Look who's back!

Since our computer is seriously slow (slash the DVD/CD-Rom drive is broken) we're going to skip the attempt to upload wedding photos on the blog.  You might notice some new pics in our layout but other than that we'll be directing our followers to our handy Facebook album if you'd like to get an inside look at our wedding.  Check them out, we're still kind of obsessed with reminiscing about the big day and your comments totally make us smile. 

Here's the album:  Our Wedding <3 June 25, 2011

Whew!  Now that that's out of the way it's time to get back to basic blogging!  We've been slacking in the blog department but lets see if we can get you up to speed with a POWER RE-CAP:

We took a little road trip to the Wisconsin Dells after our wedding and enjoyed a "mini moon" full of fun, relaxation and memory making.  We were SO glad that we decided to go on this trip and fully take advantage of the natural "high" we were feeling as newlyweds! 

We enjoyed the scenery with a stroll down the main strip & a near-by trial.

...Explored some tourist attractions...

Hit the "hottest night club in the Dells", Marley's.

Made some new friends and had a great time livin' it up with them!

Spent some time at the pool/beach... after a 3 hour kayak trip (not pictured)

Soaked up extra sunshine and even hit Noah's Ark, the largest water park in the US!

We also had a super fun 4th of July weekend, too.  Started things off at The Lake where we enjoyed some swimming, boating, fishing and grilling out with my family before heading to West Liberty for Joe & Chana's first annual 3rd of July party.  We got a little rowdy but hey, you can do that in the USA!  :)

Happy Birthday, America! :)

Nice face, Kurt.

Fun times!

Kurt celebrated his 25th birthday by doing "whatever he wanted" which basically included drinking for the entire weekend.   A couple friends came to town and we put our Margarita-ville mixer to good use, went out in Waterloo and then topped the weekend off with a float down the river on Sunday.  Our innocent little float ended up being a 7 hour ordeal, which didn't bother us because it was so much fun!  However, it did result in Kurt being covered in poison ivy and my mother being about 10 minutes away from calling in a missing person's report.  Oops! (Love you, Mom)

We helped my little brother celebrate his 15th birthday with a delicious dinner in CR.   I hit the town in Des Moines with my college friends to celebrate Caitlin's last night out as a single lady.  Kurt jumped back in on the Firebird restoration project.  We've been taking advantage of the opportunity to do some fishing, rollerblading and grilling out, too! 

We love our new grill!! Thanks, wedding party!

That brings us to this past weekend which was also full of fun in the sun.... We had a great time at the annual Trueg Fish Fry partaking in fried catfish (some of which we caught), cold kegs and a bags tournament before spending a lazy Sunday at The Falls.  It was the perfect day for some water slides and lazy river action!

It's hard to believe that August is here -- we have another month of summer fun planned and I'm sure time will continue to fly by.  We're enjoying the opportunity to actually stick around home instead of having to travel back to WL every weekend but our families are not so hot on this change.  I think they got comfortable with our constant visits in the weeks/months leading up to the wedding.  As much as we love seeing everyone back home (and miss them when we're away), we gotta do our own thing too.  :)   For the record:  We love visitors!!

In other news... Kurt decided to shave his head on a whim (imagine that)... and Max has apparently developed a drinking problem.  HA :)   Enjoy these last photos -- we'll be back (SOON, we promise!).

"It's just too hot to have hair"

He must have been thirsty!