Christmas Break in Iowa

I enjoyed a wonderful (almost) three weeks in Iowa over the Holidays. It was great to get out of the city and surround myself with "normal" people again!!! Needless to say, it was COLD and coming from a girl who doesn't wear socks or a coat, it was a change!

Some highlights of my trip include {in no particular order}:

• Family vacation to Playa del Carmen, Mexico

• Spending lots of time with my parents---even though they were both pretty sick!! :-( It essentially turned into spending about 20 minutes a day with my mom while she could be out of bed and 20 minutes a day with my dad after he got home from work and before he fell asleep on the couch
• Hanging out with my most favorite kiddos EVER!

• Spending time with both of my grammas
• Spending time with my family at Christmas and catching up with my cousins
• Catching up with old friends--both high school and college

A NON highlight would be having the flu while traveling home from Mexico. Not fun!!