Skylar the Golden Retriever

07/10/2024

While this may differ than my normal content, today is not a normal day. It is October 7th.

The day that my friends, family, and nation were attacked by terrorists. Men, women, and children were r***d, murdered, brutalized and kidnapped. These terrorists, many of whom were “civilians” who worked amongst the Jews they ultimately plotted against, shot Jewish children in their beds. Beheaded people in their homes. R***d teenage girls who were at a music festival to dance. Kidnapped babies as well as elderly Holocaust survivors who had advocated for peace. Many of these innocent souls are still being held hostage in Gaza and are enduring unspeakable horrors. Of over 200 hostages, more than half have foreign citizenship.

This is my family. I remember hearing about these attacks while we were in Israel last year
on October 7th. I remember the fear while walking in the streets and the horror as we kept finding out that pure evil does indeed exist. Running to the bomb shelter with my 4 month old son praying that the rockets being sent our way do not hurt anyone.

Sadly, that nightmare feeling has not gone away. It’s been a year. And antisemitism across the world has skyrocketed. Calls for death to Jews, violent assaults, vandalism against Jewish synagogues and all sorts of antisemitism have increased roughly 200%. The misinformation being spread, the anti-Israel bias on social media, and the support of Hamas and Hezbollah hurts every time. But not for one second will I stop standing with Israel. Now and forever. The Jewish people always have and always will survive despite the fact that we are a tiny nation and a lot of people hate us.

Please take a moment today to think about the victims of October 7th and to pray for the release of the hostages. There was no war on October 6th, 2023. Hamas invaded Israel and started this awful war and as a result, many lives have been lost. Let’s pray that we can put an end to terrorism once and for all so that people can live in peace in the Middle East and across the world.

20/09/2024

Grateful for the simple moments — that’s what makes life beautiful. 🤗

27/08/2024

Here’s a little photo dump of our first family of 4 vacation! ☺️

We spent quality time and experienced beautiful nature including mountains, lakes, fields, a creek, stars and open fields. It was wonderful.

Skylar pranced around the fields and went in and out of the creek on the property. She swam so much, but yet never got sick of it. (Do you see her little head cruising through the lake in the background of some of the photos? 😆) She got her very own burger when we grilled dinner and she loved following Shalom around. Of course there were also lots of cuddles and treats.

Shalom learned to say “go” when throwing Skylar a ball or stick to Skylar (today’s reel if you didn’t see it yet!), literally ran through the woods, walked in a (shallow) lake, and laughed his head off. He also played with sticks, tried to eat rocks and climbed a tree (with help).

While it did not all go as planned (I shared about this in stories), it was truly an unforgettable experience and I can’t wait to form more memories with our little family. 🥹

Sadly, I didn’t get a single pic of me with Moe (who gets all the credit for planning this trip!) or of all 4 of us because we barely saw any people to take a pic for us and our hands were full and we were so busy, it didn’t happen. 😅

26/06/2024

Whoever said diamonds are a girl’s best friend never had a dog. 🐶

18/06/2024

Nothing like a hike with your best friend 💞 Love this view, which of these pics is your favorite?

28/05/2024

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain. We didn’t quite dance, but we did hike and it was magical! 🌳
Check out my stories for some videos of our Memorial Day trip including some Skylar recall I am so proud of!

12/05/2024

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY SHALOM!!! 🎉❤️👶🏼
I truly cannot believe that my little boy is one!

We did a cake smash photoshoot with the amazing last week for the occasion and these are just the sneak peeks but omg I just cannot handle the cuteness!

When asked what theme I knew it had to be something will balls because Shalom is obsessed! His first word was “ball” but pronounced “ba-oll” and if you’ve been watching our reels you’ve seen him trying to play ball with Skylar :)

Skylar was VERY happy to be given full permission to eat cake (Shalom was not as into it) and the two of them made quite the mess.

I’m definitely going to be posting more once we get the full gallery, but in the meantime, in honor of Shalom turning one, tell me below what your favorite video/photo of him that I’ve posted this past year has been and I’ll pin my favorite comments ☺️

22/03/2024

Since it was the first day of Spring this week, here are some photos of me and Skylar during her first Spring. She was such a floofy little baby (now she’s a floofy big baby 😉)! Choose your favorite and tell me - should I share more puppy content?

14/03/2024

Happy 3rd gotcha day Skylar! ✨ Cannot believe it’s been 3 years since the day we brought home our baby girl. It was one of the best days of my life. Here’s a photo dump of some pics from her first week home! Which pic is your favorite??

She was a good girl from day 1 with the perfect mix of cuddlebug sweetness, goofy playfulness and just being the absolutely perfect pup ever.

Grateful that I have her in my life and that I can share her with all of you!

08/03/2024

Just a little photo dump of my two babies 💞

02/02/2024

Skylar wondering why Shalom’s crate doesn’t have a door…

11/01/2024

Here’s a TBT photo dump of some pics of Skylar who is turning 3 this weekend! I was looking through the archives last night and my goodness, I officially have puppy fever! Do these photos give you puppy fever too?

07/01/2024

All this snow is reminding me of the day we picked Skylar up in Vermont almost 3 year ago. Check my stories today for Skylar snow fun!

25/12/2023

Wishing everyone who celebrates a Merry Christmas!

As many of you know, we are Jewish so we don’t celebrate Christmas — so these are AI generated photos :) I had so much fun with this! Which is your favorite?

15/12/2023

Since today is the last day of Chanukah, here’s a photo dump of photos over the past 8 nights.

Chanukah is a Jewish holiday that represents finding the light in the darkness and memorializes the Jewish people’s victory over the ancient Greeks who wanted to destroy the Jewish faith and killed anyone who practiced Judaism.

There were a series of miracles, including the weak Maccabees winning a war against the mighty ancient Greeks and then the Menorah in the temple lasting 8 days when there was only oil for 1.

Throughout the centuries there have always been nations trying to destroy the Jews- be it physically or spiritually. Especially right now, Chanukah is a time for us to remember that Gd will protect us and that even when the whole world seems to hate us and antisemitism keeps rising across the world- in our governments, in our higher institutions and in our streets - we will survive and Gd will provide light in the darkness.

23/11/2021

23/11/2021