Merry Christmas from the MEEKS!

Christmas Eve

Diane, Jane and Mom

Christmas Eve

The Derivaux's

Christmas Eve

Cameron, Dad, Diane and William

Christmas Eve

Caroline, Heidi and I

Christmas is a VERY long holiday but I wouldn't have it any other way..



On Christmas Eve we eat one of the BEST meals we have ALL year. We go to The Kemps (my cousins) every year for Christmas Eve and my uncle William cooks wonderful gourmet foods for us! This year we had beef tenderloin, rack of lamb, salad, spinage casserole, twice baked potatoes, etc.... DELICIOUS! (and lots of wine, beer, whiskey, etc)



Christmas morning we wake up and open "Santa Claus" gifts at my parents then around 11 or so, we head to The Derivaux's (mom's mom) for more gifts and family time. For lunch, we go to The Hadens (dads parents) ---eat, open gifts, etc....



About 2:00 Nic and I leave and head to Morton. We spend a few hours at his parents exchanging gifts, THEN... go to his grandparents (The Parkers) for dinner and more gifts!



Needless to say...its a long day but its nice to see all of our families and stuff our faces with good southern foods!

Tis the Season

Kyleen, Valerie, me and Emily at Hal and Mal's

TACKY CHRISTMAS........

Every year, Hal and Mal's host a "Tacky Christmas Party" benefiting Magnolia Speech School and Blair E. Batson.

This year, I had girls over for a "pre-party" and then we all went to Hal and Mal's in our tackiest attire!








Nic and I drove to Greenville a couple of weeks ago for a Tacky Christmas party at the Garden Club -needless to say...we had a BIG TIME! This picture is blurry but we both wore tacky aprons (Mr. and Mrs. Claus)


Yes, these are my friends... that's "Buddy the elf" in the driver seat!

Frosted Paws

It slowed in MISSISSIPPI!!!!!!

All the houses on our street were COVERED!

Remi didn't know what to think at first and then he just started running wild in it!

My new camera captures ALL details, huh? Look at all that snow!!

Remi absolutely LOVED the snow but I wouldn't let him play in it TOO much because that creates WET DOG PRINTS ALL OVER MY HOUSE!

Egg Bowl 2009

Every since the Egg Bowl was changed to the Saturday after Thanksgiving(rather than Thanksgiving Day), I've put out extra effort to attend, especially if its in Starkville! This year was our (Nic and I) first game to go to as a married couple=) Korny but it was fun -we hadn't seen most our friends since the wedding so it was great to catch up and cheer on the Bulldogs together!!

I told Nic not to worry with buying me a ticket because I just KNEW we were going to loose, little to my surprise, we ended up winning!! YAY!

We tailgated with Alecia and Eric (sister-in-law and brother-in-law) -and let me add...BIGGGG Ole Miss Fans... It was an excellent game and everyone was a good sport though.

Our first MSU game as Mr. and Mrs=)

My cute little nephew, Tyler. (a younger version of Nic)

Turkey Day

So every year my family "throws down" for Thanksgiving...its what you would call a "HUGE FAMILY REUNION!" We have had up to nearly 100 family members at our Thanksgiving but sadly I think it has dropped to 60 or so in recent years. None the less---its soo much fun, its the one time each year that we see almost all of our family. We have family come in from Birmingham, Dallas, Houston, Orlando, New Orleans, etc.

We begin on Wednesday night (Thanksgiving Eve) at my aunt and uncle's house (The Kemps) with appetizers, wine, beer, etc. Thursday morning around 10 or so, everyone comes to my parents (The Hadens) to begin our long Turkey Day celebration. We have a biggggg open bar on the back porch and unlimited food and deserts to fill you belly with! Nic and I have a request every year... my aunt Dee Dee's Italian Cream Cake--the best icing you've EVERR had-and Nic is a food critic=)

Adults eat, drink and talk football and hunting while the kids play football on the hill and pestorize my parents dogs! We used to have those big space jumpers set up in the backyard but most of the kids are older now and those aren't "cool" anymore!

Thanksgiving night, after everyone has napped, etc...we go to my aunt Glynn Lassiter's condo, which is in downtown Vicksburg with AMAZING views of the city and river! Here everyone continues to DRINK, eat and share crazy stories. This year, like many, my mom was the entertainment--and many say we act alike....SCARY!!!!!!!

Some of the family had already left, some couldn't make it and some we dont put in the group pic=) KIDDING!

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Nicholas Meeks

Honeymooning began on the Monday after the wedding for 7 days in Antigua!! Beathtaking views, wonderful cuisine and ALLLL the alcohol you can drink!

We did everything from snorkeling, kayaking, aqua-cycling, sailing, various catamaran excursions, etc....(even convinced Nic to go on a shopping trip in St. John for the afternoon one day)

We met LOTS of couples, many from England, North Carolina and New Jersey. We got asked (alot) if we were from Texas because of the accent....

11-14-2009  THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE

You can now call me "Mrs. Ryan Nicholas Meeks"

Nic said all I kept saying during the ceremony was "we're married, omg..we're married"....I mean, I was EXTREMELY EXCITED, what can I say?! I married the love of my life and I know without a doubt, he is the BEST man in this entire world for me!