Our 5th Bloggiversary!

Can you believe it has been 5 years since we started blogging?

Since last years anniversary post sharing our stats was so popular - we thought we'd share some of our stats over the past year:

We is ready for da party!

Our most popular post over the years has been a Halloween post we did in 2011.  For some reason, this post has been visited 27,045 times!  ...and yes, we don't understand it at all!  Click here to take a look.

My head was made for dese hats!

...and a side view...

In comparison, the second most viewed post is this one.  I can understand this one - search for "Orient Express" and this post appears among the many links that come up...  However, this post only has 3,263 pageviews!  What a difference!

Is dere a hat on my head?

Dad, Mom's putting things on my head again!

I love the side views!

In 2013 we suffered our greatest loss with the passing of our dear Sam.  The posts following this had the most views for the year - thank you everyone for your comments and love. 

Miss my boy every day....

 2013 also brought our little Harlow in to the family.  Her first post is here.

Pupcakes, sweet potato chips, and salmon bites...  Yum!

 Most of the traffic to our blog came from the links we share on Facebook, followed closely by people visiting us from Google.

Enjoy!

It's amazing to think that 5 (well, a little over 5) years have passed since we started blogging.

Yummy!

 

We love sharing our pups with all of you!   ...and we hope that you all are enjoying our stories.

Monty's favorite - red velvet pupcakes!

...and yes, we celebrated in style...

Bigefy to see her tongue action...

I think our pups are already looking forward to our 6th Bloggiversary....

We are looking forward to another year of sharing our adventures with you.  Thank you to all our readers and dear friends!

Happy 4th (or 5th?) Bloggiversary!

Can you believe it has been over four years (close enough to 5!) since we first started telling the stories of a little dog named Sam? 

Hi all!

Before long, we were also telling stories of his little brother, Monty....

Hi dere.  I has no more toys to defloof....

No worries!  He is getting new toys on his Gotcha Day.

Some of our stats have included...

• 447 posts with 10725 Comments
• Oddest search keywords that brought folks to our blog:  "nickname for beautiful eyes" and "Rocky Horror Picture Show". 
• 136 different countries have visited!  (Hello everyone!)

The boys (and Aaron and I) are so thrilled to have made so many friends across the world!

It's cuz we is so cute!

Thank you, everyone, for stopping by to read our stories and helping us reach another Bloggiversary.  We love sharing the boys with you, and look forward to another great year!

....and, an oldie but goodie...

The first picture of Sam that we posted on the blog.

Sam, rocking his car tie!

Frosty Paws Giveaway!

One of the many things we are behind on is a great giveaway sponsored by Frosty Paws!  What are Frosty Paws you ask?  Frosty Paws are pupsicles for your popsicles!  Wait, wait...  I think I got that backwards...

We have 10 Frosty Pups to give away, as well as coupons for free Frosty Paws supplied to us from Frosty Paws.  We are way behind on this - so our apologies to Frosty Paws!  Yikes!

We have a legion of Frosty's to give away!

 Of course, our boys would love to have them all for themselves!

Can't we keep them all?

 ...and Monty seems to be taking this quite seriously....

These are mine!

These were meant to be Holiday Frosty's (Bad Momma), but instead - we are giving them away to help kick off the celebration of our 5th Blogiversary coming up in April! 

Disclaimer:  Frosty Paws has provided us with the materials for this giveaway.   Frosty Paws treats, which are fortified with protein, vitamins and minerals that dogs need, are only available in the United States, so this giveaway is limited to people in the U.S. We wouldn't want someone to miss out on redeeming the coupons! *Please note that the plush toys are not suitable for dogs.

How to enter?  Just leave a comment either below or on Facebook.  We will hold the drawing next Sunday, March 17th, and randomly select 10 lucky winners.  We will get your shipping address at that time.  Good luck, everyone!

Last Call

Last Chance

The staff here onboard the SATELLITE OF LOVE is telling us that it's a wrap, so Monty and I want to thank all of our guests for coming to the 2nd blogiversary party for "How Sam Sees It;" and as things wind down we'd like to invite you up on the floor for the last dance of the evening.

Remember, you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. Good night everyone!

Roller Disco Dog!

Sammy is steppin' up, bustin' big, and spreadin' the love! Sittin' here, eatin' my heart out waitin', waitin' for some lover to call
dialed about a thousand numbers lately
almost rang the phone off the wall
Lookin' for some hot stuff baby this evenin'
I need some hot stuff baby tonight...

Woohoo, do us another one Sammy! Let's show the world we can dance
Bad enough to strut our stuff
The music gives us a chance ...
Funky sounds wall to wall
We're bumpin' booties havin us a ball y'all
Shake your groove thing Shake your groove thing, yeah yeah
Show 'em how we do it now...

He's a Dancin' Machine!

The boogie fever is going around and Monty's got it bad. He's entered the dance contest aboard the DISCO PARTY SATELLITE OF LOVE, so let's take a look inside and see how he's doing. Yeah baby, I am on fire tonight! Let's see you match this move Mr. Tight Pants! Hey Monty, you better step it up, the judges have you behind! Behind? I'll show 'em some behind! Oh, too bad Monty, the judges felt that you weren't dancing in the correct stylistic period for our disco party. Apparently break dancing didn't come along for another 10 years or so. Better luck next time!

2nd Bloggiversary!

Come join your hosts, Sam and Monty, as we celebrate the second bloggiversary of "How Sam Sees It"! So grab your dancin' shoes and come boogie down with us, 'cause we'll be shakin' our groove things all weekend long!

April Flowers

Well, I think summer has reached us here in Arizona even though officially it is spring. The weather people have threatened us with 100 degree days this weekend, although the latest check has us firmly in the mid 90's. We don't think we will see many flowers this year - we had to cut back many of our plants due to the severe frost we had this winter, but a few of them are managing to show some flowers.

This trumpet vine is bursting with flowers. This actually belongs to our neighbor but has grown over our wall. We love it and don't mind at all!


Our white Lady Bank's Rose has also survived. Mom loves this vine, but does not recommend them for small yards. If we aren't vigilant with keeping it cut back, it quickly overtakes our yard and all the other plantings in it. He is kind of hard to see, but Sam is sitting in front of it. Monty is looking for sunbeams!


We don't think we will see too many other flowers. Our beautiful Orange Jubilee bushes have taken a tremendous hit from the frost, as well as our Bird of Paradise, lantana and ruellia. We've had to cut most of these down to ground level!

Last year we tried growing flowers in pots, but those didn't last once Monty came. We are not sure we will try those again! April is actually a very important month for us at "How Sam Sees It". First of all, next week will be our 2nd Blogiversary! Also, April 22nd will be Monty's Gotcha Day! Can you believe our beautiful boy has been with us for a year already?

One Year Blogiversary!

Let the party begin! Today is the one year blogiversary of "How Sam Sees It"! It's been a fun year, we've met so many new friends, worried about the illnesses and pain of our blog dog friends (and their human families!), and laughed at the silly antics and fun photos you have shared. We've leaned so much! We've also cried at the passing of our dear friends. We thank all of you for making Sam part of your blog families. We look forward to many more posts full of good stories and great pictures!