I really planned to, but sometimes life happens. A lot has changed in nine months!
Moving into our new house was the last update I made. It seems like a lot has happened since then, but looking back, only a few major things have changed in our lives.
In March we had an addition (or two) to the family. No, not children (at least not in human form!), but two new puppies! We already had two dogs, Ace and Echo and we decided that we wanted another puppy. When we went to get another one, there were only two puppies in the litter, and we couldn't pick between them, so we just got them both! Plus, I am not a fan of odd numbers, so four is defiantly better than three! So now we have Ace, Echo, Izzie, and Ollie! They are now about nine months old so we are almost out of the puppy stage!
It was quite a difference in our household pretty much doubling the number of animals, but we haven't regretted it for a minute! The fit perfectly into the family. It has been really fun to see them grow up together and they have become best friends. Echo loves to attack them, but Ace on the other end only goes as far as "tolerating" them. He has warmed up to them for the most part, but you can still tell he has the attitude that he would have been perfectly happy being the only child!
Here are some pictures!
Left: All of the dogs eagerly waiting for a treat! Right: Ace and Echo (top) before puppies riding in car, and (bottom) puppies at the neighbors when they were about three months old
Izzie Shortly after we brought them home (about 2 months)
Ollie Shortly after we brought them home (about 2 months)
Ace (4 yrs old) and Echo (3 yrs old) about a year ago
The Babies when we first got to meet them! (Around Jan 2013)
Izzie a few months ago (Aug 2013)
They were all thirsty after playing in the big backyard!
The new normal, Izzie, Ollie, and Echo playing
while laying on me with Ace off sleeping somewhere!
I think I need to take more pictures of the dogs! As you probably can imagine, everyday is an adventure with 16 paws around the house! They are our children (for right now), and they are so lovable and fun. Echo and Ollie are still in a battle of who is the Alpha Female. Izzie knows shes the little cute one and is learning to use it to her advantage. Ace is the easy going one that sleeps 95% of the time. Ollie is the strong, silent type who is turning out to be a pretty good dog. Echo is the watch dog and makes sure to alert us of any noises by barking constantly. They each have their own little personalities and all get along really well!
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Another awesome thing that happened within the last nine months is Nathan and I were able to visit Cancun for vacation! It was a ton of fun and we made some awesome memories! It was our first time being out of the country and it was something we would love to do again! We got to go on a catamaran, a speed boat tour in the ocean, went snorkeling twice, got to wake up to the beautiful Caribbean sea every morning, and the highlight of our trip was getting a chance to swim with dolphins! Here are a few of the pictures we have from the trip!
The view from our room!
The hotel we stayed in
The beach and the ocean!
Nathans favorite dessert that he had almost every night!
The Catamaran..it has a hammock towards the back of the boat
The beautiful sunset
I love Palm trees!
The view while Nathan is driving the speed boat in the ocean
Underwater snorkeling pictures
The place where we swam with dolphins
Me and a dolphin
Me swimming on the stomach of a dolphin (they can go really fast!)
Nathan and a smiling dolphin!
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Other than our fun, the only other exciting thing that has happened in the last few months is that I started a new job. I was working for a company in a retail store selling T-Mobile. I decided I was done with the stress of meeting sales quotas and pay being so heavily weighted on commission. I decided to start working at the T-Mobile call center in Meridian. I started training in July and have been done with training almost a month now. I really like it a lot better. I have better benefits including much more time off and a consistent schedule. I am planning on working for T-Mobile for the rest of my career. They have a lot of varied options within the call center as well as other opportunities in a lot of different lines of work. They are making a lot of business changes for the better which has caused a lot of growth. It is really exciting to be part of a company that is growing right now with how the economy is.
Well now that I have caught you up on the major things that has happened in the Lundt life, I promise to be more consistent about posting. I am currently working towards a better and healthier me so this blog will include a lot of posts about my progress and what I am doing to be successful. I also want to start reviewing products and posting more of the recipes I have been trying out lately!
Thanks for sticking with me as I fit nine months into one blog entry!
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