Chicago Blackhawks

Thank you to Luke & Nicole for taking us to the Blackhawks hockey game last night. The seats were awesome - 5 rows up from the ice! It had been a long time since either of us had been to a pro hockey game. Unfortunately there were no blow out fights and the Blackhawks lost, but it was a fun evening that was topped off with a trip to our old stomping grounds in Chicago!

Christmas pics

We had a great Christmas with Tim & Teresa. Mom, Janel & Andon came to visit us for a couple days. See below for pics!

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Barley & Roscoe

We named the little rascal - Roscoe. As you can tell from the picture, they are getting along very well.

Merry Christmas!

We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas...here's to a blessed day spent with family & friends. May all of your Christmas and New Year's wishes come true in 2008!

Christmas Shocker!

I've been begging Cameron for another dog for the past couple of years and the answer was always a resounding "NO"! Tonight Cameron shocked me by bringing home a new little puppy to love - another vizsla, just like Barley. Cameron got home and asked me to help him get some stuff out of his car...right before I opened the passenger side door, a little head popped up! We haven't come up with a name yet, but we've taken a bunch of pictures...see below for your first glimpse of the newest addition to the Hatten family! Yes, we know we're 100% CRAZY!!!

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Blog Thief

I completely ganked this from someone else's blog because I thought it was such a different & fun spin on Christmas songs...ENJOY!

Weekend with friends

Cameron and I stayed downtown Chicago on Friday with friends. We had a great steak dinner at Wildfire Restaurant and went back to their place to watch our crazy dogs chase each other for hours. That's Barley and Paris above. Thanks Cara & Drew for the hospitality on Friday! Saturday we went to dinner with Luke & Nicole during Blizzard '07. We had a really bad dinner (food was horrible and we'll never go there again) and arrived home safely in the midst of terrible weather! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and are looking forward to Christmas right around the corner! Only 6 days away!

DOGS, why do we love them so?

As many of you know, I adore Barley - our ever crazy pooch. I am home today due to the ice storm in IL and have had a very productive day of cleaning out closets. Barley has been very good all day...mostly just hanging on the couch while I've been working. I was upstairs and he was downstairs, I just assumed he was still laying around. Of course he must have been bored from my not paying attention to him so he jumped up on the counter while I was upstairs and got ahold of a new package of hotdog buns. I didn't catch him until he had eaten SEVEN of them...only one mangled hotdog bun remained in the package when I saw what he had been up to. We always know when he's doing something bad because he hides in the dining room behind the table - that is where I found him. Now I'm just waiting for the puke fest to ensue...Barley doesn't eat people food unless there are a couple crumbs on the floor. I'm assuming all of that dough will not sit well in the tummy of a dog not at all used to anything but dog food. Anyway, thought you all might find this story funny. I find it funny too (as long as he doesn't puke on the carpet!).

Update: No puking!! Hooray for Barley's stomach of iron!

It's Christmas time at the Hattens

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...we are FINALLY finished decorating for the season! It only took us a total of 2 weeks (we've had a lot going on).

Photo Booth Pics

Here are some of the photo booth pictures we took at the wedding on Saturday night. Although most pics are not flattering, it was a really fun thing to have at the wedding and there are A LOT of hilarious pictures!

Jackie & Denis are married!

On Saturday, December 1st, Cameron and I attended my old college roomie's wedding in Chicago. We had a blast catching up with some old college friends and Jackie's family! Although the weather outside was frightful, it was a beautiful wedding. The bride looked amazing and the couple looked very happy and crazy in love! They even had a photo booth and a midnight buffet at the reception! Congratulations to the happy couple - have a wonderful honeymoon! More pics below...