Halloween 2009

Another Fright Night come and gone. The way the day started off, it looked like it was going to be a very blustery, cold night of trick-or-treating. However when the sun set, the wind died down, the weather turned mild and the neighborhood came alive with costume-clad children seeking to fill their goodie bags to the brim with candy. It was a fun time visiting with neighbors and friends as our kiddos went door to door to get more chocolate for mom! Ha! And Cooper tagged along to keep an eye on them and soak up all the lovin's he could get from anyone who dared to come up to him. After all, he had on his muscle shirt - showin' off all those massive Mastiff muscles!

"I'm gonna rip ya apart for puttin' this shirt on me!"

Aleah - Go Go Girl right out of the 70's

McKenna goes back to the 50's

Getting ready to go Trick-or-Treating

Cooper looks on as the girls approach a door.

Ahhh, the Haul! The girls like to spread it all out,

admire it, count it, and then start trading - that is

after mom takes her share out, of course!

English Mastiff Turned Asian

Carving Pumpkins

You know it's Halloween when pumpkin guts start flyin' around the kitchen. Whoever came up with the idea of carving pumpkins was NOT a mother!

We like to bake the pumpkin seeds and then eat them. YUM!

The finished products. McKenna's is Frankenstein and

Aleah's is a girl that she designed. Good job girls!

Now go clean up the kitchen!

More Fall Sports

Aleah finished up softball last week. Mountain View tied for second place in the league, so not a bad season. Way to go Lancers!

"I'm going to kill it!"

"Ouch, that hurt!"

McKenna has her last soccer game this Saturday. She's sad but mom's kind of glad because it's really starting to get cold! And I don't understand how they can practice soccer in the dark?!

"This girl didn't like getting beat!"

Too Cute!

Pumpkin Patch

We are so lucky to have a great pumpkin patch just down the road from us! Every year the girls can't wait to go pick out their pumpkins.

Cooper's Mama

Cooper's breeder sent us this picture of Elsa, Cooper's mama. She is now 3 years old and weighs in at a hefty 210 lbs! That is a BIG female! Isn't she a pretty girl though? We're trying to get a picture of Dude, his dad. It looks like he's the one laying on the floor but it's hard to tell how big he is. He's only 2 yrs. old so he's not done growing yet but we're guessing he's probably 190 lbs. or so.

Cooper is now 13 months old and weighs about 150 lbs. Other than still being a really big scaredy-cat and shedding somewhat, he is a good dog. After we've been gone for a while, we get home and let him out of his kennel and he sticks to us like glue because he missed us so much. And he'll come and sit on the couch with us! He really is a big goof ball and is always making us laugh. We love you Cooper!