puppy photo shoot and preparing to come home

it is tuesday morning, and it is almost time to go-i finished some art-work and prepping some artwork for shea to finish! i cannot wait to see how it turns out! i am expecting to see postings about it! we'll be grabbing lunch around noon and then i'll be taking off for dallas to work on work. boo.

the boys have had a blast! this morning i downloaded the pics that shea took yesterday and because they came out so amazingly, i am posting another picture or 3 of them playing. smile.

bruno chillin in the clover

chaco posing-just enjoying a rest in the cool bed of green

the boys

the boys in a basket...chaco likes this about as much as the Christmas photos.

l to r: bruno, reagan, thatcher, chaco

brotherly love

reagan in the back is chaco's sister, thatcher, up front, has the same dad. they had so much fun together!

 anyhoo, i don't think they're going to like the trip home-they're just getting settled in! in fact, it usually takes chaco a few days to settle and start eating, and today he was eating more of his food, so i know he's feeling pretty comfortable!

(later this evening)
went to grab gyros at a little hole in the wall restaurant with ally (we missed her all weekend because she was in the dallas/ft worth area for an interview) and they were phenom! then shea and i walked through campus and on back to her apt. it was a nice little walk.

boomer!

when we got home, we took the boys down to the basketball court to roam around because it's fenced in. well, they didn't exactly roam unless i walked around with them. and then one of shea's friends brought her mini dachshund down, but chaco was mean. he did so well with thatcher yesterday that i thought he would do well with another small dog...sophie was kinda in his face and kept going toward the face, which is when he gets defensive and snippy...i don't like people too close to my face either. anyhoo, they just kinda hung out in the shade while we sat in the sun...smart dogs.

smart doggies!

then i packed up and got ready for the trip home. shea packed up some fudge for the trip home:

the irony is that i made the fudge.

anyhoo, it helped keep me awake on the way home. in the process of packing up i took a trip down with stuff and the boys apparently sat whimpering at the door. when i got back up the second time and took my 2nd load down without them, chaco was yelping really loud, and i was hoping the door to the balcony was closed, because i could imagine him jumping to try to come with me. when i got back up shea said they went crazy running around the house. they knew we were leaving, and i think they were afraid i was going to leave without them.

when i got up in the morning, shea had found this website that she said kept her mesmerized for quite awhile; i watched it tonight and it is great-live feed of penguins at the san diego sea world!! if you have kids, they will love it! you yourself might love it as well! (i watched a big one standing there lift his tail and something...liquid poop...squirted right out from under there and he didn't even blush!) click here to see it, it's pretty amazing!

tonight i will go to bed earlier than i did this weekend!
julie