more photos:

snow in our back yard the weekend before christmas

sledding

blake made the sled (go blake!) and demonstrated proper sledding technique

blake holding ossian after his surgery

three-legged ossian in the snow

snowmen

christmas day pics

i have a photo update:

our little tree with a mountain of presents. it's a norfolk island pine. my challenge is not to kill it so it can live through many chrismasses:

ossian after his knee surgery, in a baby sling:

ossian had surgery on monday for patellar luxation. close up of the little guy:

driving to the hospital saturday:

i'll have some sledding and snowman pics once i upload from the camera. these ones are from the phone.

merry christmas!