Fudge and Vern Saved Their Pennies and Did a Great Job of Gift Giving This Christmas!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

This year under our tree there were several gifts given out from Fudge and Vern. How many other members wrap up gifts from their dogs? Hopefully, it is not just me!  Anyway, they gave photo blankets and I think they turned out great.  My oldest daughter and her husband each got one, but we forgot to take pictures of them before they returned to Oregon. Here are the other three:

My husband got one that said, "Daddy Is Our Favorite," because my kids have told me this for years. They know I am competitive, even about being the better parent, and this is their little way of bursting my bubble. No matter, I know I win, but sometimes I play along, as I did with this blanket.

My youngest daughter's blanket says, "Hayley's Blanket! Hands Off!!" because we are not only competitive in this family, we don't share well either.  Being fair-minded, I tried to include as many pictures of her father as I did her mother (wink, wink) and pictures of all of our pets we have had. She just told me recently, I forgot our dog, Honey, so I guess Santa will have to do a re-do at some point.

My mom got a blanket too and it reads, "Fudge and Vern say, "Snuggle up with us, Grandma!" I was shocked at how much my mom liked this blanket, because right before Christmas she had told me a friend wanted to make her a quilt and she did not need another blanket.  I'd already ordered the blanket at that point, so fully expected her to open it and throw it back.  Instead, she can't wait to show her bridge club and thought she would use it as a bedspread. Please notice there are several pictures of her letting Vern know he cannot have her chair, but also a couple where Vern proves victorious in the end.  Persistency does pay off sometimes for Mr. Vern. Both daughters noted that their was only one picture of them and many more of Fudge and Vern, but I explained that the gift was from the dogs and paid for with their allowance.

The blankets were done through the Walmart Photo online store and you select your thirty or less pictures and the computer randomly shuffles and sorts them. You don't have the option of selecting where you want the pictures to go, but you can continue to shuffle the pictures until you get the look you want. I had a lot of fun making them! I just wish Fudge and Vern had thought to put one under the tree for me.

[Jennifer and Jack]

I love them so much!!!!! you have. Ey tnoughtful and loving dogs!!!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Thanks, Jennifer!

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

Those are so much fun! I love it! I want to make one for myself but it's stuff like this that will push me closer and closer to crazy animal lady status. Not that that's you lol, it's just well, I fear I am starting to fit the stereotype. This afternoon I caught myself having a full conversation with my cat.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

I find Fudge and Vern to be great listeners. We are only crazy if we think they are actually talking back to us.

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

LOL! This is true.

[Katie, John & Parker pup]

The photo blanket was a popular gift this year! This is what I got my mom and sister as well! I wish someone had made me a Parker blankie! But dear fiance isn't as "thoughtful" as I am! lol! This is the blanket I made for my sister...this is Tucker, our golden retriever who lives in Bermuda. I made my mom a blanket with pictures of Tucker and her granddog Parker but I forgot to take a photo of it!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Katie, Your blanket is adorable! Great gift!! Now, start dropping some hints...LOL!

[Katie, John & Parker pup]

lol I hint and hint and hint...he is not very good even when I am less than subtle! haha...and he unfortunately is Parker's personal shopper so Parker's thoughtfulness doesn't shine through! lol I know he would have made me a blanket if his paws could use the keyboard! Instead..daddy made him look like a fool by signing his name to these gifts instead! lol

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

LOL....I am sad to say I have that game Smart Ass too :) I think your only course of action is to buy the blanket yourself :)

[Katie, John & Parker pup]

Lol I am not a trivia person so it's not the best game for me, though I did kick butt a couple times because that game is a lot about how you roll too! lol I would beat him to the butt because he would keep rolling himself backwards! I got Pictionary Man last year for xmas and I like that one!

It is really the random Shrek chia pet that caught me off guard! lol and his reason for it was because he saw in one of my old home videos of me as a kid with the sheep chia pet and he had seen me watch the shrek movie on tv once! haha

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Katie, It does sound like he put some thought into your crazy gifts....LOL!!! A Shrek chia pet....you are the first person I know who got one of those :)

[Katie, John & Parker pup]

lol yah...The shrek in the movies doesn't even have hair either! Then to make it worse, the neighbors across from us who I dislike very much had an empty spongebob chia box outside their door after Christmas...so he got me the same gift as those idiots got for the 5 year old grand daughter! lol I shamed him for that one!