Thanks for the compliments on the photo. I think it actually worked out because I didn't "plan" the picture. The kids were playing out in the back yard, and I told them to sit on the steps (messy hair and all) and then I gathered up all the dogs (all of which needed baths, badly!) and I threw them all on the stairs with the kids. I was crunching and throwing leaves up in the air to get all the dogs to look at me, and presto~~~ I actually got a decent photo! Now had I spent and hour bathing the kids and blowdrying their hair, bathing all the dogs, and trying for the "perfect" picture, it never would have happened!! LOL~!
Katie