Snow

About ten minutes after we got back from blue skies and beach, the snow began. 

Flash to a snow day from work (which, okay... that USED to be fun but now consists of smooshing every mandatory task from your day into a teeny tiny window at about 5:30 a.m.)

Jess took us on a forced march to Starbucks. She walked the puppy so I wouldn't turn into the hulk and go back home. 

Then we played in the back yard. Myka's first snow: 

Myka is six months old as of tomorrow. Say it ain't so!!

Jack is mid-bark here... his face says, SNOW DAY? REALLY? 

My prince. With a snow beard.  

Watching the girls playing... thanking his lucky stars they are leaving him alone.  

Beaches

Myka's first trip to the beach! Jack could smell the beach from, let's just say TOO far away, and barked his big dodo head off for the last three or so miles to the actual beach. 

It was so crowded (you know, for a Washington beach in February...) so we had to hike for a section of not-so-populated beach to play on. Two wet shoes and eight sandy paws later: 

There is nothing like the vast, open beach at Pacific and Roosevelt Beach on the WA coast... So much room to run and play for these two and so many good photo opportunities for mom. I was sorry I only brought my cell phone this time. The light in the surf was so pretty. 

I tell ya, this is really spinning up thoughts of a family vacation at the end of summer... do you hear that family? Do you?!

By the end of the trip we had two official beach dogs! Myka was hooked. And sandy. And cold. And... sandy. 

Now to clean out the car...