AN ANNOUNCEMENT & A MEMORY

Yesterday we kept trying and trying to post on here, but our stooopid satellite linkup kept messing us up. We couldn't edit so finally just decided to delete the post so will try it again today.

DRUM ROLL PLEASE -- We have a huge announcement to make. Our son (Lilly and Piper) Obie found a little galpal. His Mom and Dad went to Ohio and he got to pick her out. Her name is Ebony. Please go over to their blog to welcome her. She's a real cutie and looks to be solid black just like Lilly.

Mom wants to do a tribute to her Father since yesterday would have been her Mom and Dad's 62nd Wedding Anniversary. Lilly and Java got to meet him but the rest of is didn't since he passed away on Java's birthday in 2007. He was kind of afraid of Java since Java is so large, but he loved Lilly. One of Mom's favorite memories of his last days was how he laughed when Lilly went over to visit. She would just jump up in his lap and he loved it. So now we're turning everything over to Mom.My father, Marvin Jennings, was born on a frosty December morning in 1917 in the house where I now live. He was the youngest of 12 children and we often teased him that his mother ran out of names before she got to him. His older brother, Charlie, was somewhat jealous when the new baby came along because he took his place on their Mother's lap. The summer after his birth, his sister, Martha, was assigned the task of caring for her new little brother. She thought she had a living, breathing doll. One day she decided she would sit him on the railing of the porch and run around to the other side and get him. About the time he started to tumble from the railing, their Mother started coming across the yard with a load of fire wood for the cook stove. Martha never knew what happened first - whether she got the spanking of her life or whether their Mom checked to see if her new baby bounced well and wasn't hurt.
Mom and Dad eloped to York, SC and were married on April 20, 1947. They kept their marriage a secret for a while before moving into an apartment in Pulaski, VA. Before long they built the house where I was born, but Dad still felt the call to return to the farm he loved so much. Before long he and his brother, Charlie, purchased the farm from their Mother and we moved into the farmhouse where Dad was born and where I live now.
When I was a little girl I had Dad wrapped around my little finger and to tell the truth that never changed. He was always my champion. Like most men he thought he wanted me to be a little boy, but as soon as I was born, he said, "who wanted a little boy anyway?" I think he was especially pleased when I started following him around the farm and loved the place as much as he did. Dad never spanked me but once and according to Mom we both cried.
Dad loved vacations. He worked hard all year long and we would usually have a vacation in either the summer or the coldest part of the winter. The first vacations I can remember are going to visit an uncle's cabin on Chesapeake Bay. Dad and my uncle Junior took me out fishing one day and I "caught" 23 fish. That was one of the highlights of the trip and I still talk about it to this day. One year, probably in 1960, when we had really deep snows, Dad had planned a trip to go to visit his sister (and my favorite aunt) Stacy in Florida. The snow was so deep that we couldn't get our car up the driveway (over 1/2 mile long). Dad parked our car at the main road and took us and our suitcases out on the tractor. By the time we had driven a day, it was "as warm on the outside as it was on the inside". For as long as I could remember Dad always dreamed of driving to California. I was really pleased when he and Mom came to visit us when we lived there. Dad could hardly wait to see the Pacific ocean and taking him there is one of my most cherished memories - he was as excited as a child on Christmas morning.I could go on and on about my parents and my wonderful childhood, but maybe the Arrrooo Crew will let me post again another time. Mom and I had a wonderful celebration of Dad's life yesterday - we went shopping and out to lunch. We miss him, but would never want him to be back in the condition he was before he went to his heavenly home.

Have a Terrific Tuesday,
XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh, Java and their huMom, Lynn

Our huMom has been kind of busy the last few days since Mitch and Sarah left. She had to shop for the Ruritan Club breakfast, then cook it, and has been trying to get the laundry and cleaning caught up. She hasn't been taking any pictures of us. The beautiful picture of the Chocolate Labrador on Saturday's blog was compliments of www.glitter-graphics.com as is the bunny blowing bubbles. Yesterday on our walk, we found a lot of RUST colored items - I think we'll have a lot for True Colors Thursday.

After attending church this morning, Mom and Dad are going to Rio Grande (can you guess that's a Mexican Resturant?) for lunch with Dad's sister and her husband. Maybe there will be a white box coming home with them - we love "doggie bags".

We've heard rumors of grooming and baths this afternoon. Lilly has already been hiding in her favorite spot. Mom just pulls her out of there when she gets ready to groom her. Java got his toenails done yesterday and Mom made one bleed a little, but he never seemed to notice it.

Have a wonderful day today,

XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java

HELLO

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Have a Superior Saturday,
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java

FANTASTIC FRIDAY

Good Morning All,

We hope this finds everyone getting ready for a fantastic Friday and a wonderful weekend. Yesterday we all just stayed around the house and rested. We did a lot of sleeping, but today we hope to be "up and at it" again.

Mitch and Sarah made it safely home on Wednesday. They called Mom in the middle of the night to let her know they had made it home. It was only 10:30pm where they live, but it was 1:30am here. Mom got an email from them yesterday saying how much they enjoyed their visit and that they were sad to leave - we surely enjoyed them. Mom outdid herself with the food she served while they were here - yesterday we did get to eat a few of the leftovers.
This morning we heard on the news that some parts of Colorado are expecting up to 3 feet of snow. We are wondering about our friends, Jake and Fergi. We know our legs aren't long enough for that much snow and we don't think theirs are either. Of course the elks they see in their yard might be OK with it. We were just over visiting their blog. Jake watched the 2009 Portland Dog Show last night and guess what???? - A Scottish Terrier won first place in the Terrier Division. ARRROOO!!! ARRROOO!!!

Travis' Blog Review for this week is about Ludo - a beautiful Sheltie. We don't know Ludo but are going to head over to his blog to check him out. We think he might be a 'pawty animal' - we hope to get invited to one of his bashes! - they look like fun. Our friends, Maggie and Mitch did a fantastic review of his blog. In fact their review is so good, we're sending all of our friends there instead of doing one ourself.

Mom says we can't sit around and sleep the day away today. She has to cook breakfast for the Ruritan Club tomorrow morning so we have to go shopping to get ready for it. We're thinking that we'll send Lilly to help her shop and the rest of us will stay home.

Have a fantastic Friday.
XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java

TRUE COLORS THURSDAY - Lime

Good Morning, It's True Colors Thursday. Today.'s color is LIME. If you'd like to play, head over to Blue's blog and let her know and you're in! Next week the color is RUST - that should be pretty easy for us since we live in an old house and there is a lot of rust around.

Our huMom is tired today - she said she slept too hard last night! So some of today's pictures aren't current, but they have some lime (or bright green) in them nonetheless. We had planned on getting a picture of Piper in his lime argyle collar and leash - also a picture of Java with his lime food bag. Our stooopid satellite link is giving Mom fits again today - we are praying that DSL comes to our neighborhood soon!

Our sister, Kat, sent Java a lime frog one year for his barkday. He was slightly afraid of it, but when Lilly came along she showed that frog who was Alpha. Now it lives in the local landfill.

When Mom and Dad were having their California house painted, the painter told them that they needed to be out of it for about 4 days. Since they were going to have to stay in a hotel and Java would need to be boarded, they decided to go to San Francisco. Here is a picture of Mom in Chinatown with her lime checked umbrella.

As some of you know, like Footheel Sock Knitter, Mom knits in her spare time and she loves to wear hand knit socks. That is the reason she started knitting again - she hadn't done any knitting since she was a kid.Kat, the daredevil, went to Chicago last year for St. Patrick's Day. They are famous for dying the Chicago River green - we wonder how much food coloring that would take.

Isn't Eagle falls beautiful with it's lime colored plants surrounding it. These falls are about 3 miles from our house. When our Mom was in grade school (about a hundred years ago) sometimes her class would walk there for a picnic. (It's less than a mile from where her school used to stand).

Happy Thursday.
XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java

Have a wonderful Wheelie Wednesday

Mitch and Sarah are leaving today. We hate to see them go, but know they must go back to California to jobs and to our nephew dog, Odie.

When Mitch was little, he and our sister, Kat and Mom and Dad lived in the Philippines. Our Dad was a Marine and he felt very fortunate to take his family to live there. While they were there, Mitch developed a love for Filipino food and our huMom had their housegirl teach her how to make some of his favorite dishes.

Yesterday we got to help Mom make Filipino food. We chopped, we diced, we fried, we stir fried, we steamed, but best of all we tasted!! But we were so busy doing all of that we didn't take any pictures. We helped Mom make Siu Bao - little meat filled dough purses that she steamed, lumpia - it's like an egg roll, but no sprouts - just a meat/veggie filling. We also made Pancit Canton - a noodle, vegetable and meat dish and fried rice with vegetables. Mom also made her special garlic sauce to dip the lumpia. We got to taste the carrots, the Siu Bao filling and some of the lumpia wrappers. Our peeps really know how to drag in the good food!!

Today Mom and Dad are taking Mitch and Sarah back to the airport - the one with the "No Scottie" sign out front. Before they go, they are going by Grannys to have chicken and dumplings. Guess what we get to do - stay home!!

Have a Happy Wheelie Wendesday,
XOXO
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java

This Morning Maggie and Mitch were tagged to post 5 things about themselves. They encouraged anyone who had not done it in the past to do it. We're relatively new in the blogging world so we though it might help you get to know us better if we did this. Like Maggie and Mitch, we won't be tagging anyone else so please feel free to jump in and post about yourself.

Here are the rules...

1. Link to the person who tagged you.

2. Post the rules on your blog.

3. Write five random things about yourself.

4. Tag random people at the end of your post and link to them.

5. Let each person know they've been tagged.

Five things about the ARRROOO Crew.

1. Miss Lillybug hates getting her feet wet
(sounds like Maggie, doesn't she?).
But unlike Maggie, Lilly loves lying in the sun. 2. Piper likes to chase the wind.

3. Carrleigh is a shadow chaser and
her favorite game is to chase a laser light.

4. Java traveled cross country when
Mom and Dad moved back to the farm from California.

5. Scottish Terriers really do arrr000.
You should hear us when we get started.

Have a fabulous day. Our huMom is worn out from the Easter festivities at our house and is starting to refuse to listen to our dictation.

XOXO,
Lilly, Piper, Carrleigh and Java