Friday, September 28, 2007

Big Week!

This past week John and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary and Winston's 1st birthday. Now, we are in NC for my Defense, which is today. I'm feeling good about things, but feeling the jitters from all of the anticipation. I mean, I remember when I was a first-year seeing the more senior graduate students go through this and it felt so far away for me. Now it is hours away. Yikes! Well, everyone is here and John and I had dinner with Dad and Carol, and Brian and Heather. Happy Birthday to Brian....yesterday he turned 31! Also, many congratulations to the new Dr. Willow Gabriel!


Monday, September 17, 2007

Weekend fun

This past weekend was fantastic! Now that my dissertation is in to my committee members, I feel very excited about the defense coming up, and way more relaxed than I've felt in a long time. Friday night we had an unintentional "puppy party." We had invited James and Somer over for drinks and appetizers, so our dogs could meet since their dogs are staying with us next weekend. Well, word got out to some of the other dog owners that we're friends with and we ended up inviting them too. The pictures are a bit chaotic, but so was the evening....it was great. On Saturday, John and I drove up to Mt. Lemmon to cool off and walk around some trails. Finally, on Sunday I volunteered at an adoption event where we had puppies from the Pima Animal Care Center ready to find new homes....I came home stinking of pound puppies and totally happy.

(I know I have a small head, but is it really smaller than the head of my 36-pound dog?!)

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

The Campbells go to Hollywood!







This weekend we drove to L.A. to visit Brian and Heather for Labor Day. It is great to be able to hop in a car to see my brother, and I love that they are so much closer to us now. L.A. is going through a pretty nasty heat wave, which comes with daily blackouts....bring out the candles and board games! Queen Heather found the baby in the King Cake at a Mardi Gras-themed party, while Winston got to romp under the Hollywood sign and face-off with Winnie the cat.