Christmas Adventures

For Christmas we headed to Hillsboro with plans to shoot some guns in the morning at Rancho de Schlittler, enjoy a pajama party at my parent's house then go to the families Christmas activities on Christmas day. We had fun shooting with our friends, saving all the shells for the wedding decorations,and letting Tucker run around the farm.

That is until we were moving a boat for my uncle when Tucker decided to jump in the frozen pond and cut his leg open. Trying not to freak out, we all looked at it and thought it might be ok without stitches, so we cleaned the wound and bandaged him up. That night we enjoyed our pajama party with the family and kept a close eye on him.

Me, my sister, Olivia and our Mom

Olivia, our Dad and Me

Me, Great-Grandma and Olivia After going to family Christmas on Christmas day, we realized Tucker needed stitches and we should have taken him to the vet right away, so we rushed to Webster Groves Animal Hospital at midnight and sure enough he needed stitches. Luckily the vet said we took very good care of it and kept it clean enough that they would be able to stitch it up even though we waited too long. Note to self, any cuts that look questionable go straight to the doctor/vet to determine if stitches are needed. So we drove back home, packed up our stuff slept for about two hours, then at 6:00 a.m. we picked him up from the vet and headed back to Columbia, once we got home we all napped, due to the little sleep we were able to get. For two weeks we kept Tucker in my 3/4 sleeve and long sleeved shirts to keep him from licking his stitches. He looked so cute, especially in my card's shirt!

Having dogs is great training for having kids!

A Very Merry Mimi and Squirrel Christmas

Christmas time is here and it means family photo time. First we went down to the local tree farm in Columbia, picked and cut down our very own tree. I had so much fun decorating the tree and our house. After all the decorating was done, we had our neighbor come over to take our family photo. Our dogs love getting their pictures taken...and we decided to add some silliness too!

Merry Christmas from Squirrel, Mimi, Bo and Tucker!

Relocation

Less than 2 months after our engagement we moved to Columbia because Jeff had his job in Jefferson City and I quickly found one in Columbia. We were lucky to find a beautiful home to rent that was conveniently located 2 doors down from our friends from my high school and SEMO...and they just so happen to be in the wedding party.

Here is our Columbia House

Famous in a Small Town

"Famous In A Small Town" -Miranda Lambert They say life is so much sweeter Through the telephoto lens of fame Around here you get just as much attention Cheerin' at the high school football game I dreamed of going to Nashville Put my money down and placed my bet But I just got the first buck of the season I made the front page of the Turner "Town Gazette" Every last one, route one, rural heart's got a story to tell Every grandma, in law, ex girlfriend Maybe knows you just a little too well Whether you're late for church or you're stuck in jail Hey words gonna get around Everybody dies famous in a small town Ok well in this case we made the Jefferson County Fairgrounds sign in Hillsboro!

Engagement Photos

We had so much fun taking our engagement photos. We went to August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area and downtown St. Charles to take our photos with the very talented Stephen Smith of Stephen's Photography in Arnold, MO. We stayed true to our country theme and had fun acting like we were going to be featured on the cover of a Country Music Album. I can't wait to get them and display them everywhere!

Thank you Stephen...and your assistant Allison! The photo's turned out amazing!