One of my all-time favorite photos from when my daughter was young was this one taken back 22 years ago with our adopted German Shepherd/Akita "Chelsey." Chelsey and Jenn were best buds. She was an amazing dog, who was so easy to train, and was such a good girl. She would listen to my commands, and perform them perfectly every time. If i asked her to "stay,"  no one, but me, could get her to move! I taught her to "watch" my daughter, which she always did. In this photo, my sister-in-law was creating a family photo album and was doing one of the winter months, and we decided a "reindog" photo would be cute with our girls. So, we staged the photo to look like I "Chelsey was hooked up to a sled with our girls on it in the snow! To this day, this photo brings a chuckle because my daughter and I dubbed it the "grumpy sled dog" photo because if you look closely at Chelsey, she looks like she is snarling and very unhappy. While she was...

Today, I'm flashing back to 1991, when my daughter was three and playing out in the yard with our sweet boy, Sandy, who we adopted as a puppy from our local SPCA. Note the matching beautiful smiles! Such fond memories! "A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. " ~Honore de Balzac Flashback Fridays are brought to you by us - the FiveSibes - and our new co-hosts, Love is being owned by a Husky , each Friday. We hope you'll find a photo or video from your Memory Lane, post it, and link up to our blog hop each week! If you don't catch it on Friday, you can link up any time during the week!

Who doesn't love puppy breath and puppy kisses?! For today's stroll down Memory Lane, here is a precious flashback to my daughter when she was just a little girl getting sweet kisses from our local SPCA rescue pup, a beautiful German Shepherd/Akita "Chelsey." These two would grow up together and be best friends for life. Chelsey would always watch over and protect my daughter. And when she grew older, her choice play to nap was on my daughter's laundry pile in front of her window in the sun spot! Flash-forward 13 years, and here's a very grown-up Chelsey getting sweet puppy kisses from our Harley! Chelsey taught baby Harley everything she knew! And to this day, Harley has a few habits that we know she learned directly from her furry teacher! Awwww...puppy kisses...is there anything sweeter?! Happy Flashback Friday! And joining us again this week is our new co-host, those beautiful Sibes and their mom from Love is Being Owned by a Hus...

  Why not ring in the New Year by helping pets in need and having a little extra spending case for yourself?! Well you can! We have joined  Two Little Cavaliers  and  Pamper Yourself in Pink  and  other bloggers and businesses in a great way to kick off 2012 - by joining the   Social Media for Social Good Holiday Event for Pets  where you could win a $112 cash prize via PayPal for yourself and $213 cash prize sent directly to a charity of choice! Now that's pretty pawsome! How can you participate? Very simply. All you have to do is fill out the rafflecopter below for your chance to win! The event runs until December 28th, so you have time to let your friends in on the fun too, while raising awareness for pet charities!  a Rafflecopter giveaway <a href="http://rafl.es/enable-js">You need javascript enabled to see this giveaway</a&amp...