Annual Meeting

Yea! I'm so excited! We leave early tomorrow for Farm Bureau's annual meeting! Besides being a great place to meet other "farm folk" it is also a wonderful vacation for our family. We also go to YF&R in February (That's Young Farmer and Rancher to ya'll) which is actually aimed more at families and family time, but this one is lots of fun too. Mostly because its all about policy meetings and I am not a delegate. Therefore I must spend my time profitably by shopping for Christmas presents at the outlet mall! And swimming at the indoor pool and channel surfing the million options available on the TV (we don't have TV at our house, so this is a BIG deal).

The hotel is actually a resort on the Lake of the Ozarks and they go all out on the Christmas decorations. There are elves who meet you as you drive in, snowflakes hanging everywhere, and a GIANT tree in the lobby. Must be 30 feet tall. No kidding. Its huge. And they hire a wonderful pianist to serenade you with Christmas carols as you eat-- which I love. Last year we took our family Christmas card picture in front of the decorations on main platform. So much holiday spirit! Did I tell you how much I'm looking forward to this?

So provided we don't drive down at three o'clock in the morning trying to outrun a blizzard we are actually caught in (true story) or forget the bag with the underwear and make-up (no one at this conference seems to sell Mary Kay...) it should be great!