"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas"

Grandpa Duke made us pretty homesick a few days back when he sent over pictures of our family in Colorado. Below is a shot of Bailey, who is now everyone's dog. He's looking pretty healthy!! These are some shots of Buck's cousins decorating the Grady house in Colorado. Can't wait to see them so soon! This is Pahina and Bailey. Pahina, Shawn Jr and Cotter (not their real names, of course) with Bailey the Christmas dog. Doesn't Pahina look so cute in her pink hat? This pic is in Grandma and Grandpa's basement. The Duchess is my hero when it comes to decorating.
Pahina and Grandma Duchess also in the basement. Look Grandma! We're on the blog!!
Here is RKZ's life-long (basically) home. Loving the bow in the front. We can't believe that the big tree that used to be in the front yard is totally gone! Wow! We're also excited to see how "unsnowy" it is in this shot. We're on the 4th day of snow in a row here.
Colorado back yard. The new color is awesome!
We simply can't wait for the Christmas holiday to start. RKZ was home yesterday - more using up days off - and we are really excited to have a long stretch of days together and with family. Buck is beside himself to see all of his cousins. It's going to be a really fun Christmas & New Years' this year.

I plan on posting again later with the picture of Buck traumatized with seeing Santa yesterday. The picture isn't too bad, but the experience was funny.

We can wait to see you all, family!!