Thursday, December 18, 2008

Post-Thanksgiving Festivities







My brother Brian and his family traditionally visit us the Saturday after Thanksgiving, on their way back to Michigan from Terre Haute, where they spend Turkey Day. Here is the group - Brian, Lorrie, and girls Lindsay and Megan (and Mom, of course), mixed in with us.
Along with the people, we had a reunion of dogs - and when they get together they always play cards. At the table you see (from l to r) Danny "Dangling Ace" McAlpine, Oscar "I'll See You And Raise You " McAlpine, and Barkley "What Are These Things On The Table?" McAlpine. We really were trying to recreate the famous "Dogs Playing Poker" picture, but our dogs are not that high-functioning - they kept dropping the cards.
The last photo shows Oscar, mom's dog, with his nifty haircut. Brian and sister Karyn bought Oscar for Mom for Christmas a few years ago. Oscar is a Giant Miniature Schnauzer - a very rare breed.

1 comment:

SHIRK said...

Nice to see photos of the fam! Thought of you guys a lot recently when the "Milford, Ohio" mug you gave my mom took a turn as my coffee mug of the week. Have a joyous Christmas, look for a card postmarked El Paso sometime in the coming weeks.