THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN!
You may wonder why I chose such an incredibly embarrassing picture for this oh so important page, well, this truly is where it all began. Put on a pot of coffee, slip in to your sweaty pants and settle in. I am about to unload the "history of us".
A strapping young lad by the name of Cory Troyna moved to the glorious community of Aplington-Parkersburg in the 5th grade. Little did he know but here in this community would be the woman he would call his wife and this would be the place they would make their home. Fast forward to 1995! Jen was as freshman in high school and Cory was sophomore. Jen was a manager on the football team (just a fancy word for the girl who chases around Coach and does whatever he says...while also spending way too much time looking at cute butts in football uniforms), Cory was the lucky guy on the sidelines with the absolute best buns on the team, and so began the romancing! For the sake of time we are going to summarize the next few years in a timeline.....
1997 First (and only) Prom together (see photo above).
2000 ENGAGED!
June 2, 2001 the most beautiful day of our lives....we got hitched! We had a beautiful wedding with every detail we could dream of. It wasn't extravagant but it Vegas either...it was perfect!
May 4, 2002 the birth of our first baby girl Carly Amanda. After 17 hours of labor she was born via c-section and she arrived with the most beautiful head of red hair (which she still has today). She was our brown eyed piece of perfection!
Later that year we decided to move back in with my folks so Cory could quit his job that was only allowing him to go to school part-time. We are forever grateful to my parents for opening their home to us. Cory still worked part-time but was now able to attend school full-time to finish up MUCH sooner.
2004 Cory graduates from UNI with a Degree in Business Administration and takes a job as a planner at Unverferth Manufacturing....where he works for a LONG time! We also bought our first home this year....a lovely little SHACK in Parkersburg.
2005 We welcome our second child and handsome little man by the name of Carson Cory....he is a heartbreaker from day 1. We also buy house #2 this year....making our home in Aplington...still there today!
2008 As if we aren't busy enough we decide hey what the heck let's have another baby...and so arrives baby girl #2 and child #3 Ciara Sadie....she came out screaming and lets just say we have learned a lot about parenting through this one! Lucky for us she is amazing!
2009 We decide we just can't have one empty chair at our table of 6 or an odd numbered family so we better have just one more.....and arrives our fourth and FINAL baby a sweet little girl we named Carissa Mary. She is pure joy! However we did decide that enough was enough and closed down the kitchen for baby making (wink, wink).
2012 Cory passed his Enrolled Agent exam which allows him more capabilities with his part-time tax job. Jen took a job as secretary of our Church.....this job is just plain and simple perfectly created for her!
2013 And here we are WHEW! Cory and Jen will celebrate their 12th year of marriage this year. Carly is 10, Carson 8, Ciara 5 and Carissa 3. We are busy people...some days we don't know our right from our left. But what we do know now that we didn't know then is that we love Jesus more than any person, place, thing, or activity that might bring us joy for a moment. He is our rock, our salvation, our deliverer, our redeemer, our friend and our guidance. Our family has had some interesting experiences over the years but God is working and developing us into people we never knew we could be. We hope you have enjoyed "the history of us". We plan to blog often so you can keep up.
Joshua 24:15 "....but as for me and my household we will serve the Lord."
In Christ's Love - The Troyna 6
A strapping young lad by the name of Cory Troyna moved to the glorious community of Aplington-Parkersburg in the 5th grade. Little did he know but here in this community would be the woman he would call his wife and this would be the place they would make their home. Fast forward to 1995! Jen was as freshman in high school and Cory was sophomore. Jen was a manager on the football team (just a fancy word for the girl who chases around Coach and does whatever he says...while also spending way too much time looking at cute butts in football uniforms), Cory was the lucky guy on the sidelines with the absolute best buns on the team, and so began the romancing! For the sake of time we are going to summarize the next few years in a timeline.....
1997 First (and only) Prom together (see photo above).
2000 ENGAGED!
June 2, 2001 the most beautiful day of our lives....we got hitched! We had a beautiful wedding with every detail we could dream of. It wasn't extravagant but it Vegas either...it was perfect!
May 4, 2002 the birth of our first baby girl Carly Amanda. After 17 hours of labor she was born via c-section and she arrived with the most beautiful head of red hair (which she still has today). She was our brown eyed piece of perfection!
Later that year we decided to move back in with my folks so Cory could quit his job that was only allowing him to go to school part-time. We are forever grateful to my parents for opening their home to us. Cory still worked part-time but was now able to attend school full-time to finish up MUCH sooner.
2004 Cory graduates from UNI with a Degree in Business Administration and takes a job as a planner at Unverferth Manufacturing....where he works for a LONG time! We also bought our first home this year....a lovely little SHACK in Parkersburg.
2005 We welcome our second child and handsome little man by the name of Carson Cory....he is a heartbreaker from day 1. We also buy house #2 this year....making our home in Aplington...still there today!
2008 As if we aren't busy enough we decide hey what the heck let's have another baby...and so arrives baby girl #2 and child #3 Ciara Sadie....she came out screaming and lets just say we have learned a lot about parenting through this one! Lucky for us she is amazing!
2009 We decide we just can't have one empty chair at our table of 6 or an odd numbered family so we better have just one more.....and arrives our fourth and FINAL baby a sweet little girl we named Carissa Mary. She is pure joy! However we did decide that enough was enough and closed down the kitchen for baby making (wink, wink).
2012 Cory passed his Enrolled Agent exam which allows him more capabilities with his part-time tax job. Jen took a job as secretary of our Church.....this job is just plain and simple perfectly created for her!
2013 And here we are WHEW! Cory and Jen will celebrate their 12th year of marriage this year. Carly is 10, Carson 8, Ciara 5 and Carissa 3. We are busy people...some days we don't know our right from our left. But what we do know now that we didn't know then is that we love Jesus more than any person, place, thing, or activity that might bring us joy for a moment. He is our rock, our salvation, our deliverer, our redeemer, our friend and our guidance. Our family has had some interesting experiences over the years but God is working and developing us into people we never knew we could be. We hope you have enjoyed "the history of us". We plan to blog often so you can keep up.
Joshua 24:15 "....but as for me and my household we will serve the Lord."
In Christ's Love - The Troyna 6