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...

Football weekend

Our weekends are finally starting to have a routine.  Football for me on Saturday (Tommy of course enjoys it too) and football for Tommy on Sunday (I usually find something else to do).  Tomorrow Andra and I are celebrating her birthday with pedicures, which is another great excuse to not watch the football games.

Other exciting news this week...

Somehow Sam and Collyn have convinced me to train for a half marathon.  They haven't convinced me to sign up at this point but I am definitely at least training.

Monday: Pilates
Tuesday: Running
Wednesday: Pilates and Running
Thursday: Running
Saturday: Long Run
Sunday: Pilates

This is exactly what I think every morning at 6am...

On other exciting news this week, Famous Amos (my friend that I've known since we were babies) had her baby girl Lucy Rose.  She is soooo absolutely adorable and everyone is doing great relaxing at home.    

Congrats to Amy and Jim!!  I can not wait to meet her in January :-)

Catching up

The past few weeks have felt like I am playing catch up.  We/I am finally getting back into our normal routine and life without studying is the best feeling.  Knowing that I am more than capable of doing whatever I like... reading a fun book, watching Netflix, running etc. and I don't have to feel guilty.  This is a great feeling.  Some of my latest and greatest loves include...

1. Sweet Salvage: my vintage window turned bulletin board

2. Milk Duds (yes Snackster is back): best in fridge

3. Monte Lucia: our staycation last weekend-- so gorgeous

4. Fall decorations: lots of adorable options on Etsy

5. Grey's Anatomy: I am finally almost caught up

Hope everyone is having a good week!  

Go Devils!!

We spent our week trying to stay busy so that we didn't get too excited about the game on Saturday.  After High Octane hour with Todd Graham on Thursday the anticipation was hard to bear and after hearing that we got sideline passes the countdown soon began.  While neither team played their best and no one really knows what happen in the finally seconds personally I will still take the W.  Tommy and I woke up this morning still feeling completely exhausted, trying to remember exactly what happened last night (and no this wasn't because of alcohol, I was DD).  Either way we had a fantastic time tailgating, hanging with friends and cheering on our team.  Can't wait until Saturday against Stanford.

ASU!!!

My getaway...

the latest Anthro arrivals.  I'll take one of everything.

Eating tour has ended

Well vacation is officially over in just a few more hours.  Since the sky is filled with clouds and lightning, it makes packing and cleaning so much easier.  The last few days we have been eating our way through Whitefish and we have been very impressed.  Since it feels like we have tried every restaurant in town we might as well share some of our favorites.

Tommy's top five

1. Stillwater Fish House

2. Whitefish Lake Restaurant

3. Back Room

4. Boat Club

5. Loula's

Megan's top five

1. Whitefish Lake Restaurant

2. Stillwater Fish House

3. Boat Club

4. Loula's

5. Mackenzie River

We have had an absolute blast and are sad to leave even with the poor weather.  Thanks M & D for giving us a place to stay.  Whitefish, MT will always have a special place in our hearts or maybe just in our stomachs.