Madi and Alice met in high school when Madi moved to Illinois from Washington. They played tennis together and remained close after graduation! They have been on many vacations and float trips together. Madi is always down to go on a quick trip to Springfield for "errands". Madi graduated from Bradley University in 2022 and now works at Logan County Dispatch

Clayton and Jake met in Freshman year of high school and became best friends. They played sports together throughout high school and spent a lot of time driving around the country roads. Even when they moved away they stayed close through playing video games.

Eric and Alice met in high school and have been friends ever since! Eric is known for showing up at the house unannounced but is always welcomed with open arms. Eric and Alice love baking cookies together at Christmas time and talking about how cute Fitz is. Eric now lives in Huntsville, AL, and works for Lockheed Martin

Anthony and Jake met sophomore year of high school during wrestling season. Once they graduated Anthony visited Jake in Michigan a couple of times. Now they can be found at the bars or on random trips together!

Claire and Alice met at 4-H Camp in 2017 when they both parked in the wrong spot on the first day of training lol! They started chit-chatting with each other and pretty much never stopped. Claire then introduced Alice to Hannah and the rest is history! Claire now lives in Chicago and is a grad student at the University of Chicago studying Divinity and has plans to start law school this August!

Jake and Andrew, as you may have guessed, are brothers. They met when Andrew was born and spent the first chunk of their lives playing outdoors, playing video games, and bickering with each other (not necessarily in that order).

Grace and Alice met many many years ago in middle school when they played volleyball together. Since then they have done all kinds of different activities together, gone on vacation with one another, and shared countless laughs! Grace now lives in Huntsville, AL with her husband Wes. She is a RN in the NICU at Huntsville Hospital.

Dustin and Jake met towards the end of high school when he joined the friend group through Alice, Anthony, Clayton, and Jake Kirgan. Dustin and Jake also spent a lot of time around the fire together and now like to spend time at the bars or the shooting range.

Ellie and Alice met when Ellie was going through primary recruitment at Iowa State in August of 2019. Alice and Ellie spoke with each other on the second day of recruitment and Alice decided she wanted Ellie as her little! (Ellie had not even joined AOII yet lol) Well, all's well that ends well because Ellie became Alice's little just a few months later. Ellie was Claire, Alice, and Ellen's honorary roommate throughout the rest of college, and had many great adventures together. Ellie is now attending grad school at Grand View University studying sports management!

Jake and Jake first met each other when they were about 4 years old playing YMCA soccer. Same team or not they became friends because they had the same name. Throughout grade school, Jake and Jake competed against each other in track. They started to become good friends in high school when they had lunch and P.E. together. After graduation, they often had bonfires together and can still be found around the fire often.

Ellen and Alice met in 2018 when they both joined the same sorority. One night at a very cold Yell Like Hell practice (It's an Iowa State thing) Ellen and Alice were talking about how penguins give their partners rocks. Well, they were partners for the performance so Alice gave Ellen a rock and said, "you're my penguin"! Ellen still has the rock! They lived in the sorority house together the next year and in an apartment together for their last year of school. Ellen can always be counted on for a good laugh! Ellen now lives in the Quad Cities with her dog Louie and is a grad student at Western Illinois University studying school counseling!

Sawyer and Jake met freshman year of college when Jake showed up and wouldn’t leave the room. They spent lots of time off-roading, at bonfires, or watching stupid movies at the house.

Hannah and Alice met at 4-H camp when Claire introduced the two of them! Hannah and Claire went to high school together at the time. Hannah, Claire, and Alice quickly became a tight trio throughout the summer of 2017 and have been close ever since! Hannah now lives in Edwardsville, IL and is a survey aide for Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District

Will and Jake met the first week of college when Jake showed up and wouldn’t leave the room. They went off-roading, went to bonfires, and binge-watched tv shows all throughout college. Now they keep in touch by playing video games together.

Claire and Alice met in 2018 when they both joined the same sorority. Alice was heading up to Madison, WI one weekend in October that fall to meet up with Jake. Claire asked if she could tag along on the car ride to Wisoncsin as she is from Kenosha and wanted to surprise her family! They talked throughout the whole car ride and instantly clicked. They were roommates the next year when they lived in the sorority house and then got an apartment together for Alice's last year of college! Claire now lives in Des Moines with her boyfriend Ben and puppy Molly. She is a Business Systems Analyst II with Athene Holding.

Karch and Jake met in college at freshman orientation. Karch invited Jake over to hang out and meet his friends (Will and Sawyer) and Jake has been part of the group ever since. Karch and Jake would go off-roading, go to bonfires, watch stupid movies, and discuss random thing on road trips to and from school.

Murphy is Alice's younger brother. Alice met him the day he was born! Muprhy is now a junior at Savannah College of Art and Design

Tucker is Alice's younger brother. Alice met him the day he was born! Tucker is now a junior at Lincoln Community High School.

Haley is Jake’s little cousin and Tyler’s younger sister. They became friends as soon as Haley was able to walk. Haley likes to chase Jake and Alice around the yard and play with her toys together.

Tyler is Jake’s little cousin and Haley’s older brother. Tyler loves wrestling with Jake, playing Lego’s, and chasing Jake and Alice around the yard.