Remembering Friends

A few weeks before we went on vacation, I received a text from a friend of ours back in Kokomo. I wrote about her late husband, Mike, in this post just over three years ago. Mike was courageous in his last days, and we really enjoyed visiting him and Peggy in their home that summer. 

Peggy texted to ask me how things were going for us, and I told her about our upcoming trip. She told me how much she and Mike had loved road trips together and how she missed him. She asked if we would find a coffee shop to go to during our trip - and to go for them.

I thought it was a brilliant idea, and we did just that.

While in Casey, Illinois, we stopped in this ADORABLE little coffee shop called the Casey Coffee Company. 

It was just as cute on the inside!

We stopped here shortly after we arrived in Casey for our day of fun, and we each got some coffee (mine was iced, due to the crazy hot and humid day) and a donut for breakfast! It was our first and only coffee shop stop on vacation, so I didn't feel bad about enjoying a treat!

We didn't use this because there was a group of women hanging out nearby and we didn't want to invade their personal space, but the shop did have a cute little selfie station, too!

Ryan loved the coffee so much that he bought a bag to take home - which he NEVER DOES.

We enjoyed our time in the shop that morning - and it was extra sweet to think about Mike and Peggy while we were there. Doing coffee stops in honor of friends is a really great idea, and I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner, honestly!

Before we left, Ryan also bought a pottery mug (our latest love) and found out that all mugs came filled with a specialty drink. We were stuffed from our drinks and donuts, so they said we could come back later, before we left town, to have it filled. It was so kind of them!

So we went back and waited while they filled up our little cup with a frappe to share.

Yes, Ryan is snacking on popcorn.

I was super impressed that the barista from the morning remembered us and asked how our day had been - and then the barista that made our drink was so excited that it looked so adorable, so we did a photo shoot with it!

They told us they had a map we could mark to show where we were from, so we did!

So that was our fun day at the Casey Coffee Company...in honor of Peggy and memory of Mike.