Mexico 2011

Cory and I ventured to Ixtapa, Mexico the week of January 7th thru the 15th. We met our friends the Grieks, Joe, Jeanine and Maya, there.


Maya sporting her awesome Mexico sunglasses


Cory and I by the pool waiting for lunch


The Grieks hanging by the pool


Cory swimming in the pool





Our annual photo


Cory and Joe in the ocean


Jeanine and Maya taking in the sunset


Cory and I at sunset


Sunset


Cory and Joe playing tennis


Maya and Jeanine by the pool


Cory and I with our huge fresh orange juices at breakfast


Griek Family


Cory and I in the ocean. The only attempt I made and something gross touched my leg.


Joe and Cory attempting body surfing




Joe & Maya in front of Aunt Lynda's and Uncle Louie's donut shop


Sunset


Maya showing off her hat that we found in our condo unit.


Cory and I out to eat at an Italian restaurant.


Cory and I before going out to eat on our last night.


Joe and Cory showing off their inner dorks.


Our last night out at dinner together.

Christmas 2010

This year Cory and I were blessed once again to be able to go home to Iowa and spend one week with both of our parents. We decided to be brave and drive home this year. We set off on Friday December 17th at 1 pm and reached Spencer around 8 pm on Saturday December 18th. It was so great to be home and spend time with our friends and family. Here are a few pictures from our trip.


Gracie geared up for the trip to Iowa.


Our Annual Christmas Picture




Gracie with her Christmas bows

Christmas at the Roegner's house

Anna opening her present


Joseph opening his present


Abigail opening her present


Emmelia opening her birthday present


The Roegner Men


Randy with the kids.


The kids with Amanda wearing their hats and scarves I made them.


Cory and my 3 year anniversary

House Update

A lot of changes were made to our new house in 2010. One of the biggest changes was when Cory's parents came to visit we put cherry hardwood floors in our kitchen and living room area. Here are some of the pictures from their visit.


Before Photo
















Hard at work or hardly working??

Finished Product








My parents came for a visit at the end of August and brought a trailer of our things that had been stored at their house for the past two years. With their visit we accomplished a ton of things on our home. We painted the backroom (aka man cave) and organized it with all of our new things. We also painted and completed my craft room. Here are the finished results from their trip.