Summer Pictures

Pictures . . .



Us at the River, like the reflection in Greg's glasses?


My office in Cows - I have a herd of 40


More Cows (I have since decluttered my office!)


and more cows. They did the humping ones for Greg.


The winery group!


Josey with Gracyn at hospital


Greg and I with the nieces


Josey snapping green beans, it was funny!


Josey hamming it up!

What, It's almost September?

So, yes I am still alive. After being on vacation and getting back to work, things have been hectic.

A few quick updates:

• FOOTBALL season is here! First game is Saturday at 2:30 against Georgia. We are planning our tailgating stragedy right now. We made a trip to the stadium to check our seats out. Hopefully I'll remember to bring my camera and take pictures in the sea of ORANGE!
  
• I saw Pioneer Woman in person on Saturday. Some of you may have received the text message. We were at the Range Roundup in OKC. It was a good time and the evening became very interesting.
  
• I'm eating Cocoa Roasted Almonds right now and they are pretty tasty. I didn't like them in the beginning but they are growing on me.
  
• The John D. Hale Band is playing at the Wormy Dog Saloon in OKC on Sept. 18. If you are in the area you should come! Greg and his brother Brian grew up with John. They are based out of Jackson, MO. We plan on getting a hotel room and spending the night. The game on Saturday is at 6:00, so we will still have plenty of time to tailgate.
  
• My parents are coming this weekend to visit. We are taking them to the Express, Limestone, and Pollard sales.
  
• We are tentatively going to Denver in Jan. for the stock show with Mark and Amy. I'm pretty excited about it. I have only been once and it was in 2001 with the parents. I have booked us room and everything.
  
• I'll be home for a short time (i.e. maybe two days) the first weekend of October for Lane's baby shower and hopefully Gracyn's baptism.
  
• John is suppose to come visit mid-September! We have a lot planned for him.
  
• Henry the horse inflicted a wound on me on Saturday. Showing cattle I was always told to never let go of the rope. With Henry, the rule is to let go I guess. So, I have a small rope burn on my hand.
  
• Our office is freezing today, like 70 degrees or something. I have my socks on and blanket wrapped around me.
  
• I left the windows open last night and when we woke up it was 66 degrees in the house and 53 degrees outside. I LOVE THIS WEATHER!
  
• My office was decorated in cows when I returned from vacation. I have since herded them to one wall, branded, and ear tagged them. I'm still working on building fence and putting out water troughs. I haven't had time to work on it lately.
  
• Hopefully when I'm done writing here I'll post some pictures, no guarantees though.
• Home was WONDERFUL! We went to a church picnic, demolition derby, truck and tractor pull, the county fair, winery, Suhr's party, went out on the river in Andy and Jess's boat, and most importantly, saw our families!
  

Well, I better get back to work, happy Monday!

Wish I was in Missouri . . . . . .

It's a GIRL!

Brian and Paula welcomed a baby girl this morning. She has been named Gracyn Lee and she weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces. I think all are doing well and Josey is excited to be a big sister.

Greg will get to see her Sunday and I'll get to see her on Thursday!

Our time is Missouri has been good so far.

Umm, is it Friday yet?

Wow! This has been a long week, but I don't know why. I had a team goal retreat yesterday but other than that I don't know where my week has gone!

We are going floating this weekend in Missouri. I'm really looking forward to it, except I'm afraid it's going to be cold. After a week and half of 100 degree plus weather, 80 degrees sounds chilly!

Busy week!

It's been a busy week for me. Greg left Sunday to go to Minnesota/South Dakota/Iowa for work. They are leaving this morning and he should be back tonight sometime. So, that means I've been baching it all week.

Sunday I cleaned house and man does it wear you out! I've been trying to sort through the things in each room as I clean, so we don't have so much extra stuff. I'm also known for stuffing things in closets so they are out of the way, which can create havoc later. I also caught Henry and walked him in the pasture behind our house. I brushed on him some too. This is a big step for me because Greg was gone and I did it all by myself.

Saturday we went to OKC and I looked at bicycles. I ended up buying two bicycles instead of one. Monday I took my bicycle for a spin. I thought I was going to die and not make it back home.

Tuesday I had a staff retreat. In the afternoon we played a game of basketball and went swimming. It was a lot of fun and we laughed a whole bunch. I work at such a wonderful place!

Yesterday seemed to fly by and I played tennis with my friend Amanda. Tonight is going to be my night off from exercise. My body is pretty sore right now. I might take a small bike ride if Greg gets home in time.

My tomato plants are not producing anything yet, but my pepper plants have really taken off! I'll be picking jalapenos pretty soon.

Below is a picture of our niece, Josey, taken at Grandma's. Isn't she adorable?

Happy 4th of July!

I hope everyone has a safe and fun 4th of July holiday. I had yesterday off from work so I did some laundry, mowed the yard, and did some cleaning. We went to a friend's party last night and didn't get home until early morning. Greg was playing for the Bocce ball tournament champion again this year. Needless to say, the alarm was going off when we walked in the door.

Henry, the horse, has returned from the trainer last weekend. Greg has ridden him a couple times around the house. Greg is really happy to have him back so he has something to do at night. His work really slows down about mid July so it works out well.

We had a date night last weekend. We went to the movies and had dinner. We went and watched "The Proposal" with Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock. I highly recommend it. It is not a "chick flick", and it is quite funny. Betty White was fantastic in it.

We went to Tulsa on Tuesday night and had dinner with Chad and Cathy Carr. They live in Florida now and work at University of Florida. We got to know them when they were at Mizzou. Cathy is originally from Oklahoma. It was great to catch up with them. We haven't seen them since last October and before that it was at their wedding in Sept. of 2007. Cathy is going to the conference in August in Champaign, IL so that is exciting.

Happy Anniversary to Mark and Amy. They will be married two years on July 7th.

We are headed to Missouri in less than a month. We are making a weekend trip there the middle of the month hopefully to go floating. Our group hasn't been floating since we all started getting married. We are going to Jackson for a few days and then will head north to my parents. We are going to the Marion County Junior Fair which is exciting to me. They don't have demolition derbies and truck and tractor pulls in Oklahoma. Tractor pulls here are garden tractors. Am I redneck or what? Greg is then going back to his parents while I head to my conference in IL. I'll go pick him up there and then we'll head back to Missouri. Hopefully our new little niece or nephew will arrive during this time so we can meet them! It's going to be busy!

So I had the Baby Flood/Watch of 2008, there's one in 2009 too! Paula is due August 6, Kylee is the end of July, Terri is in September, Lane is November, Amanda is December (I think). There may be more, but I can't think of them right now.

The first home football game is two months away!

I'm looking to buy a bicycle. I think we may go look at them today. Tonight we have another party to go to. We will also be watching fireworks.

Whew, I think that about covers it all in the life of the Meiers!