WHEN IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY, SOMETIMES MOMS HAVE TO GET CREATIVE

When your birthday comes
2 days after Christmas
and your Mom doesn't prepare
for your birthday,
and you're snowed in,
she has to get a bit creative.

And you get to pose with
a Santa hat
stuffed with paper.

Carrleigh was too busy to celebrate.
All she wanted to do
was chase the camera's flash.

Ruairi joined her in chasing around.

But Lilly got in to the spirit of the day.

And was happy to pose
with the birthday boy.

Happy Birthday to
Rocky Creek's Bag Piper -
and many, many more.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

LET IT SNOW! LET IT SNOW!! LET IT SNOW!!!

We knew something was up this morning
when Mom only walked us
two at a time -
and we had to get our coats on
before we went out.

As we headed up our road,
we could see the cows
gathered around a roll of hay.

And little piles of snow
on the fencepost.

But when we got back to the house,
Mom surprised us
but unleashing us.

And we got to run in the snow
she took a couple of photographs-
and then the battery died on her camera.

Pictures or none,
we had a blast.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas
from
our clan to yours.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleligh and Ruairi
Gary and Lynn

HAS IT REALLY BEEN A WEEK?

When we checked our blog this morning,
we realized that it
had been a week
since we've posted.

We think of you daily
and have been reading your blogs,
but sometimes we don't always comment -
we have been having a bit
of a problem with Blogger
when it comes to leaving comments.

This week leading up to Christmas,
we have been trying to help
Mom and Dad
as much as we can.

We've tested boxes
for size and function.

We've volunteered
to try out any new recipes
that Mom is making.

We've played together a lot
and tried to stay out from underfoot.

We've sat quietly
in advisory positions.

But most of all,
we've been helping them get ready
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Christmas Eve's Eve
which is known
as
Chili Day
at our house.
On this day,
our Dad makes
his famous chili.
All of our family and neighbors
come over for a bowl full
of the steamy goodness.

We can hardly wait -
maybe a bit will spill
and they will need a clean-up crew.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR MOM

Every year,
our Mom tells Lilly
that she wants puppies
for her birthday.

This is the best she's getting -
an enhanced picture
of
Becky and Ruairi.

Aren't they cutie-patooties?

Happy Birthday Mom
XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

WE'RE STILL HERE.................

In case you're interested,
we're still here.

Spending some cold Winter nights

huddled together

girls in one chair

and

boys in the other.

We hope to get up our Christmas tree soon
and
open our pressies from
Jazzi's gift exchange.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

WE WON A CONTEST

Jazzi
and
Edgar
really know how to
have a great contest -

wonderful foodables
were had by all.

Guess what -
well since it's in the title,
you don't have to.

WE WON!!

We'll be happy to enter a
taco eating contest anytime.
We can hardly wait
for the next one -
we've marked it on our calendar.

Now, Mom, about those leftovers........

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

CELEBRATE DWB NATIONAL TACO DAY WITH JAZZI AND EDGAR

We were so excited
when we found out that
Snazzi Jazzi
and
Edgar
had declared today,
December 4, 2010
as
DWB National Taco Day.

From the time
that Mom started browning
delicious Rocky Creek Farm beef
in a skillet on the stove,
we started getting excited.
We knew something good was
going to happen.

There was a lot of
lip-licking
going on at our house.

Then she started
chopping up the yummy veggies
that go with tacos -
and our favorite - the shredded cheddar cheese.
The onions are for our peeps -
we know that onions can be toxic to dogs
so we don't have them on our tacos.

We waited patiently
as she fixed our plates.

1-2-3-4
Four plates with a taco each
and four of us -
works out perfectly!

Mom tried to feed us separately
and get pictures of each of us,
but there was too much excitement -
and we all converged on the
plate of the slowest eater
to help him get all of the mess cleaned up.

YUM!
YUM!
YUM!

Thank you Snazzi and Edgar
for coming up with this wonderful idea -
we are already looking forward
to celebrating it next year.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

LET'S ALL PAWTY WITH JAZZI AND EDGAR

Most of you know
our little Scottie furiend, Snazzi Jazzi
and how she got caught,
not one, but two times
stealing tacos.

And then she
influenced Edgar
into talking his Mom
into making tacos for him!

So together they are sponsoring
a DWB National Taco Day
on
Saturday, December 4th.

Everyone,
alert your peeps,
so they can either make
or buy you some tacos.
See their blogs for the rules.

It's a shame we can't get a picture
of our nephew, Odie,
eating a taco -
he might land a job.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

PUPPIES PAST AND PRESENT

On December 1, 2008,
Mom got the joy
of delivering her first Scottie puppy.
And was she ever excited when she saw
that it was a Wheaten -
It was hard for her to believe
that a dog as black as Lilly
could have a wheaten puppy.
She named this first puppy, Lacey.
Lacey's name is now
Sweet Petite Madeline -
Maddie for short.

Three "buglets" came that day -
all healthy, squirming and crying.
The second one was a Wheaten boy
that Mom called Polar -
his peeps named him, McDhubh (MacDoo).

After two Wheatens,
Lilly finally gave birth to a
black-brindle boy
that Mom named Mr. T
because he had a white "t"
on his chest.
But now his name is
Obie Trevino.

This is one of our favorite pictures
of Maddie with her parents -
it looks like her Dad, Piper,
is giving her advice,
while her Mom, Lilly,
looks on -
you can barely see Lilly's black nose
in the foreground.

Soon, it was time to take
their 8 week portraits.

Obie was the first to leave
for his new home -
even though we knew
he was going to a wonderful home,
our Mom cried all day
the day before he left.

Sweet little Maddie
was the last one to leave us.

Here is Maddie now -
a beautiful young lady
who will be 2 years old tomorrow.

Obie was an only "kid"
in his family for a couple of months -
his big sister, Oreo,
went to the Rainbow Bridge
shortly after he went to live with them -
but now he has a little sister, Ebony
(on the right)
and a human brother, Trystian.

Unfortunately,
shortly after McDhubh
went to his new home,
he was involved in a tragic accident -
we still grieve for him.

But we are always thrilled
to get to know all of the wonderful people
that our puppies introduce us to.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

All of the Rocky Creek Clan
join in to wish you a
Happy Thanksgiving -
may your blessings overflow.

In celebration of the holiday,
we will be spending quiet time
(as quite as a Scottie can muster)
with our family for the weekend.

We will see you when we return to bloglandia.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi

WE WERE ASKED TO DO A COLLAR REVIEW

About 2 weeks ago,
we received a nice email
from Rashida at
Dog Collar Boutique.

She asked if we would be interested
in trying out a collar
and then reviewing it on our blog.

There are a lot of fancy collars
on their website,
but since Christmas
is right around the corner,
we decided that we'd like
to try the
Jingle Bell Dog Collar.

We were all intrigued by it,
but a little bit frightened.
All of we adults
took one step back
and that left Ruairi
to be the first to try out the collar.

He looked very handsome
wearing it,
but we all got a big laugh
at his expense -
the bells on it ring so nicely
that every time Ruairi took a step,
he turned around
to see where the noise was coming from.

We all felt like the
beautiful red collar
would show up best
on a black dog.

So Lilly got to try it -
she was more interested in looking
for treats than modeling
so Mom could hardly
get a good picture of her.

The Jingle Bell Collar
is a nice leather collar and
made very well.
While it would be a lot of fun
to wear while entertaining in your home,
strong dogs like us
need a more substantial collar -
and it does come in a wider size
which would be better for us.

We appreciate the opportunity to try it out
and you can bet that when we entertain
during the holiday season
that one of us will be sporting
this lovely collar.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Ruairi