Charleston, SC

I asked Chris and Leslie where we were going and when they told me Charleston I got confused.  I guess they could tell because they then said the other Charleston in SC.

AM GCH/CAN CH Marquis The Phantom Menace "Yoda"

This was a very exciting weekend for us!  Chris and Leslie were starting Labradorite's Shoots N Scores "Drogba" on Sunday....hard to believe the babies turned 6 months old already!

We had to show everyone on Saturday before that couldn't happen though.  The day started with Izzy winning a 2pt Select.  Then we had a break until the afternoon and Faith went in and picked up a nice reserve.  We sure wanted some points but we will take the reserve.  Yoda came on wild for his first trip around the ring in 2012 and he came out with a BOB rosette.  Thankfully the weather was nice because we then headed outside to show the labs in the specialty with 170 labs showing.  Russet was first to go in and she showed ok and ended up 4th.  Then it was group placing Secrets turn and she won a nice 3rd place.

Russet

On Sunday we started again at 8AM with Izzy With a little less competition she won select for 1pt. Then it was Yoda's turn to see if he could do it again?!? YES HE DID!  Yoda wins back to back BOB wins.  He picked up a total fo 5 GCH points.  I sure hope Chris & Leslie can medallion him this year.  Then it was Drogba's turn to see what he could do.  Chris & Leslie sure were nervous....they wanted everything to go smooth but Leslie wanted Drogba to look just perfect with the grooming.  I told her he was stunning and if Chris didn't screw up they were sure to win.  Well, it turns out that Drogba won WD/BOW for his 1st point the day he turned 6 months old.  He sure thought he could catch the other boys in WD but judge Pat Trotter just laughed at him but gave him the point.  Looks like Drogba will have a promising future.  After a short break Faith was up and she won her class but couldn't get any other ribbons on this day.  Back outside to lab country we went (again thankfully the weather was good) today Russet won 4th place again but Secret couldn't add to her ribbon collection.  Both of them showed amazing though!

Chris & Drogba running to win their first Championship point

Then it was time to head home and what should have been a 7-8 hour trip home ended being 11 because we blew a tire.  Thankfully everyone was okay and Herc was able to be repaired.  Those are all things that happen in life.  I have been trying to catch up on sleep all week because of it but before I know it we will be off to Indianapolis next week.  Thankfully the super bowl is this week and not next!