Happy Thanksgiving everyone! The first thing I have to do is to credit my husband, Charlie, with the picture from the Black & White Sunday post since many of you asked. He really likes doing artsy pictures and converting them to black and white.
Now on to our day today. While I was prepping the big bird Charlie took Millie out for some play time.
The weather was very mild for us this time of year reaching 60 deg. F. and very sunny all day. Millie always likes to start her time outdoors with a good stick. This stick is from our cherry tree and has been in the yard for a while. She is an expert retriever but likes to take a rest to nibble on it for a while too.
In addition to all the shrubs and trees in our yard we also “planted” a lot of rocks in the yard. All the rocks were dug up on our property and most of them were moved using our tractor. Millie has recently discovered the rocks and likes to climb on them.
Millie just started jumping on the rock on her own so we have been using a command (“hup”) to tell her to get on it and stay. She loves to find the rocks in the yard and climb on.
After Millie and Charlie were done playing outside they came in and Mille helped me clean up after whipping up my twice baked sweet potatoes. I was real happy that while the mixer was whirling around she was curious, but not scared of the new noise at all.
She really enjoyed diving into the bowl too.
We had a nice dinner with all the fixin’s (sorry no pictures…too busy eating). When we first filled up our plates and took them to the dining room Millie stayed in the kitchen and after a minute we heard a whimper. It seemed that she was miffed that we didn’t fix a plate for her too. She did enjoy cleaning all the plates after we were done eating. All in all I think Millie enjoyed her first Thanksgiving even if she didn’t get a plate full for herself.
This year has been a bit tough with Nina’s passing but we have a lot to be thankful for too. We are thankful that Nina gave us over 14 wonderful years. I’m thankful for all the love and support from my friends and family near and far. We are also thankful that this adorable, loving, bundle of fur has come into our lives. Thanks for being you Millie! We love you!
Happy Thanksgiving! I hear you on Nina. Despite the fact Rusty’s last winter was really terrible I am finding myself thinking of him more and more as the weather is getting colder. I was totally thinking about him today and our last Thanksgiving.
Hooray for Millie and giving you some new heart-filled memories. You have to be so grateful for her.
She has such the juvenile GSD ears going on. It kills me. 🙂
Clearly your weather is nicer than mine. Thank you for your great blog.
Oh Millie is so cute, I love the last picture.
Sorry you are feeling down about Nina, but I totally understand.
This was our first Thanksgiving without Jamie too.
Have a really nice evening.
Bert and My Vickie
Millie you are just adorable. Table scraps at Thanksgiving rock. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. ~Socks, Scylla & Fenris
Millie has such a sweet face – a bit of mischief too:) All of your photos are awesome.
Our day is done, our bellies are full, but we wanted to be sure to wish our friends a very Happy Day of Thanksgiving.
Woos – Phantom, Thunder, Ciara, and Lightning
That last picture of Millie is so cute! Happy Thanksgiving
Nola
Happy Thanksgiving! Kuster says that Millie should try being a Search dog since his first command that he mastered was “on it” and he still uses it to this day. I’m glad that we met you online and that we’re getting to see Millie grow up!
Bunny and her mom
Hi Millie! (and Cindy and Charlie too),
How pawsome it is to see you again Millie! We have missed seeing your beautiful face. We were just becoming furends and we had to leave for Florida. I know that in the summer tho, we will have to get together for some play time. We’re glad you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We did too. Our bellies are filled to the brim and we’re all just about to hit the sack. OK, Muffin is already in the sack but I’m heading there now. Just had to do my last minute check of the yard. We have nightly critters living out there and I had to tell them to go to bed. That’s my job here. That and barking at the Sand Cranes.
We know how much your Mom and Dad are missing sweet Nina. We’re sorry we didn’t get to know her in person. But from your blog, we felt like we knew her and we miss her too. I just know that Nina had big shoes to fill and I think you’re doing an excellent job in that department. Nina would be very proud of you for bringing so much joy again into your pawrents lives.
We miss you all and can’t wait till we can get together once again.
Sending you BIG hugs from Florida,
Lily Belle
There’s just nothin’ cuter than a sweet potato head!!
Your pal,
Miss Fendi HoneyBuzz
http://www.facebook.com/FendiHB
Tough job doing all that pre-washing, but looks like you did a great job!
XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy
It looks like you had a wonderful day, Millie! We’re so happy that you got sweet potatoes! Aren’t they just the bestest!
Love ya lots,
Mitch and Molly
I hope you had a wonderful holiday! Millie is such a gorgeous dog already. I am so glad you found her and she has settled into her new life and family.
“Bird Brains & Dog Tales” has been included in the Sites To See for this week. I hope this helps to point many new visitors in your direction.
http://asthecrackerheadcrumbles.blogspot.com/2012/11/sites-to-see_23.html
Millie you are an expert at doing fun things out of doors. You know when the peeps throw the stick it is yours to do w as you please!! MOL
OMDs my mom has a mixer just like your moms. She was making her sweet potato casserole…I gave her a loud meow so she gave me some sweet potatoes to taste…..being 100% feline I turned up my nose and headed for the couch.
Hugs Madi your BFFF
That last picture of you made our mom smile BIG TIME, Millie! Ha rooo!
I like posing on rocks, too! It’s great fun, isn’t it? I don’t get the whole “stick” thing, but then retrieving isn’t my bag.
Glad you enjoyed your first Thanksgiving.
Play bows,
Zim
Millie I bet we are having the same thing for supper as you all ….LEFTOVERS
MOL
Thank you for popping over to see us, we loves making new buddies 🙂 Millie you are adorable 🙂 We need to read through older posts, so we can catch up with whats happening. XX00XX
Mollie and Alfie
Millie, you simply have the prettiest ears!!!
Woofs,
Tommy
What a great day! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving here and I got to lick beaters too!
Loveys Sasha
I know the bittersweet feelings you had because of the memory of past holidays with your girl Nina–But what a fun day you had with your little girl Millie making new memories, she’s a real gem, isn’t she?
Sweet potato on your head is adorable!
Nubbin wiggles,
Oskar