The Talberts: New Year's & New Addition

We have a new addition to our Family (as probably the 2-3 people that actually read our blog knows already!) our dog Durango! Jay and I have been wanting for a while to get a dog. We are both such dog people but wanted to wait until we got back here and got a house. We have done a lot of research and went back & forth between getting a dog from a breeder or rescuing one from a local shelter which is what we ended up doing. We went the week after Christmas and looked and read a couple books about how to choose the best one for our family. There were so many wonderful dogs there we really had trouble not coming home with all of them but Durango really stood out to both of us. He was really calm (for the most part) and could tell from the time we spent with him that he was really smart and trainable. So we were able to go through the application process and were approved to adopt him! We brought him home on New Year's Eve and he has been wonderful. We have had our issues we have had to work through (we still need to replace those blinds in the kitchen) but he really is such a sweet dog. He is getting MUCH better about being left alone, we are leaving him in his crate but he is so calm when we get home & not bending the bars in the crate anymore! He is also getting a lot better about playing with is toys and fetching the ball. He loves his walks that we take daily and also really enjoys going for car rides.

So here are some pictures that we have taken basically during the 1st week.

We actually took him over to the Campbell's on New Year's eve and he had a great time playing with Samson (their Golden Retriever) as well as did really well the kids. He was tired by the end of the night though! It was a big day for him.

Taking one of our many walks around the lake near our house.

We spent New Year's Eve with some good friends of ours here in Wichita Falls the Campbell's & the Segal's. We have been very blessed to be set up with these great people. We were actually in England with the Segal's although in different squadrons & the Campbell's are fellow F-15 C people so we have clicked with them and really enjoy being around them (although us girls are together a lot more than the boys) Anyway we had a great time with a fondue dinner and rang in the New Year at around 8:15! It has officially happened that the past 2 years we didn't make it to Midnight! but we still had a fabulous time and enjoyed celebrating all the wonderful things & changes that happened to us in 2009 as well as looking forward to everything God has in store for us in 2010!

Me, Kim, & Heather