Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Meyer's!! Considering Christmas is tomorrow, I figured I better post these!

Better late than NEVER!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!

The BIG Reveal!!

I was reminded today of my promise to post some after photo's of Kenneth's house

SO...here they are!!

(oh and try to overlook some of the small details such as empty picture frames, the crooked photo on the wall, and remotes on the couches---I was lucky to get any decent photos with the number of men in that house during Thanksgiving)

Before

After!!!

Before

After!!

(We still plan to replace that ugly door as well...so ignore it please)

Before

After!!!

We got all the furniture from Ashley Furniture for a great deal! Some of the accessories were a little random and the rug would not have been my first choice but beggars can't be choosers, right?!?

I was beyond anxious a few weeks ago when my father-in-law finally called me and was beside himself with excitement about the new furniture his kids had surprised him with!!

Let us know what you think!

Check it...

I frequent Emily A. Clark's blog and yesterday's post gave me a good laugh so I thought I would share. She let her husband do a guest post in celebration of their 10th wedding anniversary!

I sure hope Nathan learns these lessons in less than 10 years!!

Go check it out here!

And enjoy a few pictures of the little man...

All these women were tormenting me!!
Such a sweetheart --- can't help but love him!
As you can see we thoroughly enjoyed their 6 day visit last week!
It was sad to see he & his Mommy go.
If only his stubborn parents would move to Brenham and then we could hang out all the time!!

Sabinal Makeover: Floor Edition

Well, this past weekend marked 1 year since we started the Sabinal makeover process here so it was only fitting for us to have another Halloween work weekend!

This was the scary weekend we had in front of us...

Talk about some work...not what we expected to find underneath.

It took lots of staple pulling and vacuuming but we finally got it prepped.

Took us a bit to get the hang of the sander...they told us to go slow but in the process we ruined lots of those pricey sanding pads because of some faulty advice.

Nathan & his Dad had to grind off burned parts on the pads to try reuse them...

Note to self---don't go slow...EVER!!

Fortunately we got the hang of it here...oh wait maybe because I'm doing it!

Kidding...my wonderful husband was a pro!

Sad day in the Meyer household...the day we took Kenneth's couch(bed) away.

.... or not so sad if you are a part of this family!!

Didn't even have to put a chainsaw to it...although that would have been much more fun!

And they are officially gone FOREVER...

Along with a lot of other items that have occupied the garage for far too many years.

This would be Nathan thoroughly enjoying the garage clean out.

This is my treasure from the garage AKA our new dining room table!

Thanks Kenneth!

I promise I will bring you a new one in a few weeks.

This is our completely prepped floor before the finish.

This shows the difference after we started the clear coat.

I know this post may seem like a complete tease because I showed you the whole process and no final product but sorry...

It won't do the rooms justice until there is furniture!

So, I guess we will have to wait to see the big reveal after Thanksgiving

AND let me just tell you

I am so excited for you to see it!

Weekend in Wimberley

A few weekends ago we headed to Wimberley for our 1st Anniversary.

This trip was so unplanned and last minute but it was great because we just went and did whatever we wanted!

This is the B & B we stayed in and it was absolutely wonderful!
We didn't have very high expectations because we booked so last minute but we were pleasantly surprised!

The outdoor space was the best part! There was seating everywhere on the patio & along the creek.

As you can see, I got a good nap in along the creek while Nathan read a book!

Wimberley was not lacking in interesting people to watch.
We were thoroughly entertained by the locals…
I could post some videos we got of some locals as well but I won't even go there...
We visited an Olive Tree Farm/Vineyard...not all it was cracked up to be but we still had fun!

And we visited a Bonsai Exhibit which was completely random but actually fairly interesting and informative. Learned we didn't really know what a Bonsai technically was...

I'm pretty sure Nathan is ready to start growing his own soon....we shall see!

Nathan running from me while I try to take pictures...what's new!
Photos to come soon from another work weekend in Sabinal!!

Also, go check out my friend Robyn's blog to see the precious photos of her little one who showed up at our door trick or treating last night.

Absolutely precious!!!

You will probably get a good kick out of Robyn's costume as well!

We made it through the 1st year!

Sunday we celebrated our 1st anniversary!

We had a great time working in the yard, reliving our wedding day by eating lunch at Royer's, and eating cupcakes from my wonderful sister!

I can't believe it has already been a whole year but when I started looking at pictures I realized so much has happened!

Here's a little recap:

1 year ago we were here!

Our quick Honeymoon to Gruene for the weekend!

Our extended Honeymoon cruise to the Bahamas & Florida Keys

In the Bahamas at Atlantis

Celebrating our first Christmas together!

Colorado Ski Trip to Visit my Family

Nathan ran his 1st 1/2 Marathon in Galveston --- it was so cold but he did great!

Especially since he only trained for 2 weeks!

We enjoyed spending as much time as we could with our sweet niece Mallory!

We moved from our first home in Belton when finishing school...

...to Brenham where we started our 1st jobs!

We almost bought our first fixer upper!

Fortunately God clearly told us both no before it was too late!

This experience taught us a lot about each other & our marriage ;)

We took a group of kids from Church to Youth Camp at Highland Lakes

Took a family trip to Sea World!

Enjoyed Lake Travis in Austin with family!

Nathan had never been baptized before so he took that step with our wonderful church family!

We graduated together from Mary Hardin-Baylor in August

Our first nephew Luke Gardner Bryan was born!!

We have another nephew Jaxon on the way in November as well!

What a blessed first year we had together. It was not always easy but I will say that we love each other even more now than we did the day we got married.

I am pretty sure today we took it to a whole new level considering we both came down with a stomach bug last night and predominantly spent most of our night on the bathroom floor.

Talk about in sickness and in health...

As we laid in bed all day today together being miserable we joking decided that the

"Honeymoon is officially over!"