introduce him properly here, soon. We are still getting to know him, he is full of warmth and love; he follows me everywhere; and he has been helping us all heal from our great loss. Alex is especially missing Victory, it is her first Christmas without Victory by her side in matching pajamas. Also, custom stamps are still no longer permitted by the Post Office, so I used the Love stamps this year. (You can view our previous Pawliday cards: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). Sending our Pawliday card is one of my favorite parts of the Holiday season! This is my way of sharing our Pawliday card with you. Thank you for reading this blog for however long or short you have been reading. I sincerely enjoy creating content for the blog to share with you.
Additionally, Alex and Jack recently visited Santa together, which was Jack’s second outing, since his adoption, and he did quite well; most of all, he was so happy to return home!
Alex and Jack also made hand print and paw print ornaments together, shown below. Jack was a trooper, it was his very first outing away from our home, and he very much cooperated, and he was thrilled come back home! (We started making these ornaments with Alex and Victory several years ago.)
Alex also had her school Christmas concert, recently, which was fantastic, as always! A short video is shown below.
I will be taking a break from the blog to enjoy some down time with family, and I plan to be back to the blog sometime early next year. We are looking forward to celebrating Jack’s first Christmas; making eggnog sugar cookies, buckeyes, and creating a Christmas gingerbread house; seeing a Christmas light display; Alex and Doug plan to build an Erector set, make Lego creations, and make Rainbow Loom animals together; and, most of all, we are looking forward to a break from our non-stop, busy schedule and doing some fun things together! Also, here is a great podcast if you want to reflect on this past year and look forward to 2026. Meanwhile, if you are in a blog-reading mood, you are warmly invited to visit the archives—the links are shown below. Warmest wishes to you for a safe and Happy Holidays!
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