Sunday, January 31, 2016

Daddy/Daughter Dance 2016

My loves attended the Daddy/Daughter Dance this weekend. They had a lovely time with Bryan (and their friends). They went on a horse and carriage ride, ate tons of candy, took fun photos in the photo booth, did formal pictures with Bryan and won the Twist Off contest. To top it off they stopped off at Yo Waffle on the way home.

I love these three !!

Monday, January 25, 2016

soccer life

This is how we spent 8 Saturdays last fall (2015). While I am enjoying the slower weekends, the girls keep asking when soccer starts...so this is coming soon - just the Spring 2016 version

Caitlyn and friends

Caitlyn had fun celebrating her buddy Ashlyn's birthday with friends from school.

Their American Girls had fun too

These cuties got to go on a scavenger hunt, play bingo, decorate cupcakes, make hair accessories and play with their American Girls. Their matching aprons were adorable.

C came home with this and it was just too cute. What an amazing winter break !!

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Mom's job

Andrea Davey, M.Ed, BCBA

Andrea Davey is a Board Certified and Arizona Licensed Behavior Analyst. She holds a Masters Degree from Gonzaga University in Special Education with an emphasis in Functional Analysis. She began her career as a certified Special Education teacher focused on early intervention. She holds an Arizona Department of Education Certificate in K-12, Regular Education and 0-5, Early Childhood Special Education. Her experience as a Behavior Analyst includes consultation with families and professionals in both home and school settings. These endeavors afforded Andrea experiences in development of skill acquisition and problem behavior reduction programs for individuals affected by Developmental Disabilities including Autism Spectrum Disorders and Behavior Disorders. Quality assurance is her current focus at HOPE Group. Through collaboration with HOPE Group Behavior Analysts and other colleagues she ensures evidence based practices and procedures are at the forefront of all behavior analytic assessments, treatment plans, quarterly reports.

In her free time, Andrea enjoys running and spending time with her husband and two daughters. She and her family like to snow ski and travel.

I have officially been at HOPE Group for 2 years! Wow, time flies. I thought it would be fun for the girls to be able to look back and see what I did in my free time while they were at school. I am so blessed to have my part time job that keeps me in the field of Applied Behavior Analysis. I love working with so many smart and talented BCBAs. I also love the fact that I have the flexibility to be a Mom and do all of the after school activities and school activities with my ladies. Feeling very thankful today.

Caitlyn and Mrs. Cook

We are so blessed to have a teacher that loves Caitlyn and her zest for life.

Monday, January 11, 2016

Matt Maher and Chris McClarney

We kicked off the new year with an awesome Matt Maher concert at Grand Canyon University!!

Matt played piano, guitar and lead the band at St. Tim's for 10 year prior to moving to Nashville. He is now a 3 time grammy nominee.

He shared his testimony and his gift of music

His buddy, Chris, has an amazing voice !! He is my new favorite.

Matt has teamed up with Save the Storks and is raising money on his tour. We happily made our donation and had a very long discussion on the topic of pro-life on the drive home.

SavetheStorks.com

Save the Storks partners with pregnancy resource centers all over the nation to provide them with powerful tools and training so they can more effectively reach and serve abortion-minded expectant mothers.

Together we empower these mothers to choose life for their unborn babies.

We accomplish our mission by making the highest-quality and most beautiful mobile medical vehicles available. These Stork Buses allow our affiliates to go where abortion-vulnerable women are likely to be, such as in front of abortion clinics and on university campuses.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

December 21, 2015 The Beginning of our big adventure

We began our Christmas adventure about 6 months ago when we began planning and ironing out the details.

We left our house on Dec 21st about 4pm to head to the airport.

We met up with Nana and Papa in the airport and hung out in the British Airways lounge while we waited for our flight. (Thanks to Dad's travels for the perks)