Lexington

As I stated a few months ago we ended up losing our two little boys Ate' and Phalanx to Parvo. Since losing them I have REALLY struggled with it. Everyday I have thought of little else. I really had no idea how attached I was to my little Linxy.

Our neighbors across the street recently (March 22nd) had puppies and for the most part I refused to go over there to see them because I knew my heart would just end up breaking even more.

One of Eric's friends has been staying with us and a few weeks ago I went out into the living room to find him on the couch with a little puppy. At first I was very apprehensive about having another puppy around because I was very afraid that Parvo was going to rear its ugly head and once again take a loved one from me...However I very quickly opened my heart and that is how Lexington came to join our family.

I would like to officially welcome Lexington (Lexie Lou) into our family...

Month of Thanks Day 2

Today I want to express how thankful I am for my growing family.

Bostyn Tea joined our family in March of 2011. On the day that Eric proposed to me we decided we wanted to add a puppy to our family. She is definitely a "daddy's girl" and loves Eric more than anything. Her current hobbies include people watching out the kitchen window and sun bathing. She also loves being an aunt.

Salem Devlyn joined our family in November of 2011. We enjoyed having Bostyn so much that we decided we wanted another American Bulldog puppy. We found a breeder and fell in love with Salem. We adopted her when she was 3 months old. Salem is full of life and loves being around people. While she may look like a small horse and be a bit scary looking, she is the most loving dog in the world! On October 17th she became a momma of 10 puppies and is attempting to adjust to her new role...

 

Eric and I have decided that we are wanting to keep a couple of Salem's puppies... So now introducing the newest members of our family...

Ate' (pronounced Aw-Tay) Nemesis is Salem's second born puppy. When he was born he came out fighting. We fell in love with him from the moment we saw him and just knew we had to keep him. Out of all the puppies he looks the most like his mom. He loves to play with his siblings and wrestle around. When he wants something he goes for it, even if it means pushing the others out of his way.

Phalanx (Fay-links) Alcibiades is my little baby. He had an interesting birth. He is the fifth puppy born to Salem. After the first 4 were born there was a decent time that went by and Salem decided she needed to walk around. She came back into the bedroom and sat on the floor by the bed. I looked down and noticed a puppy was coming out breach. She realized something was going on and took off running down the hall with him attached and hanging out of her. He ended up being born in the hallway. He is the runt of the group. He loves to jump on his siblings and bite at their ears.

4th of July Celebration...

The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays! For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated in history and the events leading to the Revolutionary War is one of my favorite things to learn about. I am so grateful for those who came before us that fought to free us and keep us free... Thank you!

So last night was the Stadium of Fire. While my family doesn't normally go to the stadium we do our own celebrating. We have a bbq and light fireworks while we wait for the Stadium to have their fireworks... This year Eric decided that we were going to bring the dogs with us (which is the biggest pain in the butt but it is better than coming home to a disaster in the bedroom!) Ammon and Lacey were here from St. George and Ammon's friend Ron and his dad, brother and friend joined us... It was so much fun to celebrate with the people you love... This year Utah lifted its ban on fireworks that go off the ground, however they really should give lessons on how to light them off... Our neighbor's lit one that fell over and started shooting at us and then started a fire... That was fun...

I got a little bored waiting for the air force fly over so I decided to take some random pictures while I waited... (The fly over is my favorite thing ever!...) 

Orem Summerfest Parade

Eric, Loki, Bostyn and I met up with my family on the parade route down in Orem... I love this family tradition that we have! The kids always seem to have a blast going to this parade and this year the kids did not disappoint. They had been staying with Grandma for the week and Ry has been watching her workout routines and was showing us how grandma exercises... It was ADORABLE!!! I love my nephew and niece!

Bostyn and Mommy Day...

With Eric not feeling the best and wanting to spend the day relaxing in bed, sleeping all day I decided to head down to my mom's house for the day to play. I thought I would be a nice wife and bring Bostyn with me so that he wouldn't have to keep getting up to get after her, and this also gave her the opportunity to go down to Grandma's (which she doesn't get to do a lot because of Grandma's cats...) and play with her favorite cousins... She had a blast jumping all over the kids and running through the water...

Memorial Day Weekend...

For Memorial Day weekend Eric and I decided to take our first trip together. We were planning on going down to St. George for a tournament but it was cancelled so we decided to play in Vegas for a couple of days and then hang out with Ammon and family in St. George. The weekend started Thursday morning with us picking Ry and Lilly up from day care and heading down to my mom's. Thankfully my mom decided to be nice to me and go to the cemetery early so that I could go with her. (it is our tradition to go the Saturday before)... These are basically the only pictures I took over the weekend...

After getting done at the cemetery Eric, Cori, the kids and I took off for St. George. I always forget how difficult it can be to travel with kids... sitting still is VERY hard! Finally we got them to calm down and the car ride was peaceful!

After dropping everyone off with Ammon we made our way down to Vegas for a mini little honeymoon. We spent most of our time hanging out in the Excalibur casino, watching Eric play blackjack. I really wanted to see The Tournament of Kings to see what it was like compared to the real thing. We ended up getting free tickets to it for going to a time share presentation. I am kinda glad we ended up not paying for the tickets because nothing compares to the real sport of jousting. Each fake fall they had was so theatrical that it drove me crazy! On Saturday morning we made our way back to St. George where we spent the rest of the day playing with the kids... It was really nice to be able to get away for a few days!

On a side note... this weekend we added a new member to the Dunton family. Welcome Camelot!

Both Bostyn and Loki don't know what to think about Camelot. They are a bit scared and unsure of her. They went to camp while we were gone and came back to meet their new sibling :) 

More Dog Pictures....

My Day Alone

So on Thursday afternoon I dropped Eric off at the ROTC house so that he could go for his final. I decided to spend a little time at my mom's home before coming back home... Once getting home my fun with the dogs started. Bostyn was running all over the place and was super hyper! I attempted to finally get her to fall asleep around 1 am... I of course failed at this attempt and finally decided that I had had enough so she went into her kennel. The dogs wouldn't let me sleep in so I was up early and decided to start watching Army Wives... which I must say is a pretty good show! All the while the dogs are playing and going crazy around me. I looked down to see what they were up to and thankfully I had my camera right by me...

Eric brought this little dog bed home a few days ago for Loki to use since it wasn't getting used anymore at his friends house... So much for that idea. Bostyn totally destroyed it. I picked the stuffing up multiple times but somehow she ended up getting more and more. My livingroom was covered in it... After picking this up a few times this is what I saw...

I spent most of my day watching the dogs running around the livingroom chasing each other and then biting at each other... Who would have thought that would entertain them... I also figured that if I let them out every 45 minutes maybe I would be lucky and not have to clean any messes up... Boy was I wrong. Why is it that as soon as they come in they decide to go to the bathroom on the carpet? It is SUPER frustrating! After hours of running around here are the next set of pictures...

Finally some peace and quiet! Of course any time that I moved Bostyn was up and running around. Finally before bed I decided to take them out one last time. They went out and peed and I let them back in once they wanted in... About 5 minutes later I smelled the worst smell in all the world! Of course Bostyn was responsible for a HUGE pile of poo laying in the livingroom floor. I feel kinda bad about my reaction but hopefully after pushing her nose semi deep in it she will learn her lesson. By this time I am EXTREMELY tired of dealing with her so here she is...

And here she will stay for the rest of the night because I am not dealing with her jumping all over me tonight while I attempt to get some rest... And of course when I went to put her in the kennel I just had to take this picture of Loki and yes this is basically how he sleeps every night (however I did pull the covers up a little so that I could get this picture)...
Only 12 more hours until Eric comes home! I can't wait to see him and spend the rest of the weekend in his arms cuddling!

Our Babies...

I will be the first to admit that I am not a big dog fan... I grew up with cats... My family had one dog and she was not the normal type of jumpy dog... That is what I hate about dogs, they love to jump all over people and somehow they seem to know that I hate it and so I am the victim most of the time... Eric has had Loki for about 9 months now and Loki has always had "friends" to play with and was not really liking being left alone while we were gone to work and school so we decided to get him a friend... I am guessing that right about now he is wishing that he was alone!

So on March 5th, after the whole proposal thing Eric and I went looking around for a friend for him. I tried to convince Eric that a cat was the best bet... however I lost. Instead we ended up bringing Bostyn home with us.

Loki is a pretty calm dog that honestly is a lot like a cat. Bostyn on the other hand is all puppy! She is all over the place! She LOVES Eric and wants to be by him all the time, especially when it is bedtime. She squeezes her way in between us and I am never allowed to be by Eric... Hopefully she learns soon!

These are some of the things we have witnessed with our two dogs:

Bostyn, our American Bulldog, gets into everything... Including Eric's sock...
Eric and I brought the dogs in the car with us to get them out of the house. We ran in to an appointment. I came out to the car a little while later and this is what I found... What it doesn't show is that when I first came out Bostyn was on top of him. My guess is that Bostyn was annoying him and so Loki tried to get away by crawling into Eric's jacket. He ended up getting stuck in the sleeve and it took a while to get him out. I guess in the end Bostyn won!
This is what Loki has to put up with... Bostyn will not leave him alone. If he goes back in the bedroom to take a nap she is soon in there searching for him.