Our Tall Furry Friend

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

When it comes to our tall, furry friend, truer words were never spoken.

Because of our travel/large family/small people holiday plans, Aladdin spent Thanksgiving with his furry friends at daycare.

I started missing him while I was at work Wednesday, thinking about how our routine post-work walk and training time would be unnecessary. Playing with the kids yesterday, and snuggling with the smallest of the furry friends got me really missing him. When we went to bed late last night with no puppy to ask so sweetly and persistently if maybe tonight would be the night he'd be allowed up on the bed with us to sleep, Nick and I both agreed that in the past year, we really have become a family.

I can't wait to pick him up in just a few short hours, and have some fun playing in the perfect beautiful snow that blessed Buffalo for the Thanksgiving holiday.

In other news, Aladdin is getting pretty good at our new favorite trick - STEADY.
It's SOOO hard! We move the treat all around him and he's not allowed to even look at it. When he's really in the zone, he can do this…

Why yes! That is a treat on his forehead! (...and yes, he is glaring at me. He does NOT love this command yet. It's such a tease.)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Delicious!

mmmmmm…

I made these brownies for our family taco night. 

1 - chocolate chip cookie dough

2 - layer oreo cookies on top

3 - brownie batter on top

Bake

Cool

Drool :-)

I've nicknamed this recipe "Nick's Favorite Things."Nick is not really a dessert person, but if he was going to eat dessert, it would be one of the three elements of this dessert - probably with a little vanilla ice cream.

Happy baking!

Fence Complete!

Kind of like "Mission Complete!" We have been looking forward to this fence for over a year. We are so glad to be able to enjoy it with our friends (and their pups) this weekend for our annual Oktoberfest celebration.

Aladdin was SO glad to be allowed in the yard off-leash again. He was prancing around for about 20 minutes when I first let him out.

Happy Fall!

New Fence In Progress

Here are some pictures from the half-way point on our fence. The old fence is out and the posts are in for the new one.

We are fencing off an area behind the garage to use as a garden. Hopefully this will keep our puppy friends form digging up our vegetables. ;-)

New Fence Beginning

Our old fence is out! Our new fence is on the way in. 

Hot Pepper Weekend

Last weekend we made two double batches of Nick's family's hot sauce  - Aunt Lucy's recipe.

That's right kids. 48 pints. 

This year, we got a bushel of tomatoes and a bushel of peppers.

Nick puts the onions and peppers through the food processor, and then cores and scores the tomatoes. I blanch, skin, and gut the tomatoes.

While the sauce reduces on the stove, Nick and I have time for a quick puppy snuggle, as we take turns stirring.

With a few years practice, we have gotten the whole process down to about 12 total hours, for two double batches.

Happy Hot Sauce!!! Hopefully it will last us the year.

*Please excuse the poor photo quality. We are currently between decent cameras and resorting to phone cameras. Also, the wall behind the couch is in the process of being fixed, believe it or not. Hopefully there will be an update on that project soon.

Wedding Pictures are Here!

Over the past few weeks I've been collecting wedding pictures from family and friends. I love to see everyone's personal take on the day through their own camera lens. Here are just a couple of my favorites so far.

 Heading out to pictures

We had quite possibly the cutest ring bearer and flower girls ever.

Some days you just feel like a princess. 

Practicing our vows while we are waiting for the flowers

Photo bomb!

Stealing a kiss in between shots

 

Aaron, you're so pretty.

  

The #1 qualifier of a good flower girl dress: 

How well does it spin?

Congrats to Aunt Gerry and Uncle Bernie for 67 years of marriage!

Photo Credits to my mom (and bridesmaid Katie who commandeered her camera at some point), my cousin Steve, my cousin Sarah, and my step-mother-in-law Jamie. Thanks for sharing your captured moments. :-)


There are also a TON of great shots from our photographer, which we are not able to download yet. Click on the link below to check them out!

http://photokisses.pass.us/wolfanger

Life as we know it

Welcome to our Blog!

Nick and I were married (almost) a month ago. 

While we were sitting at dinner we had a few moments to look out at all the wonderful friends and family who were able to celebrate with us. I began thinking about how nice it would be if there were an easy way to share our lives, our projects, and keep in touch with those people we don't see very often. 

Hence, welcome to the macwolfpack blog. We will do our best to update frequently with photos and anecdotes, likely starring our tall, handsome, quirky, lovable, lazy-eared dog - Aladdin!