We are having GORGEOUS weather this weekend and have been taking full advantage.  Most of yesterday was spent outside, tending to the backyard and playing with the kiddos…we had a flood in December which “relocated” all of our woodchips from the flower beds to various piles around our yard, so finally getting some of those raked up and tossed out.  I spent a disgusting amount of time doing the disgusting job of picking up dog poop so that we could freely play.  I always tend to neglect that job in the winter, plus we’ve had so much rain this season it’s been hard to find a day to do it.  I will spare you all a photo of the giant bag full of poop that I ended up with, but suffice to say that it was impressive.

Charlie's attitude this morning was, umm, less than desirable.

Jack, however, was having a grand time

Today was bath day since the yard is actually somewhat dried out and less muddy than it has been for weeks.  I know you all probably hate Cardi photos in the grass as much as I do, but this part of the yard is by far the best light for taking photos and I wanted to try him on the ground instead of the table.  I think he looks MUCH better when he free stacks than when I hand stack him, for some reason he has a tendency to lock his back legs oddly when I hand stack him, so we’re working on that.  (I’m speaking in general, not about these pictures.  I hand stacked him for these)  He’s starting to look like a grown up all of a sudden, is high in the rear OFTEN although these photos turned out ok I threw away a bunch that were really bad LOL.  Ah, the fun growing stages of puppies!  They turned 8 months old a few days ago.