Temple Trip

Dustin and I planned our first temple trip of the year for yesterday.......and of course it decided to rain like crazy all the way there and all the way home!  First storm we have had in a while!  But it just made for more of an adventure (ie: running through the pouring rain in a skirt and high heels = always a lot of fun).  The storms have continued into today and has managed to sap any ambition I have.  So far I have watched 3 NCIS episodes.  Dustin and I did manage to finish our taxes and get his FAFSA completed, but neither of us has done any studying!  Oh well!  Life is way to short to spend all of our time studying.  It will be weird this fall when Dustin is in clinicals and has less homework and I will be graduated :-)  We are going to have to sharpen up our card game playing skills!

Can't believe it's been since October....

Really didn't mean to let my blog sit this long...... Guess that proves that time really does fly!  In order to save time and space I decided to paste my Christmas letter in here to catch up for the most part.  If you have allready seen it, just ignore.  If you haven't enjoy!!!

Meyer Madness in 2011!!

Dustin: Successfully completed his 1^st year of Vet School and is halfway through his second. HOORAY!!  By this time next year he will be in clinical and we will be on the downhill slope of completing Vet School!  DOUBLE HOORAY!  Dustin continues to play basketball 3 times a week and with the addition of some awesome new friends now enjoys duck hunting, fishing, mushroom hunting, canoeing, playing tennis, and whitetail hunting.  We couldn’t have asked for better friends and we love spending time with them.  It has definitely made Missouri a lot more enjoyable to have outdoorsy friends that have similar interests.  Dustin also serves in the Primary as a CTR 7-8 teacher.  He is a major help to Kelli for projects and is becoming a very creative chef!  Dustin was able to go home to Blanding for 7 weeks this summer and did his best to work extremely hard and play even harder.  He spent a lot of time on the hay hauler and moving sprinkler lines, but also found time for softball tournaments and plenty of trips to Lake Powell for overnight fishing!

Kelli:  Took a big leap and left the full-time working life to return to nursing school at the University of Missouri.  She started a 15-month accelerated program to get her Bachelor’s of Nursing.  This was very intimidating after being out of school for almost 2 years but she worked hard and with Dustin’s support adjusted pretty quickly.  Kelli is officially half way done with her program on December 16^th and will be done in July 2012!  Kelli also serves in the Primary as the 2^nd counselor.  She works with amazing people and really enjoys her calling.  She has some very rambunctious but very sweet kids in her Primary and she couldn’t think of another calling that she would rather have right now!  As for home life, Kelli tries to keep up with laundry, dishes, cleaning, cooking, buying groceries, and maintaining the sanity in the Meyer home with lots of help from Dustin.  Kelli loves to hang out with her new friends and has enjoyed girl shopping trips and sleepovers while the boys go hunting!  But the boys weren’t the only ones to go hunting this year!  Kelli shot her first whitetail deer with one shot from 200 yards away.  Dustin was pretty excited that Kelli didn’t miss since she hadn’t shot a gun for a while!

Together our little family is doing extremely well.  We made it to 3 very happy years of marriage in May and can’t wait for the adventures of the years to come.  Another of our highlights of the year included putting in our first garden in our own backyard.  We called it our “Salsa Garden” because we only planted tomatoes, peppers, and jalapeños!  In the end we got over 200 peppers (WOW) and we are still eating tomatoes off the plants.  I haven’t had to buy tomatoes since August!!!  I would say our effort was worth the reward!  We also attended our first Major League baseball game with Kelli’s parents.  We had a blast watching the Cardinals and decided we must be good luck because the Cardinals ended up winning the World Series.  We might just have to go back next year!

We feel very privileged to be where we are and in the great situation we have found ourselves in.  We like to complain about school and studying and tests, but in the long run these four years will be a small but important part of the rest of our lives.  At this time of year it is hard not being close to family, but we are so grateful for dear families on both sides that bless our lives so much.  The true meaning of Christmas is being with family and having a true love of Christ for all those we meet.  We truly wish you a very Merry Christmas and even though we are a long way away we hope you know that you are dear to us and that we think of you often.  Merry Christmas!

Sorry for no pictures.....camera is out of commission with not much hope of getting fixed in the near future.  Current updates for 2012 include a whole lot of studying and not much else.  Dustin and I are creeping through the semester with hopes that summer with arrive quickly.  We are keeping extremely busy with Primary, clinicals, class, tests, playing with friends, and working out (mostly Dustin ).  We are super excited about starting tomatoes for our AWESOME little garden in the backyard.  I think we are going to be a little more aggressive with fertilizing and such and see if we can get an even better crop!  I so need a lot of tomatoes so I can make hot sauce!  I am almost out and the store bought stuff just doesn't compare!!! 

Well I hope everyone that hasn't given up on my blog and actually see's this is doing great and enjoying 2012!

Summer and School!

Just a  few pictures from Dustin's summer at home!  Just barely got the camera fixed (after major surgery undertaken by Dr. Meyer and Nurse Kelli :-) at home involving lot of little screws and a can of compressed air).  This is little miss Taygan!!  I haven't seen her since she was born, but from all reports she is quite the character and keeps Gina very busy!!  Can't wait to see them at Christmas hopefully!

 Jaycee "cheesing" it up for the camera.  She is such a doll.  Can't believe how big they are getting!

This is Dustin's favorite milk drinking buddy!  Katie says Aubrey would go through a whole gallon of milk by herself in less than a week if she would allow it.  She sure loves her Uncle Dust!  As do all the nieces and nephews!



I think this is what we miss the most about being in Missouri....Time with family!!! These guys made a mass exodus up to elk ridge for a camping trip.  Dustin said that they had a blast!!!  Went hiking, cooked good food, and sat up late talking around the campfire!  It just doesn't get much better than that,except maybe if I could have gone too :-(   But I was in Missouri in the middle of nursing school, so I am glad they were having a good time!



 Two very good looking boys!!!  I may be a little biased but definately some of my favorite people!  I have so many incredible men in my life!  Awesome dads, brothers, grandpas, and an incredible husband.  How lucky can one girl get?

And of course....they couldn't leave Missy home!!! 

This is after we finally got all the sand out of the camera.  Let me tell you....fixing it was quite the adventure.  Dustin was all amazed this day because I finally blow-dryed my hair.  Between school, clinicals, and overall craziness, I normally let my hair air-dry over night, or put it in a pony-tail.  I finally got up the ambition to blow dry it and give it a little bit more body.  I don't think my husband recognized me. J/K!  

At this moment Dustin is officially done with his first block of fall semester. Next time this year he will be starting clinicals!!!!  So proud of Dustin!  He did incredible on his tests and passed this semester with flying colors!!  He and Mark have a good time laughing and joking with one another and are definately excelling in Vet School.  Couldn't ask for better neighbors in the basement, better friends to hang out with, or better families at home that support us!  Kind of a sappy post, but just feeling very greatful for everything good in my life!

Crazy Daze.........

It's been a long time...... I know!  But I really do have an excuse this time!!!!  It's really isn't any fun to blog without pictures and our camera is currently out of commision due to being dropped in the sand and now it won't open! Oops!  But other that that Dustin went home for 7 weeks this summer and I got to go home for 3.  It was awesome to play with family.  I got to see ALL my sisters and there kids at my mom's house.  Can't even express how much I love my family and how much they mean to me!!!!  The time we got to spend together was priceless for me!!!!  I also got to go swimming, boating, shopping, relaxing, cooking, working, and all around playing around with my mom!!  It doesn't get much better than that.  I spent my first two weeks at my house and then traveled down to spend a week in Blanding.  I hadn't been home to Blanding for over a year!!!  It felt good to be back and see more family.  I got to work with Dustin, go to the sale barn (one of our favorites) and eat at our favorite Chinese restaurant, I got to bale and haul hay, camp overnight in a cabin, hike in the mountains, almost get struck by lightning, watch a San Juan football game (always a lot of fun!!!!) and all sorts of good adventures!  The days flew by way to fast and then we were back on a plane headed for Missouri. :-(  We really don't mind Missouri, we just love being with our families so much that it is hard to be so far away!  Currently Dustin and I are both juggling full time school, church callings, and trying to fit in sleep, exercise, and a little fun now and then.  Pretty short update, but its better than nothing!!! 

2011 Adventures

May 6, 2011

Exactly three years ago my best friend took me to the Logan Temple and made me one of the happiest girls in the world!  Exactly three years to the day later I couldn't have been happier spending the day with the man I love in the St. Louis Temple!  Even if we did have a few glitches!!

 He always makes it easy to smile!!!

 It was awesome to have my parents in town for a fun filled weekend!!!  We spent Friday in St. Louis, where we went to the temple, the zoo, some old indian ruins, and a St. Louis Cardinals game!!!  We had a blast.......even though the navigator (me) got us lost a few times.  But hey give me some credit I had never been to St. Louis! :-)  We had to take these next two pictures.  Notice that Holly is the "Social Butterfly." :-)

 We decided that if mom got a picture Dad needed one too!!

 Just after dinner at TGIFridays and on the way to the baseball game!

 Awesome game!!! We had a lot of fun!!!!  Beautiful view, fun company, spicy nachos with lots of jalepeno's and they won!!!  Couldn't get much better than than!!!!  It was amazing to have my parents visit the week before I started nursing school.  They were also here to see me get put into the primary presidency in my ward.  I have to say I really enjoy my calling!  I love the kids and couldn't have asked for better sisters to serve with!

 I have a picture of my parents at the ball game too but my computer wouldn't let me upload it. :-(

 After church one Sunday.  We had a lovely hatching of cicada's in Missouri this year.  They were EVERYWHERE!!!!  And they were so loud!!  It took us three tries to get this picture because they kept landing on me and I would flinch as I tried to take the picture. :-)

 Our garden!!!!!  The day we planted it.  It looks very different now. The tomatoes have quadrupled in size and the peppers are producing like crazy!!!  One of my new favorite parts of Missouri in my own backyard!!!  We call it our salsa garden since they only things we planted were tomatoes, bell peppers, and jalepeno's.  Can't wait to bottle hot sauce this fall!

All in all life is going good. I currently have just three weeks left of my first semester of nursing school!!!  Dustin is home working hard after successfuly finishing his first year of vet school.  He did amazing and passed his classes with flying colors!!! I could be prouder of all he has accomplished!!  I get to visit family in Utah for a few weeks in August.  Can't wait to see my family and hold my nieces and nephews!!

Easter Fun!

Easter Fun at the Meyer House!!!

These are the bunnies I made for my primary class. They are washcloths rolled and folded and then they hold a plastic easter egg full of treats.  I may be biased but I think they turned out pretty cute.  I have to give credit where credit is due though.....this was my mom's project that I just copied!

 So this has a funny story!  Sunday morning I was feeling kinda stupid cause we hadn't really made any plans for celebrating Easter.  I had got a small basket with a few treats and movies but not much.  Well I got this crazy idea to try and make a easter bunny while Dustin was still in bed.  So I started searching for anything and everything I could find.  This is what I came up with.  A corn muffin mix for the base.  Marshmellow cream to frost the ears. M&Ms for the eyes and nose. Chocolate chips for the whiskers, butterscotch chips for the mouth and a marshmellow cut up for the two bucked teeth.  It looks totally ridiculous I know!  When Dustin came out and saw it he asked "What is it suppose to be a moose?"  So this is my failed attempt at a bunny rabbit that has know been dubbed the "MOOSTER BUNNY" in our house.  We may just have to make one every year now! :-)

 I decided that you are never to old to color easter eggs.  I have a girl I work with that just moved here from Kenya.  She asked me at work what all the fuss was about eggs.  She had never heard of dying easter eggs.  So I invited her over to the house and we colored eggs.  Below is so of what we colored. 

 We used rubber bands to make the striped ones.  It's harded then it looks to make a thin rubber band stay on an oval shaped egg.

 This was our special belated celebration with the easter bunny!!!  When I got hom from work Friday Dustin told me to go look in my shoe that had been sitting on the front porch for a few days.  To say the least I was nervous that it was going to be a snake or a mouse, neither of which I am very fond of!!!  Much to my surprise it was something fluffy and cute!!  Dustin had caught him on the side of the house when he was mowing and saved him so I could see.  We have two big bunnies that frequent our backyard, but this little guy is probably only a few weeks old! 

 What a cutie on the right!!!!!!!  Yeah Yeah I know the bunny is cute too. ;-)



Spring Break

So I sent Dustin home......again........and I had to stay in Missouri by myself........again!  But oh well he had a blast and after a year of vet school I guess he deserves a break now and then. :-)  If I could attach all the pictures he took while he was home, they would be 95% cows 2% other animals 3% family. J/K!!!  But the boy definitely does love his cows so I'll include a few pictures!

Dustin and Missy!!!! 

Some of the babies! 

When you go to Cortez for the auction you MUST EAT CHINESE!!!! Especially when it's this good!!!!  This is one of our all time favorite places to eat! 

You never know what your going to see at the Cortez Auction Barn.......that's what makes it so fun!! 

Coolest calf ever. Mom is a what we call maroon balley. No idea where this little guy came from. 

Abby our yearling holstein heifer that we paid $20 for. :-)  Looking pretty tall and pot bellied. 

Aubrey and her favorite Uncle Dust!  The comment here........"No Uncle Dust you can't go out to the farm until I get my shoes on!!!! I'm going to hold you here until I'm ready." 

Two biggest milk drinkers in the family!!!  They could probably go through a couple gallons a week by themselves.....if we would let them. :-) 

How can you not love these two faces???? 

Aubrey LOVES Missy. Missy didn't know if she loved Aubrey riding here, but Aubrey sure thought it was a lot of fun! 

 This is Kelli's new hobby. Sorting through 5,000 pennies. I know it sounds crazy but I got over $23 of old Lincoln wheat pennies out of the deal including two 1909 pennies which are the first ever minted Linocln pennies!  I probably have over 200 pennies from 1909-1920. I know it's weird but I think its fun.  Oh by the way I just brought another bag of 5,000 pennies home to sort through! :-)

Out of order but just a few more pictures from Dustin's trip home.

Branding calves.....How many men does it take to brand one calf???? J/K! 

Dustin doing what he loves!  Just wish I would've been there cause I love it too! Someday we'll make it back!