oklahoma plains.

we are back in oklahoma to finish off the rest of the christmas break.  but it wouldn't be a vacation without drama.  chewy found another porcupine (no pictures this time as straight to the vet he went and let's face it, by the time you have matched a 3rd porcupine, the drama has really died down).  can you sense the sarcasm? but it wasn't too bad this time.  score?  chewy = 3; porcupines = 0. 

 but i know what you are thinking.  why don't we do something about these porcupines?  well, trust me, we are trying.  first off, chewy is bound to the leash from now on unless we are way far away from the trees.  see, for those of you who know nothing about porcupines, let me fill you in.  they live in trees and stay curled up in a ball so they are pretty hard to see (until they come down and taunt your dog).  and they are between 25-35 pounds...that is one large rodent.  oh yeah, and they are also covered in spikes.  just to put it in perspective, chewy has come away with an average of 200 spikes being stuck in his face after his encounters and the porcupines looked like they weren't missing any when we found them post-battle.  so we are working on eliminating these spikey furballs.

moving on.  we love the country and all the wide open spaces.  it has been cold.  like bunchie long johns under your jeans cold.  (the lows here have been 9 degrees!)  but on a rare above freezing afternoon, we took a stroll through the hills.  

cole was ready to battle the temperature.

 complete in his wranglers and boots

he was a little top heavy with his puffalump coat, so dad and to help him stay upright at times! 

 best view in the house

dad is just so funny sometimes!