This morning our family picked blueberries at a local u-pick.  It was a beautiful day and we had a lot of fun.

Lex really got into picking the blueberries.  Of course he didn’t discern the ripe ones from the green ones, but he was an enthusiastic helper.

After our berry picking we went to a summer festival at a nearby park.  Lex was very pleased when he was given an orange balloon.

It was blazing hot, so we didn’t stay long at the park.  But we did get a chance to see the local police dogs show off their Schutzhund training in a cool demo.  Here the policeman is wearing a thick training sleeve and the dog is literally hanging off of him in attack mode: