Homecoming

While we were attending Sienna's first football game, Spenser was attending his second dance of high school, but the first with an official "girlfriend." 

 

Her name is Brenna and she is adorable.

 

Oh man how my kids are growing up! 

 

 

OFFICIALLY a S U N D E V I L ! !

Our little girl has left the nest, flown the coop, and is ready to don the maroon and gold!  We moved her into the dorms on Sunday, July 31st.  Here we are the morning of, having our coffee in our ASU parent mugs.

 

The truck is packed and we're trying to hold our fingers up in "forks."  Sienna's is right - Rob and I - wrong.

 

Spenser jumped into this picture - yay!  Now all the forks are correct.

 



 

This is out front of San Pablo Hall, and that stuff is Sienna's.  We took turns taking things in, and watching what we couldn't carry.  It was only a couple trips to get all of her gear inside.

 

 

Sun Devil Stadium and Wells Fargo Arena are across the street from her dorm.

 

This is the view from outside her 3rd floor room.

 



They had name tags personalized for all the Early Start students.

 



 

This is the view of another dormitory, from her sink-side window.

 

Here's her closet, with room to spare.

 



 

Here is her desk area -

 

 and sink area.

 

 

Officially a San Pablo resident!

 

Now the cute stuff - her bed and décor!

 



 

 

Her room is really cute! 

 

Her roommate moves in next Saturday, so for now, enjoy the alone time!

 

20 Years

To commemorate our 20th  wedding anniversary, we stay-cationed at The Hilton Tapatio Cliffs.  We spent a lot of the time in the pool as well as enjoyed the local sights.

 

Here we are basking in the pool.

 

The hotel also had hiking trails, so we tried to hit those too, but of course it had to be early morning due to the intense temperatures.

 



 

At night we hit the restaurants on property, one of which had a beautiful view of Phoenix.

 

We couldn't go out on our actual anniversary due to my school's Curriculum Night, so on Friday, July 29th, we hit our favorite anniversary establishment - Red Lobster.

 

Sienna acted as photographer for our pre-dinner pics.  I couldn't choose which one I liked best, so I posted a bunch of them.

 

 

Happy 20th!

18 Years

Monday, July 25th, was a big day as Sienna turned 18!  I still can't believe she's that grown up, but time marches on, as they say.  It was also Spenser's first day as a junior and my first teaching day.

 

Here we are with the proverbial 'first day of school picture'.  This time it's just one of our kids......:(

 

 

 

Our first day went fine, and the rest was devoted to celebrating Sienna's birthday.  We went to Red Robin along with Sienna's bestie, Marianne, and then came home for cake.

 



 

It was a great day and Sienna enjoyed her gifts. 

In just 6 short days, we'll be moving her into the dorms at ASU!

 

Forks up Sun Devils!