Last post.

Well. After 16 months...the Adventures of Black and Yellow have come to an end.

My brother has returned from deployment...the boys have their bi-ped back.

We did the epic reveal...yes...for dogs....Bryan met us at the dog park...whistled...

...and the boys ran full speed at him and proceeded to jump all over him for a solid 20 min.

Losi won't leave his side. Sole won't stop smiling.

They're in Seattle for another week...then road trip back to Alabama with a stop in Dallas.

I'll be with them until Dallas...then...with tearful eyes I'm sure...I'll head back to Seattle.

I don't know what it's gonna be like to be able to walk thru the house without a hurricane of dogs at my feet.  I'll miss these guys...so will Biju and Kyra...

Oh and I'm real happy to have Bryan back from Afghanistan...blah blah blah...

It's just..that...

It's just that I think I should be up there...not him...

Hikes & your car

Decided to do two hiking trips today...why? Why not. 

1st...the boys...

Next...my pups...

I do, yeah

I do feel really good about myself now that I completely evicerated that toy.  I mean did you SEE how swiftly I did that! Turns out the entire inside was a little stuffing and a huge...I mean huge...squeaky making thing.

I'm real proud of myself...as if you can't tell by my strut.

K. I'm gonna go back over there to squeake that thing for another 13 minutes...

Sole.

Sole

Last hike in WA

Well, we made it a good one...

Saturday we got up and headed up to Snoqualmie pass for a 6.5 mile hike...

Kyra (perched on my lap) didn't care where we were going...as long as we go...

Bad, pic, but great hike...plenty of little creeks and bridges...

Passed one lake...too many people for Kevin...though the dogs ran down to say hi and I'm pretty sure I heard someone sy something about a dog eating his cliff bar...

Got to the next lake...ice covered...but they didn't care...

Best walk ever.

That's a direct quote from my coworker Austin.

Austin owns Al...the boxer.  Losi and Al are buds and the boys love Austin...probably because he always lets them out on doggie row and gives them love and treats.  

Here's how it goes when I go let the dogs out.  Let Losi out...try to make him stop licking my eyeball by saying 'go get...(insert name of whichever other dog came with us that day'.  So Losi runs four kennels down to get the other dog out.  Then, whether I say it or not, Losi runs down to the end of doggie row where Al's crate is to get him...because that's usually where I head next.  They don't really play together...they're just out together...and every once in a while Al will get Losi running around doggie row.  

But we do go on walks often with Al and Austin.

So the other day Austin stopped by my desk and said 'I'm heading out for a walk, I'll take the guys if you want' there was discussion about him walking 3...although with that dual leash thingy the boys are super well behaved.  So I said sure.  I even offered to let Sole off if it got to be too much...because he will always stick close like the well behaved gentleman he is.

He came back and said it was one of the best walks yet...all three, on leash, walked like perfectly behaved boys side by side...

Side note-Austin is really sad to see he boys go...he loves their quirky personalities...

Here's a pic of Austin and Al so you know who I'm talking about...