Relivin' the college days

Last weekend was sooooo fun!  Which means that since I am 27, I am completely exhausted on a Monday night.  On Friday, Kate and Mike came into town and us girls (plus significant others) headed to The Vig uptown for dinner.  After a yummy dinner we went to meet up with the college boys.

It was great to get the gang back together, it doesn't happen enough.  Hopefully I'll recover by Wednesday :-)

Road Tripping

My crazy boyfriend somehow convinced us to drive to Cali for the UCLA game last week.  After only a week of planning, we left early Saturday morning.  The drive was quick and our hotel was within shuttle distance to the stadium.  We had a blast and I am sure by now everyone has heard that the Sun Devils won and are the Pac 12 South Champs!!  My only compliant is that I didn't take enough pictures, bummer...

and last but not least the best and most exhausted Sun Devil fan, Leah.

Doggie Days

Even Lucy loves gluten free cookies...

man o man do I miss Oreo's!

A perfect fall weekend

The sock streak continues...

  Yesterday Tommy proudly put on his socks.  We all (maybe me more than others) continued to make fun of his goofy socks with the colder weather, but that didn't stop his ASU spirit.  He strutted around on the sideline with pride and ASU once again pulled off another victory. (8-2)

Tommy and Justin cheered on the team from the sidelines, while Jamie and I enjoyed the comfort of our seats.  Talk about a great view for a Saturday night :-)  

Last weekend, while talking with some friends at the new brewery we decided to make a plan.  If ASU won last night we would get a hotel, tickets and drive over to Pasadena to watch the ASU/UCLA game.  

So all the plans were finalized on the drive home from the game last night (don't worry Tommy was driving).  Early Saturday morning we are looking forward to heading to CA to get another opportunity to cheer on our Sun Devils!! Go ASU!!

Game Day

The weather is absolutely perfect this weekend, in the low 70's.  There are clouds in the sky and we couldn't be more excited for a night football game (I know I am more than excited for boots, not sure if Tommy is as excited).  After taking last night to rest up we are looking forward to spending the evening tailgating with friends and cheering on the Sun Devils!  And yes in case you were wondering Tommy will be wearing his lucky socks...

*Dana I hope your good luck charm is ready for the game as well.  :-)

Go Devils, beat the beavers!

Celebrations

Once again celebrations are in order!!  Last Friday I found out I passed my exam and I am officially a BCBA, yesterday I found out I am the new supervisor of SARRC's school consultation program!  These last few weeks have been crazy and I couldn't have predicted that November would be so exciting.  Tommy and I made sure to celebrate with dinner at Nordstrom's Cafe.  I LOVE Nordstrom Cafe and Tommy now can say he completely agrees with me (but then again that isn't surprising that he would agree with me, right? :-)).  

After celebrating with a delicious meal we checked out a few sales around Scottsdale Fashion Square, and I was also celebrating not having a huge stomach ache after eating this gluten filled meal.  It was a win for everyone. 

Happy Friday, enjoy your weekend :-)

Hoping for Fall

With the weather in AZ trying to cool down, I am trying to rock boots and leggings but this little peanut pulls it off better than me.  Look at little Sophia all bundled up in a cute jacket that Auntie Meg bought for her :-)  She is just too cute and I am so glad that Tommy and I bought flights to Minnesota for January, regardless of what the weather might bring us.  Not only do we get to spend the day with the Dycks but we also get to attend Emily's bachelorette party, woohoo!  I hope everyone is enjoying the chilly weather and getting into some holiday cheer, I know we are definitely trying to down in the desert.

Dallas Bound

To say that we had a great time in Dallas would be an understatement, we had a fantastic time.  We quickly found out that while our hotel was a little bit questionable, Dallas actually had a lot to offer. 

Andra, Andrew (also known as Aundrew) Tommy, Jordan, Lindsey and I headed to Dallas on the red eye on Thursday night.  We slept in on Friday and explored Arlington Friday, once Panda and G got into town.  On Friday night we headed to meet up with the Baileys in Fort Worth and decided to go country.  After a delicious dinner and a few drinks on the street, we headed to Billy Bob's.  

Saturday we spent our day tailgating and watching football and I even managed to run into Sara at the game.  

We finished our trip off with exploring Uptown Dallas on Sunday including manicures, shopping and football.  You really can't beat that combination :-)

Walk Now for Autism Speaks!

Last weekend we had our annual Autism Walk and I was blown away by the donations this year.  I still can't believe how thoughtful, caring and generous people can be.  Here were just some of our totals from this year.

My goal: $2,200--- I actually raised $2,590

My team's goal: $5,000--- we actually raised $8,255.44

SARRC's goal: $25,000--- we actually raised $30,334

Walk total: $408,797

Tommy, Mom, Ali and Cade all came out to walk and support SARRC.  We were lucky enough to even be able to meet up with some friends.  It was a great opportunity to catch up with old families and co-workers.  It was an extremely successful walk for SARRC and I can't wait to help and provide services to more families in the following years.

Thanks again for all your donations!!

Fall Festivities

The past few weeks have been full of festive fun, between football games, Halloween, friends, family and of course more than enough work, we have been busy.  This week has been nothing short of great.

Starting off with the most adorable trick or treater (sorry I am extremely bias, I really know everyone is just as cute, like this little peanut).

Great news for Lucy is that we were so busy, she did not have to ensue any doggie costume torture.  Instead of handing out candy we headed downtown to watch the ASU game with a few friends (in 3 years I have never had a trick or treater).  ASU kept the good luck weekend going by having an on the road victory, what a great Halloween!!!

Go Devils!!!

Pumpkin Time

Last week we got my family back together, my friend family that is...

We had our annual pumpkin family dinner and it was fantastic as always.  I took a much cleaner approach this year (I hate carving), instead I painted.  

Tommy and I stuck to our ASU theme, last year we made a devil.  We had a great time and it was perfect to be able to all get together like the good old days.  Until next time...

The girls, Beatriz, Jess, Alison and I

Tommy, me, Alison, R.C., Brandon, Abe, Beatriz and Tug

Success...finally!

So the great weekend continues, with more fantastic news.  I woke up Friday morning and realized my BCBA test results finally posted and quickly my groggy state turned into pure excitement.  My day was perfect, I hadn't been so excited about something since I don't know when.

As you can see this test was hard (pass rate is around 50%, and less once you haven't passed once), finally all my hard work paid off.  I am officially a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.  My amazing boyfriend made sure that I never stopped enjoying my achievement yesterday and he surprised me flowers, a ballon and some of my favorite treats and...

we even went to dinner and tried out the new Brewhouse :-) An absolutely fabulous day!! Let's hope this great weekend continues...