I'm a little late on posting these pictures, but on Tuesday we had decent enough weather to let the pups run outside for a while. It's fun to see how they are starting to explore.  A day later, we have sub zero temperatures and snow everywhere. I guess that is what I get for living in Iowa.  As you can see the melting snow provided for plenty of mud for the puppies to play in.   I spent a majority of last summer pouring cement and working in my backyard and unfortunately winter came a little too soon last fall. I didn't finish my side walk, and obviously didn't get the back yard seeded!  The mud didn't seem to bother the puppies at all.