Three months in and already apart too many times

We've only been married for less than three months and we're already doing the long-distance thing! I thought that was over after I went to D.C., but I guess not. While we've had an awesome summer together settling into married life, our busy schedules haven taken us away from Bourbonnais:

Katie's Adventures:
I flew to Oklahoma City for one of my best friend's weddings - Jessica Hulsey:



I even got to ride on the plane with her the day after the wedding as seen above!

Highlight: Stayed in Edmond, OK where Shannon Miller is from and got to see Shannon Miller's sign!
Lowlight: Not seeing the Shannon Miller statue they have - that'll just have to be next time



Kod's Adventures:
And Kod ventured with six other cross country guys into the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. He only brought a SMALL backpack, one set of clothes, not enough food and no tent or sleeping bag. I married a crazy man! But he survived and loved it! He was able to use some of his Bear Grylls skills he learned to build sleeping shelters and survive on basically nothing. He did say that next time he'd probably bring a little more though.





And finally ...
While he was gone, I visited the parents in Omaha and celebrated my dad's birthday! I'm not sure how old he is, but with his new back and new-found ability to golf, he sure seemed a lot younger than his 50-something age! My dad hasn't been able to golf for about four years because of his back, but he just had a surgery which has helped immensely! Kod, Jonathan and I got him a gift certificate for a driving range for his birthday, so to practice we made our own driving range in the backyard with wiffle balls to see how his back would hold up! I think it did pretty well considering the grin on my dad's face after we finished!