General Update

Well, Nick and I have been back in Indiana for almost a month, and you might wonder what we have been up to. The answer is mostly work! Nick has been very busy since August is a huge move-in/move-out time at Woodbridge Apartments. College classes don't start here until September 2nd, but many students are moving before that. So he has been pretty tired after work from trying to schedule all of the lease signings, finalize moving schedules, and making sure the needed maintenance is performed. I have been continuing to work in the research lab at the Optometry school. We have screened almost 40 incoming freshman athletes as a part of our research. Maybe I have met some future all-stars (guess I should have asked for their autographs!)

Of course, we have made time for some fun and several grill-outs with friends. Classes will be starting again before I know it, but I am excited that my parents and sister are coming to visit me over Labor Day weekend. Due to scheduling at work, that happens to be the only time that Nick can take his vacation time as well. So while the Callaway family makes the drive to Indiana, Nick will be heading back to Iowa to visit family and friends for a week or so. Maybe they will meet on Interstate 74! Since there aren't too many pictures for this post, I have included a few of the dogs. We recently watched Josh & Lezlie's dog, Molly, for 10 days while they were in South Dakota. Most of these pictures were taken of them at the dog park. Earlier they had shredded a pink and purple fleece ball, so they are wearing the fleece as necklaces! I thought it was cute, but Nick didn't appreciate it as much!

Casey & Steph's wedding!

On July 19th, Casey Stolzman and Stephanie Neal were married in Marshalltown, Iowa. Nick and I were honored to be a part of their special day (Nick was the best man and I was a bridesmaid). Casey's mom, Jacky, and sister, Stacy, made the beautiful pink bridesmaids' dresses as well as Steph's dress. The whole day turned out wonderfully, despite a pretty severe storm which blew in during the reception. Congrats to Mr. & Mrs. Stolzman!

The morning after Casey & Steph were married, their daughter Mya was baptized. We were happy that we could stay in Iowa long enough to go to the ceremony and celebrate with their family!

Kacie's Visit to Iowa

It's definitely been awhile since I have updated our blog, so I will try to catch up now!

In July I went back to Iowa for 2 weeks to visit friends and family. Herky came with me, and Kinnick stayed in Indiana with Nick. Nick joined me in Iowa for Casey & Stephanie Stolzman's wedding the last 4 days I was there (and Josh & Lezlie watched Kinnick for us in Indiana).

While I did a lot in Iowa, I didn't take too many pictures. I do have a few of Herky playing at my parent's farm, and from Steph's bachelorette party that I will share. The first picture from the party is of me and Steph, the bride-to-be. The other picture is of me and Shaybree Goshon.





















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Happy 4th of July!

Here's some pictures of the doggies in their 4th of July bandanas! For our weekend, we stayed in Bloomington. There was a BBQ and fireworks at our apartment complex, and we had a great time hanging out with our friends and meeting neighbors while eating burgers. The fireworks were great too!

Shane & Shaybree's Wedding

The second big wedding of the summer was on June 28th. This was Shane and Shaybree's wedding in Marshalltown, Iowa. Nick and I met Shane and Shaybree our freshman year of college when Nick went to Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa. Nick and Shane lived in the same dorm that year. Their wedding had a tropical theme, and was a lot of fun. Shane and Shaybree just got back from their honeymoon in Cabo, and are now living together in Marshalltown. Shane works at Rain and Hail insurance in Des Moines, and Shaybree is a radiographer at Marshalltown Hospital.

Mike & Maria's Wedding

For those of you that don't know, Nick and I will be attending three weddings in Iowa this summer. The first of these weddings was June 7th in Waukon, Iowa. My good friend from UNI, Maria got married to her high school boyfriend, Mike. I met Maria when we both lived on the same floor in Campbell Hall our freshman year at UNI. The wedding was a great time, and it even managed to hold off on the rain until we got to the reception. Mike and Maria are back from their Florida honeymoon and are living in Urbandale, Iowa where Mike works at a bank and Maria will teach at an elementary school this fall. We miss them a lot and look forward to hanging out with them anytime we make it to Iowa.

Herky's Owie

Herky has a story to tell:

My first birthday is this weekend, and I thought you were supposed to get nice presents for your birthday! But instead I got a present that was no fun today. While my mom was at class today and my dad left to run some errands, me and my big brother Kinnick thought it would be a good idea to do some counter-surfing. Kinnick knows that the bread is kept in a wooden bread box and he likes to try to get the bread out sometimes. Well apparently, when he pulled it off the counter, I was standing a little too close and the sharp corner came down and hit me in the face right below my left eye! OUCH! When dad came home, he was surprised that I didn't really bleed much, but he knew the cut was pretty deep! He took me right to the vet and they gave me medicine to make me really sleepy and then they put 5-6 blue stitches in the cut! I am home now, but I do not like my birthday present! Plus Mom says now we can't go swimming for my birthday this Saturday...the silly vet says I can't get wet for 10 days...boo...I hope my first birthday has some better surprises and presents than this!