4th of July Weekend

We hope everyone had a safe and happy 4th of July weekend!  

WARNING - Photo Heavy Post Ahead!!!!

On Saturday, we went to see mom's family.  There was good food, drink and conversation.

Come on - We are ready to go!!

You did remember snacks, right??

Move over Brutus, I want to look out the window... 

Ahhhh, fresh air.

These are some cool plant holders that my uncle made.

Grandma & Grandpa live way out in the country so we were given somewhat off-leash privileges. 

meaning our leashes were still attached to us, but no one was holding them (mom & dad were afraid that we would run off and fall in the creek that runs past the property) 

the grass felt so good to roll around on :)

Brutus was checking to see if the hostas needed watering.

Brutus was all smiles

Staying near the people to see if any crumbs of food dropped.

This butterfly landed on our uncles arm and stayed there for a long time - so cool.

Dad playing corn hole. 

Brutus chilling out on dad's lap. 

Watching and relaxing. 

Brutus relaxing in the grass (mom & dad finally took our leashes off)

Brutus took a nap on dad's lap. 

Some cool sidewalk chalk art that our human cousins did... 

This huge silver maple came down during a storm a couple of weeks ago.  Mom and her brothers used to play in this tree and even had a tree house in it.  She was pretty sad to see that it had fallen. 

On our way home - we were both ready to get home. 

That was the end of our weekend escapades.  However, it wasn't the end of the weekend for mom & dad - they went to our other Grandpa's for the 4th of July.  He doesn't have air conditioning and it was supposed to be in the high 80's and they thought we would be more comfortable in the a/c at home.

On their way to Grandpa's they saw these...

Wind Farms - in Northern Indiana.  They go as far as the eye can see.

There was a whole festival going on right by Grandpa's house.

There was a car show with some really nice cars. 

Mom really wanted this one... 

This guy had a great spot to chill out. 

He was inside this car. 

Mom thought this was a cool paint job. 

This is right by Grandpa's and is the family that the town is name after. 

Look who they saw there - it was Lilo and her mom!!

Here was the view from Grandpa's back porch.

Mom and dad also got to play with this little girl, her name is shadow...

Mom is on vacation this week and she has promised us some adventures if it isn't too hot out.  We can't wait to tell you all about it!

Wordless Wednesday

Yoda

Brutus

From Left - Brutus, Yoda

Yoda

Brutus

Hello Old Friend

Yoda here.  I have a favorite stuffie that I affectionately refer to as "Chicky".

Chicky had an unfortunate, er accident several months ago.  He lost his beak after one too many chews and he went away for a while.

I don't know where he went but when he came back, he looked brand new!

I love chicky - he is my favorite stuffie and I was so glad when he came back....

We had to have a heart to heart about him leaving me...He said that he wouldn't leave again if I promised not to chew his beak off!!

That was something that we could not come to an agreement on....his beak is just so chew friendly :)

And then we played...

Do any of you have a favorite stuffie??  We would love to hear about it :)

Hope everyone had a great weekend too!!

Flashback Friday

Mom dug into our photos and found a couple of us when we were wee little lads - enjoy!

Yoda

Brutus

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.  It has been kind of hot & humid around here, so we haven't been doing much except lounging in the wonderful a/c.  Keep cool!

Blogoversary!!

OMD!!  We totally missed our blogoversary earlier this month while mom was slacking off at school learning to speak (she says it was speech class - whatever.....)

So, June 4 was our Blogoversary.  We have met so many nice humans, dogs and kitties through the blog world.  As of today we have 91 followers - thanks to all of you for following us in our little corner of the world and for all your wonderful commments.

We have one person to thank for introducing our mom to this wonderful blog world - Lilo's mom, Jess - without her, we never would have known about this wonderful place and the wonderful:)  Thank You!!!

We can't wait to see what the next year brings and what kind of adventures we will have.

Mom says she will have time to help us blog more now that class is over for the summer, so hopefully you should be seeing more of us :D

Right now we are going to go take a nap....

Happy Belated Daddy's Day!

We are a day late on this post (mom was preparing for her last speech).  We wanted to say how much we love our Dad.  He is the greatest!  We spent most of Father's day just lounging around with Dad while mom was preparing for her final speech

Dad doesn't like getting his picture taken very much, but with mom's help we were able to find some photos of him with us :)

Yoda & Dad - getting belly rubs :)

Yoda (left), Brutus (right) & Dad

Brutus & Dad

Brutus pinning Dad during a wrestling match - Yoda was the referee. 

This one was taken when Yoda was just about a year old.

We just wanted to say how much we love our dad - he is the best!

Happy Father's Day!!

Pearl's Quiz

Hey all - we hijacked mom's computer this morning so we could post.  We have tried to keep up on reading everyone's blogs, but haven't had much time to post comments.  Mom only has one week of class left for the semester, so we will soon be back to our regular schedule!!!!!!   :)

That being said, we thought we would use this post to answer Pearls Quiz.

THE BASICS
1.) Name and Age:   Yoda - 7
                                   Brutus -6

2.) Breed:  Pugs

3.) Nickname(s):  Yoda - grandpa, old man, stinky, yoder, yodi
     Brutus - bruti, bru-bru, bru-bru magoo, stinky butt, brutimus

4.) Where'd ya come from?  Mom is ashamed to say we both came from a pet store in Lafayette, IN.  This is before she was educated about puppy mills and states that the next dog they get will be a rescue!


FAVORITES

1.) Toy:  Yoda - my chicken stuffy
     Brutus - he loves any type of ball.  Anything that I am playing with - mom calls him a toy hog.

2.) Snack:  Anything edible really.  We both love peanut butter :)

3.) Human person:  Yoda - I am really attached to mom.  I will sit on dad if mom isn't around, but when mom is there, I am usually on her lap.
Brutus - He is a daddy's boy.  He loves to lay on dad's chest and cuddle.


FUNNY STUFF

1.) Worst habit:  Yoda - According to mom and dad, it is when I eat the wonderful "treats" that the kitties leave in the litter box.
                          Brutus - licking my butt, dude needs to back off!

2.) Most embarrassing moment:  Both of us have run into the glass sliding door thinking that it was open.

3.) Family dynamic (this is a question for those of you with more than one animal in the house. i.e. who is alpha? who is the cuddler? who is the naughty one? etc. I just want to know how you fit into the family!)  Brutus likes to think that he is the alpha, but it is really me.  When push comes to shove I am the one running the show.

4.) Your humans' FAVORITE thing about you!:  Mom here - I love how they are both cuddlers.  Yoda's favorite spot is next to me in between my leg and the arm of the couch.  When it is bedtime, I love it that Brutus will not go to bed until I do - he will follow me around while I get ready for bed.  They are just both sweeties!