Christmas in Nevada. Here are the Ibizans, but I think we are sorta missing Santa, heh? No wait, I know, it's Mugabe! He is off to the side digging a hole which is what the boys are looking at!

Here are Chaos, Mugabe, Dreamer, Frosty & Commander with Santa.

Christmas 1997

Here is Chaos, Dreamer, Frosty, Mugabe, Commander and Santa. This is one of my last pictures of Dreamer. He passed on to Rainbow Bridge on June 26, 1998 at the age of 13 1/2 years old..

Christmas 1998

Here are the boys pretending to be Santa's reindeer!

Christmas 1999

Here are our boys... back: Cody (Lab), Frosty (IB) center: Commander (IB) laying on side, Mugabe (RR) front: Kito (RR), Chaos (IB), Astro (IB) This is the last Christmas Commander was with us. He crossed over Rainbow Bridge on March 3rd, 2000. This was also the last Christmas that Cody was with us. He found new parents the summer of 2000 who needed him for a companion for their Lab mix.

Christmas 2000

Here are our kids in our backyard looking for Santa Claus! They just seen some Reindeer running in the field next to them. From left to right: Mugabe, Chaos, Kito, Madja, Astro & watching from behind to make sure Santa doesn't sneek up on them, Frosty!

Christmas 2001

Getting the boys (and girls) to lay on "snow" this year was difficult. Frosty became tired waiting for Santa.

Christmas 2002

Santa came to visit the kids & pose for a picture. Chaos & Astro are missing because they crossed Rainbow Bridge, this past October. Madja & Phinny are sitting on either side of Santa. Mooman, Frosty & Kito are in front of them.

Christmas 2003

The kids (Phinny, Data, Deanna, Jean Luc, Mugabe, Madja) are watching for Santa. Frosty & Kito are at the door on the other side of the room, so you do not see them in the window.

Here are the kids trying to be good, as they know Santa is coming. On the couch is Frosty, Kito and Mugabe. In front of them is Jean Luc, Deanna, Phinny, Data & Madja. You can see Jean Luc is hopeing Santa doesn't know about the few times he hasn't been good. Data & Madja are bord of waiting. Frosty, (who is 13 1/2) is going to sleep until Santa shows up.

Santa shows up, and stayed long enough to pose with Madja and her pups (Data, Deanna, Jean Luc). Madja told me she closed her eyes when the picture was taken as she didn't want to see what the pups were going to do next... Poor Santa, the pups took his hat, pulled on his beard, and ran off with his gloves! Good thing Santa loves animals and everyone!

Christmas 2004

Everyone is looking up at the Christmas star. You will notice that Madja and Frosty are missing this year. Madja crossed over Rainbow Bridge on June 8th and Frosty joined her on October 21st. The holidays seem empty this year without them.

Christmas 2005

The kids (Phinny, Deanna, Jean Luc, Data, Mugabe, Kito) are watching for Santa as the snow is coming down in our yard.

Christmas 2006

Here are our dogs, my best friend Tomme's dogs, and the litter of puppies that Deanna had in August. Notice that Madja is looking down at them from heaven.

Christmas 2007

The kids (Phinny, Jojo, Jean Luc, Data, Deanna, Paloma, Ricky & DJ) are filling in for Santa's reindeer this year. This past October 20, Mugabe & exactly 2 weeks later, Kito crossed over Rainbow Bridge.