Amy Winehouse and her Blake "incarcerated" coming soon!

Nathan and I attended a Halloween party on Sat. and our costumes rocked. Pictures to be posted soon!

I also want to wish a Happy Birthday to my little brother, Josh, today. This is your last year in the 20's so enjoy it, bro!


Dawn

Weekend Recap

This weekend flew by as they usually do. Friday we went to Graham's soccer game for his 2nd soccer team. The Tigers are his main team but he also plays for Team Mexico. Unfortunately, Team Mexico lost big time! :(

Saturday, Nathan and Graham helped Bethany buy a new car. She got a really good deal on a new 2008 Nissan Sentra. I just read an article that said this was the month to buy a car because the dealerships are hurting for business. Then they went to Graham's soccer game and they lost again! :(
I started writing my 12-15 page research paper: HR Challenges for Entrepreneurs. So exciting! That night, Nathan and I went to a Shrimp Boil Party at this guy's house that he knows from the Tap Room. We basically sat around a fire and drank some beer for a couple of hours. We missed the actual shrimp boiling. It was a good time. We hadn't been out on our own like that in a while.

Today, we went to the Pumpkin Patch with Nathan's family and my mom. It was a nice day and I always enjoy going there. It's the best place to take pictures. Here are some shots from the day.

On another note, our friends, Jaime and Janet Parkerson, welcomed the birth of their 3rd child. Morgan Faye Parkerson was born on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008. Congratulations to the Parkersons. We can't wait to meet Morgan!

Dawn

Don't cha hate that?

So last week, I started my car and the dial was tuned in to Movin 101.1. However, instead of Gwen Stefani or Justin Timeberlake, I heard Christmas music. The radio station I loved to listen to in the morning because they played a lot of music with very little talk is no more. Don't cha hate that? It changes without warning and hits you like a cold glass of water splashed in your face right when you wake up. And what the heck are they doing playing Christmas music this time of year? It's not even Halloween yet (although I know many stores are already selling Christmas trees!).

Anyway, I tried to find out what the deal is today and I found this article to explain what happened. As of Jan. 1st, 101.1 is becoming a talk sports radio station. BOO! Here's the article in case you are interested. In the meantime, Christmas music will fill your car if you tune in.

http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2008/09/22/daily19.html?b=1222056000%5E1704409&brthrs=1

Bah Humbug!

Dawn

The Obligatory Girlfriend to Wife Haircut

As you can tell, I got a hair cut this weekend. Isn't that what you are supposed to do after you get married? I took this picture myself with my new fancy phone. My mom also colored my hair (the same color as usual) after I took this picture.

While I was getting my hair cut and colored, Nathan was at a beer festival in Illinois. I don't know the name of it but it was right outside of Granite City I think. That night, we went to a trivia night. We started off strong but fell apart a little at the end. We ended up coming in 3rd place. Do you want to know what question I knew that no one else on our team knew and therefore was my big contribution: Q: What is the name of Paris Hilton's dog that gained noterity? A: Tinkerbell Your welcome, my fellow team members! :) Other than that, I pretty much ate a ton of cheese and crackers and felt stupid as I had no clue about most of the other questions!

Sunday, Nathan played golf and then his friend, Miles, came over to hang out for a little bit. I did homework most of the day. Later, Nathan and I went to two Halloween stores to try and find something to be this year but we didn't have any luck. I refuse to pay $60 for some revealing outfit that doesn't have much to it that I will wear once in my life. I may just recycle an old costume.

Anyway, that was our exciting weekend. Next Sunday we are headed to the Pumpkin Patch if anyone is interested in meeting up!

Dawn

Maui Pictures, Finally!

Our first day in Maui
Nathan with the Hula Girl statue

I finally got our pictures uploaded and developed. These are even half of them but you will get a good idea by what I've posted here. We had a blast and I definitely reccommend going to Maui if you ever get the chance. Everything is so vibrant and lush and the atmosphere is very laid back. Someone that's been there put it in a good way: She said it's like everything is in High Definition!

Us driving to our condo the first day in our rented Mustang Convertible (the only way to see Maui!)

Driving to our condo

Looking out from our balcony at our condo

This is the town of Lahaina. It was about 10 minutes south of where we stayed in Kahana. It had shopping and restaurants.

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Meyer

This is the view from our balcony. We could see two islands in the distance.

Chilling in Lahaina

The sunset setting in Lahaina

me with the Hula Girl

This waterfall was on the Road to Hana. It was an all day outing to get to Hana, the seven sacred pools and back. We saw so much pretty scenery. I can't even begin to describe how beautiful it is.

A chicken on the side of the road to Hana

This is the bark of a Rainbow Eucalyptus tree. They are so cool looking. They do not look real.

One of the many rainbows we saw when we were driving around the island.

Eating at Cheeseburger in Paradise (or something like that) in Lahaina.

Nathan selling snacks in Lahaina.

This is a view of the ocean from the Seven Sacred Pools past Hana.

Tourists swimming in the sacred pools. We swam too but couldn't take our picture in there.

This waterfall on the Road to Hana has been used in movies and print ads. It's huge and very awesome!

The Black Sand Beaches on the Road to Hana

The Luau dancers in motion

Luau dancers

Me with the shirtless Hawaiian boys from the Old Lahaina Luau!

The Old Lahaina Luau

Us in front of some cool trees in Lahaina.

Sunset in Maui

More Luau dancers

Nathan and I at the Luau

Nathan and I at the Luau

This is the closest I've come to seeing Nathan cry. His eyes were getting a little watery eating some very HOT hotwings. Can you tell he was sweating?

Shopping in Lahaina

We at this restaurant one night and I think it was our most expensive meal. It was insane how much my sushi cost!

Nathan in front of Canoe's restaurant. Everything is so much more expensive in Hawaii!

Us at our table at Canoe's. All of the restaurants are open because the climate is so ideal and there aren't that many bugs.

Jellyfish at the Aquarium

A shark

More cool jellyfish

Nathan at the Aquarium. This is where we went on our last day to kill time since our flight didn't leave until 8:30 pm.

Cool fish at the Aquarium

In other news, I started back at school this past weekend. I'm not looking forward to it but I only have until June until I graduate (3 more clusters). And on the bright side, my teacher seems very cool. I think he's going to be my best yet. I will be going on Wednesdays for the rest of the semester. We've been going to a lot of Graham's soccer games. They are doing OK. Sunday, we went to Crown Valley Winery in St. Genevieve for Bethany's 25th birthday. That was a lot of fun but it was a little hot. I've never been to that winery before and I really liked it. That's about it - still trying to catch up at home, write our wedding thank you's, do homework, etc. Back to reality I guess!

Dawn

Dang, we are H-O-T!!!! :)

Our wedding pictures are online at our photographer's website:
http://www.lightsourcephotography.net/

Click Private Galleries
Click Dawn and Nathan
The password is 09/13/08

They start from the beginning of our engagement pictures so if you've already seen those or want to skip to the wedding ones, click the Next > button until you get to page 12. They are not all in order since they were taken with two different cameras. And there are a lot of them so make sure you have some time to really look at them. They turned out really good!

Thanks, Dawn