Hard Work Pays Off...

I have been working 10-20 hours a week in overtime for the past several weeks. While it is good for the savings account and good for the company team, it is hard on my physical and mental well-being! However, I have been trying to show my committment and eagerness to learn my new duties. Today all that dedication and hard work paid off...I got promoted! I start as a supervisor tomorrow. This means a raise and weekends off, very exciting!!!

Distraction...

My good friend has been letting me babysit her son in the mornings to keep me company. It is a wonderful distraction from missing Nick because babies are so dependent and so entertaining it is hard for my mind to focus anywhere else but on him. He is five months old and learns new things everyday, it is really wonderful to see. I'm thankful for baby Wesley being the temporary "man in my life!" Haha. And also greatful I can give him back to his Mommy when he is being cranky!

Working It Out...

I have been taking Moose running with me now that he is one year old. The vet said I needed to wait until the one year mark so that his bones and joints could fully develop first. He is running about a mile and a half a day and I am building him up slowly to eventually complete 5k's. He really seems to like it.

We had a little accident today because he still does not understand staying to one side and away from my feet. Needless to say when my feet are brought to a sudden halt by a ball of fuzz entagled in my legs...I fall down and go boom! It was probably a bilarious site for my neighbors. Moose is learning discipline though. Usually if he got the chance to run he would do so and think it was a game for me to try and catch him. Today, as I was sprawled in the middle of the street he stopped looked at me with the most guilty/apologetic of faces, and returned to me when I called (the leash was not a high priority when I went splat)! So, we finished out the rest of the run and I was quite proud of him. We always go pick up Cricket after our run to finish up with a walk together.

I've been doing more work around the house to get it decorated and looking more and more like home for Nick and I. I finally finished the laundry room this weekend.

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(Yes, I realize the pictures are sideways, I am waiting on photos I enlarged to be ready for pick up.)

A Perfect Day...

Every Sunday I take the boys over to our local dog park for some socializing and rough housing. They love it, and I love that they sleep the rest of the day!!! This Sunday however, I decided I wanted to do something for me AND them. So, I drove them up to a trail I used to run in Boulder and we hiked for awhile. I was a bit nervous because I had never taken them hiking before and was unsure if they would make it to the top or how they would react.

It was a bit jerky (too much excitement), but overall successful. I think they really had a great time and I always enjoy getting to go to the mountains. Next weekend I will see if they can handle something a bit longer because today was only about two miles (I didn't want to get halfway up a trail and have them give up...I'm not backpacking them out)! This is a great beginning to the day and I am hoping for many more like this with the boys before hiking season is over.