The Best Dog in the World

Ranger.....the "BDIW".....AKA the Best Dog In the World. Ranger has become a big part of our new family, and brings us great joy and entertainment. He is such a sweet, obedient, and loyal dog. He enjoys riding in the car, and gets very excited when I say "Load Up!" His newest hobby is playing hide and seek with Logan, and chasing him around the house. He enjoys watching the Animal Planet on TV, and his favorite show is the Puppy Games. He has such a cute personality, and as you can see, I think my dog is the best dog in the world!

Sledding

Once again, we had snow here in Asheville. It began Friday afternoon, and continued through the night. It is about 6-8 inches deep, so not as much as our last "Blizzard" in December. Ranger had a good time leaping and running through it, and Logan and I had a good time sledding down the hill beside our house. This time the snow seemed better for sledding. We were able to use the top of the plastic recycling bin as our "sled." Here is a video of me sliding. Pretty fun!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!!

This past weekend we had over a foot of snow. It was very exciting and beautiful at first, but now everything is wet and icy. We enjoyed playing and in the snow, and attempting to sled down the hill, but we weren't very successful. Here are a few pictures from the weekend. Enjoy the movie and Logan sledding. Also, he thought it was a great idea to put on a garbage bag and try to body sled. See what you think.

All I want for Christmas .....

.......Is my two front teeth. This past week Ranger lost his two front upper teeth. You can now see his big teeth starting to come in. He really likes to play tug with our socks, so I bet that more teeth will be coming out soon!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

This Sunday Logan and I got our Christmas tree. We drove about 45 minutes outside of Asheville to Boyd Mountain Christmas Tree Farm. http://www.boydmountainchristmastreefarm.com/

As we were driving back to Asheville from our Thanksgiving holiday in Alabama, we noticed many cars with Christmas trees tied to the top of them. We knew there must be several Christmas tree farms in the area. We found Boyd Mountain farm on the Internet, and it looked great. There were a lot of other families there as well. The trees have tags on them with the size and price of each tree. After finding your perfect Christmas tree, a worker will come by and cut it down. The workers load up your tree on the "gator" and carry it down to the bottom of the hill. You take half of the tag from your tree so you can pay and claim your tree before you leave. There was a big tent set up with hot chocolate, apple cider and snacks that you can enjoy while your tree is being carried down the hill and bundled up for the drive home! We went to get our car, drove through the "loading lane", and the workers loaded the tree to the top of our car and off we went! It was a great time, and reminded me a lot of my Grandfather's Christmas tree farm in Alabama, but on a much larger scale! We ended up getting a Fraser fir, and I got it decorated with the few ornaments that we have. It was a good time!

Our tree. Logan unloading our tree from the top of the car.

Graveyard Fields

This past weekend the Caroline and Steven Bobo came to visit us in Asheville. We had a wonderful time showing them around the town and catching up. We did a tour of the Bitmore House on Saturday, and were able to see of the Christmas decorations. Sunday, we hiked at Graveyard Fields, one of the trails off of the Blueridge Parkway. The area got it's name years ago from the tree stumps and surrounding trees that looked like grave stones in a graveyard setting. The trees were toppled by a huge wind several hundred years ago. Then in 1925, an intense fire burned the recently logged area, and the forest has been slow in recovering since. It was a good hike with great views and two great waterfalls. We were so glad to enjoy such a fun weekend with the Bobos!




Steven with all of his hiking gear







Very tired face after hiking to top of trail to see the High Falls

War Eagle

Ranger got a surprise in the mail yesterday. Mrs. Janet was so sweet to send him an Auburn jersey. He was quite excited to put it on, and loved running around the house pretending to be a football player. He wants to wear it this Saturday while watching the Auburn game on TV. Maybe it will even bring the Auburn Tigers some good luck! War Eagle!