For The Love Of...

I'm very excited to announce that we put our dogs in boot camp! They've actually been there for a week. It's just basic obedience training (iwasgettingtiredoftheirdestructionandmisbehaving). But, we got to see how well they are doing yesterday. OH MY LANTA. Let me tell you what, they are doing awesome. Especially Sarge!
Let me explain. Our dogs are pretty good dogs. But, they don't listen well. We could call and call for Sarge and he would completely ignore us. Drake is a shorthair so naturally they are easily distracted. SQUIRREL! We were looking forward to see what a weeks worth of work would do. And, I'm pleasantly surprised.
(I was kind of skeptical at first. I looked up reviews of the trainer after dropping them off and there was nothing but good comments! Phew.)
The trainer first takes one dog out at a time and we watch from a distance so they don't know that we're there or else they would have a heart attack I'm sure. Drake smelt us from the very beginning though so his performance wasn't up to par. Although, he prances around so cutely. Like, "Hey mom, dad. Look what I've learned!" It's pretty much the most adorable thing. And, he always looks at you as if he needs some confirmation that he's doing it right.
Sarge could smell us too but he did completely amazing. It was almost as if he was a different dog. One thing I was trying to teach both of the dogs was stay. Our trainer doesn't teach the word "stay" because he believes when you tell a dog to sit he better sit until you tell him okay. Which I love. There our dogs were. Sitting. And staying there. Until he called them over.
-INSERT OOGLY EYES AND JAW DROPPING HERE-
Finally we got to go out and work with Sarge. Drake was tired and he had worked him a little more because he was distracted which made the trainer work with him a bit more, so he decided to give him a break. It was the moment of all moments. We had set Sarge off to play by patting his head and saying, "okay". He ran off to go play with the trainers dog when I said, "Sarge, come!" That dog turned on a dime, and actually came to me.
-insert even BIGGER oogly eyes and say goodbye to my jaw-
I cannot wait to go back and see how much they've improved next week. Completely worth the money and I can't wait to have the furbabies back. I've missed them. But, slightly filled the void with a new little creature we call, Cosmo.





Can we just take a moment here to admire how freaking adorable this little guy is. I never pegged myself as a reptile person. In fact, they give me the heebies. But, little Cosmo here we got in at my work a couple weeks ago. I got the courage one day to pick him up, and instantly I was in love when he fell asleep on my hand. We got him a week later, and just... just look at this little gem!


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We Tied The Knot

Wow! I'm just a little behind on keeping this thing updated. I swear a day doesn't go by where I think to myself, I should probably update my blog. And, yet. It's been many days passed, and I'm finally getting around to it.
It's official, I'm a Mrs. as of October 12, 2013!
Here are some pictures from my most gorgeous wedding. I couldn't have even imagined it being better. It was too perfect. (We were worried about the weather. Idaho is unpredictable and our autumn started out rainy and cold. But, it seems like our wedding day was the start of sunshine and warmer days!)






As you can see we had a country chic themed wedding. It was wonderful. My family did such an amazing job pulling it off. I'm proud and thankful to their hard work. This is the start of something beautiful, you guys! I'm excited to see where life will take me and my hubby! 


Thomas and Hayley Hampton
est. October 12, 2013


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Update

I haven't posted anything in exactly a month! Which I'm kind of beating myself up over. I think it's about time to update everyone (okay, me, because I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who reads my blog.) what has happened in this month of September. First off, I got a new job! I'm happily employed at Zamzows. It's a local business here in Idaho, and I'm so blessed to be apart of it! Not only am I a full time student now, but also a full time employee! Things have definitely gotten much crazier in my life. Wedding plans are slowly coming together now. I'm so blessed to have the people that I do in my life. My bridal shower was absolutely amazing, better than I could have ever imagined. My aunts put it together, and they did such a wonderful job. My mom's entire family room is filled with gifts. I found my dress, it's absolutely beautiful, and I'm so in love with it. I cannot wait to see Tom's face when I walk down the aisle. My wedding is going to be gorgeous, and better than I could have ever dreamed of. I'm so excited! TEN DAYS. OMG.
Also within the next ten days I have a list of so much I need to do. I'm overwhelmed. I'm stressed. But, I'm so happy. I'm in love with my life.
My bachelorette party is this Saturday, which I'm very excited about. And, then, family pictures on Sunday. Then we need our house deep cleaned, my bed moved over so that Joey and Brittany have a place to sleep. Then slowly start moving my stuff over. These next ten days are going to fly by.


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