Happy New Year from the Meier's!

I hope everyone has a safe and fun new years. I have many updates to share at some point as well as some Christmas pictures to upload
I saw Carson and Brody. Both are adorable.
We are going to be an aunt and uncle again, and no, it's not one of my siblings. Josey is going to be a big sis.
Josey tricked me into being a horse for her.
I got 30 new pairs of socks for Christmas (and I'm keeping them all, I really needed new socks)
I'm hanging with the family tonight and I'm being paged to play cards...

HAPPY NEW YEARS!

Travelin Time

We are headed out tomorrow, so I guess that means I should really pack my stuff tonight. I have the Christmas presents packed up, but not anything else.

I hope the weather cooperates for our travels. It is suppose to get warm here finally today or tomorrow but I don't think that is the case in Northeast Missouri. I am not looking forward to any ice. :(

We went to the Exposure sale over the weekend and it was good. The quote of the weekend would be "CHOPPER, Woo Hoo!" Seeing the boys dancing that night was hilarious. The Griswold crew have a dance called "Driving Fence Posts" and Tucker was pretty darn good at it although Bruce was good too. The top selling heifer was for $65,000 and 1/3 semen interest, no possession in Chopper sold for $63,500 I think. We also went to the Euchee Creek sale Saturday night. Needless to say, Saturday was a long day.

The office is slow today, we are all waiting to see if we get to go home early today. We have our fingers crossed. If not, we decided we are all leaving at 2:00 p.m.

It may be awhile before I post again, depending on if I have time while I am home.

Happy Holidays!

Two more days....

of work, then I'm off for almost 2 weeks! Working at an university does have it's perks.

Pictures from the Woods wedding:


Felipe and Me


Toni, Tracy, and me


Greg and Tracy

Greg has been crazy busy the last couple of days. He has been leaving around 6ish in the morning to go to work. Last night he got home a little after 10, switched some stuff around in the Trailblazer and headed north. Felipe and him have to do a ton of transfers today in Kansas. This morning he said they drove until 12:30 a.m. and stopped to spend the night and left this morning at 7 a.m. to get the farm on time. I'm going to have one tired husband tonight (if they decide to drive back.)

So I made my cutout cookies over the weekend. I have pictures of them, but of course I haven't uploaded them and the camera is at home. I got a lot of compliments on them, so you should definitely try them out. The recipe came from McKenzie's blog and can be found here. They are Shortbread Sugar Cookies.

I'm almost done Christmas shopping. I'm going to tie up the lose ends tonight or tomorrow. Greg may have to help with the Exposure sale tomorrow, so I might drop him off then go shopping until the sale starts.

I'm not looking forward to packing for the trip home. Since I'm going to have an extended stay and we are taking the truck and trailer, room may be limited. I hear it is suppose to be cold, so I want to make sure to pack plenty of warm clothes. We are leaving the 24th to head to Jackson, dropping off Jake (I'm going to miss him) and a cow, picking up a different horse, and heading north to p-town on the 26th. Greg is leaving the 28th to come back to Oklahoma. My return date is still questionable.

My birthday was good. 4-H had their holiday luncheon that day so I went over to it and caught up with old co workers. (Note to Kellie - Judy is a Grandma, everyone misses you, and there are lots of new faces there. )

I guess I should get back to work. I thought I had a picture of our Christmas tree but I can't seem to find it. Maybe I'll take some pictures this weekend and post before I leave for break.

Blog Tag Game

I'll post some pictures and other random stories later today or tomorrow.

McKenzie, friend, former roommate and fellow blogger, tagged me in a little blog game. Here are 7 random things about me (that you probably don't care about):

1. I have an obsession with desserts, I cannot resist them, ever. Especially cakes and cookies, pies, ice cream is my biggest weakness.

2. I really want a dog. A Pembroke Welsh Corgi and I want to name it Riley. Preferably a tri-color. Not that I am picky or anything.

3. I want to travel and visit every state. Greg and I travel some, but it seems to be the same places.

4. My birthday is tomorrow. I'm excited about it, but yet, not excited about being a year older.

5. I actually like living in Oklahoma. I miss my family and friends, but life is pretty good here, except the weather sucks today.

6.I love college football. Especially close games.

7. I love the Janet Evanovich books. I've read all the Stephanie Plum and the Metro books. Reading is very addicting to me.



Now, I'm tagging:
Jamie/From MT to MO
Cathy/Chad & Cathy
Jessi / The Belt Family
Bethany / The Davis Family
Kellie / The Column
Camissa / The Hummel Family
Debbie / The Schuster Crew

Wedding Pictures and random thoughts

The Lehenbauer's are not a photogenic family. Trust me, we have squinty eyes! Today we took surprise pictures for our new website at work. Needless to say, I settled on one where I don't look to squinty, but my hair is a disaster!

Anyways, Andy and Jessica's wedding album and photographs are now posted for viewing. Check them out at http://silverboxphotographers.blogspot.com/. Scroll down and you will see some of the pictures, but make sure to click on the album at the bottom of the pictures to see them set to music (and ignore me and my eyes!). You can also see some of the other P-town couples Kim has taken photographs for, including Mark and Amy. (For those from Palmyra, she also took Jenelle and her husband's wedding pictures. It is listed under Jenelle and David on the left side).

To view all the wedding pictures log into: http://www.pictage.com/client/main.do, and search for Jessica Hannant or Andrew Lehenbauer pictures.

Anywho, a funny story I'll tell you. Yesterday, Jessica (co-worker) and I went to Oklahoma City to make employer visits. We dropped off a gift basket and thanked them for recruiting our students. Yesterday happened to be the day the weather was getting nasty. We made it back safely and made all our stops. But when Jess dropped me off at my car, I was thumping the windshield wipers and accidentally broke one. We were laughing so hard and couldn't get the wipers to do what we wanted. So, a random man came over to help us. This was slightly humiliating, since I tend to think I can take care of myself. anywho, she took it to campus transportation and got new wipers, but the situation was hilarious. Friday we are headed to Tulsa to make visits, so we will have to see what happens on that trip!

The wedding on Saturday was good, I'll try to post some pictures sometime. Tomorrow is party day, so I doubt it happens and Friday I'm out of the office, so maybe sometime next week. Speaking of which, you better mail my birthday card soon, my birthday is in 1 week! (Hint, Hint Eileen!)

Mark and Amy might come visit this weekend, so I've come up with a list of things we can do, like make Christmas cookies! I've had requests for my cut out cookies, so I hope to get those done soon!

I am thankful for....

This time of year makes me reflect back on all the things I am thankful and grateful for.
The top of the list has to be my awesome husband. Even though we don't always agree, I still love him anyway.
Second would have to be our families. I happen to think we have an awesome family and I miss them like crazy, but the time we get to spend with them is pretty special.
I'll follow that up with our friends. Whether here in Oklahoma or in Missouri or some other place, they make our life special. Especially when they go above and beyond the call of duty and feed and check our horse while we are gone (Thanks Willy and Steve!) and then let Greg borrow a trailer to haul the horse. In the short time we have been here, we have made many great friends. One of my biggest worries/concerns when moving here was I would not have any friends.
I am thankful for having a roof over my head and a warm place to sleep. I am grateful I have a job I enjoy and awesome coworkers. I watched the show Secret Millionaires the other night and it made me realize I have a pretty good life.

Thank you for being part of our lives!

Christmas time!!

It's finally December! This month is going to be crazy busy for us. We have something to do every weekend this month. I want Greg to get our tree this week so I can break out the Christmas decorations. I've started the Christmas cards with hopes of mailing them out this week or Monday.

Our friends Toni and Tracy are getting hitched this weekend in Stillwater. Greg is a groomsman and I am the herder of the family (making sure people do not leave before pictures). I'm excited for them.

Next week, I have secret santa exchange at work, Bunco with a gift exchange, and Pink Lady Lunch with a gift exchange. The women in our office are also having a date at the beauty bar downtown. All of these activites happen next Thursday, so it will be a busy day!

On top of all this, Greg is traveling and will be gone some, so before we know it, we will be leaving to head back to Missouri for Christmas. I am staying in Missouri until after the New Year and riding back to Oklahoma with Kara and Zoie. I'm excited to spend some time with my family and catch up with friends.

I'll post about the Thanksgiving weekend hopefully sometime soon. Alas, I did not take any pictures. Yes, I am a slacker.