CU girls annual get together

My college girls and I always try to get together during our breaks as many of them are in different states now! :( It was a GORGEOUS day and we actually got to play outside for awhile! We got the younger boys to take a nap at the same time and the older girls got to watch Hannah Montana or iCarly or some other Disney show while us mommies chatted it up and drank some vino!

It's always a good time when we can get the girls together!

Christmas in Crete

Sad to say this was my ONLY picture from Christmas in Crete with the Mundt's and Becwar's! We had such a good time and Reef had an amazing time hanging out with his cousins Scoie & Cooper. We played dominoes and ate yummy food (too many sweets!) and again enjoyed the company of family!

Christmas Eve at the Cabin.

Another new tradition was going out to the cabin to have Christmas! This was crazy, but also a fun time. Reef, of course, enjoyed opening presents and eating lots of Christmas goodies, while we enjoyed just kicking back and enjoying each other!

Thanksgiving

Reef is playing with his Christmas present from Uncle Dave & Aunt Amy...PLAYDOUGH!


We hosted Thanksgiving this year at our house with my side of the family. It was my first year hosting and making the turkey (although dad mainly made it...) Mom and dad came down and helped me super clean the house and cook the turkey. It was a nice time with Aunt Amy and Uncle Dave, both grandmas, Uncle Mark and Brother & Stacey.

Again, another tradition in the making with having a big enough house to host family events!

Boo at the Zoo & Halloween

We went to Boo at the Zoo with Rick and Cyndi again this year and Reef had a super time being a Reef Shark! I could not pass this outfit up and he looked so darn cute!

On Halloween my mom came up to hang out with us for a little bit and then she went to HyVee with us while Reef trick or treated around the store. We also walked around the neighborhood a little bit to trick or treat with the neighbors. A new tradition in the making!

First Football Game!

Reef got to go into the stadium and experience his first football game with both Mom and Dad!

I expect this is only the first of many games as grammy and mommy sometimes get a little bored at the games past 2nd quarter...It was a little too loud for him, so we didn't really stay past the band at the beginning, but we sure had fun walking around the stadium and even getting to go on the big city bus (while it was parked)!

Big Boy Bike

Reef scored this big boy bike at a garage sale for $5! He took right off and I was shocked! I didn't know that a new 2-year-old boy would know how to just jump right up and pedal.

The House! Backyard

North West Corner- Garden
South West Corner- Shed

West Side- sandbox, sitting area

Deck

The House! Upstairs

Reef's Room, Our Room, Full Bath, Open Living Room/Kitchen

The House!

Downstairs:

1/2 unfinished-STORAGE...laundry & utilities

1/2 finished- Rec room, playroom, bar & 3/4 bath

New Neighbors, New friends

Reef loves his new "big brother & sister" Callin & Sarah, our neighbors who moved in next door to us about a month before us! They are 8 & 6 respectively and I couldn't ask for better influences on my boy!

This picture says it all- longboard skateboarding down the driveway!

A favorite picture

Not sure when this was taken, just know it was at the cabin one morning when we were cleaning up some toys so we could play outside!

Settled In

So it's been FOREVER since I last blogged. It's been a bit hectic around here with the selling of our house and buying a new one, being homeless (not really...thanks to Hotel Rohrs) and going on vacation. It's been a whirlwind, but a good one.

The last week has been spent moving, unpacking, working, playing, and meeting new neighbors! I think we picked the right spot to spend many years because there is a great mix of ages here, with many in their late twenties-early thirties!

Will update more when I am done unpacking...or close!

2nd birthday at the Lake

What was supposed to be a huge party at the Lake for Reef's 2nd birthday, it turned into a small family affair, which left us with LOTS of extra cake! Reef didn't feel well in the morning, so we texted a few friends who were going to come. Turns out it wasn't a great weekend for anyone as most of our friends had some illness in the family! :( We still had a good time swimming and playing after Reef rallied and came back out of the funk he was in. He wasn't in the mood for many pictures, though, so we will take what we get!

(This wasn't actually on his real birthday as our friend Jen was getting married in Colorado!)

Last pool day at the old house

This is a couple pictures of Reef playing in his little pool at the townhouse. It was a great house to start out in and we loved the time we were there, but it is just time to move on to bigger and better things!

Jen's getting married!!!

We had a nice little bachelorette party for Jen when she came back home. Unfortunately it only ended up being Jen, Lindsay, and I. We reminisced and still had a good time by going to Kona and then just talking and looking at old photo albums until the wee hours of the morning! It really was a flashback of highschool when the three of us would be at one of our houses and we could just talk for HOURS! Yay for Jen and Sean!

Easter at the ROHRS

We had the Rohrs and Mundt clan together at Rick and Cyndi's for Easter. Jared, Reef and I went to church with Rick and Cyndi and then Mom, Dad and the grandmas came up to enjoy TOO much food! It was a gorgeous day, so we ladies took a walk around the block (which is more like the length of 3+ blocks) while the boys hid eggs for Reef! It was a fun time and we got some 4 generation shots of both the Mundt and Becwar sides!

New Haircut

The new 'do...very versitile and fun...PLUS it's EASY to do~