July 23: Wagners Going Away Party

When I started working at TWRI many years ago, we started making many friends who got married, had kids and are still friends today! One of those families was the Wagners. Cecilia and Kevin were working at TWRI and only engaged when I began and they have been such good friends to us since then. Kevin was my boss at one time, and Cecilia has been a wonderful mom friend to have all of these years! Vic and Kevin have even run the TIR together. They have 4 daughters and 1 son and this past summer, they decided they needed to make a move to Oklahoma. Kevin took a new job at OSU, so off they went. However, Meghan and Lucas, their closest friends, decided to throw them a surprise party to say goodbye from our TWRI crew! Though many of TWRI group has moved on to other jobs or retired or are stay at home moms, some are still at TWRI and most are still in Bryan/College Station so almost all of them made it to the party! It was a fun way to see everyone and catch up! And I want to document all of the families that have come together since Dr. Harris started hiring this very special group many years ago (with ages of kiddos on this day). He truly had a knack for putting together the best group of recent college graduates to make TWRI so successful!

Dr. Bill & Janie Harris
Kevin & Cecilia Wagner: Josie (10), Evelyn (8), Isabelle (7), Luke (3), Vivian (5 months)
Lucas & Meghan Gregory: Lizzy (9), Lane (6), Hannah (1)
Justin & Danielle Kalisek: Jase (4), Reed (7 months)
Allen & Lacy Berthold: one on the way!

Not at the party, but still part of the TWRI Crew:
Seth & Courtney Smith: Mitchell (5), Clarke (3), and Patrick (8 months)
Russell & Megan Meier: Cole (8) and Nathan (4)
Garrett & Leslie Lee: Andrew (I think 3) and Parker (I think 1)
And then us: Vic & Sarah: Atticus (6), Grace (4), and Everly (1).

So the fun fact about this is that basically, Dr. Harris got to have almost 21 grandchildren by this time in July 2017! And this crew had 7 weddings while employed at TWRI! These are the people we did Happy Hours with before kids; threw wedding showers and then baby showers for; made meals when they had babies and visited them in the hospital; got together for birthdays and special events! It is just a great crew that I wish I still saw ALL of every day1 How crazy are those fun facts!

Okay here is our quick picture! And a few more just because.