Bath time!

Ha, if that title doesn't turn heads, I don't know what will.

Anyway, the last weekend in June, I took a few days away from work and spent some time in Southeastern Kentucky with friends and family.

My father has some extremely cute beagle pups, and they're at just the right size where bath time means a dunk in my mom's mop bucket.

So, I present to you some extreme cuteness:

Here's Big Ott

And Ruby

And Benny

And Blue/Brownie/Diamond

Dad has a tendency to name his dogs after family members. The first dog is named after his brother Arthur Lee. Dad always calls him Ott and the dog is the biggest of the four, hence Big Ott. Ruby is named after dad's sister. And Benny could be named after a number of people in the family — not the least of which would be my dad, whose nickname is Ben, or my grandpa, whose name was Ben.

The fourth puppy has a host of names depending on who you ask about him. He has blue eyes, so Dad calls him Blue. He's brown, and my mom insists Brownie is a better name for a dog than Blue. And last but not least, he has a white diamond on his back, so occasionally Dad calls him Diamond or Blue Diamond.

This is how they look at feeding time, ha! All standing on their back legs waiting for a taste of food. :)