March Madness

March was a super fun month for us!  We have been able to experience new things in Tucson this month and have some visitors, which is always fun.

We started off the month with a visit from one of Lee's friends, Jordan.  Jordan has actually been to Tucson to visit us already so it was nice to do different things with him this time.  The guys watched two U of A basketball games at McKale while I attended Pi Phi meetings and board mixers for my job.

Lee had his usual weekly basketball, softball, and soccer games.  We even got to go to Phoenix one evening after work to visit some of Lee's friends from Notre Dame that were in town and had just gotten engaged.  It was definitely fun to be apart of the engagement celebration!

In the middle of the month we were able take a helicopter tour of Tucson with our heli pilot friend, James, from our Sunday School class.  Our realtor, Camille, came too.  That was one of the neatest experiences of our lives.  Here are a few pics from the helicopter.

The latter half of the month was filled with dinners at the Secrest's house, Kristine and Lauren's birthday parties, watching American Idol at the Sandin's house, Lee making the worship band at our church, becoming directors of our Sunday School class, having a girls night out with Andrea and sweet baby Selah, and attending the Notre Dame Universal Night in Tucson.

Lee also went to Houston one weekend for one of his high school friend's wedding.  While in Houston, Lee was able to see all of our friends without me :(  Here's a few pics from Lee's trip to H-Town

Finally, the last weekend of March was filled with my best friend from college, Jennifer, coming to visit me.  We had a blast going to Mt. Lemmon, shopping in Scottsdale at Fashion Square, eating at my favorite restaurants, and just enjoying visiting.  It sure felt great having one of my friends come visit us.  I wish Jenn and I lived closer and hopefully some day we will.

The Lord sure has blessed beyond, and I hope everyone had a fantastic March!

Fabulous February

So, I am officially the world's worst blogger since March is almost over and I'm just now catching up on February.  One of these days I'll get better at this....haha!

We had a fabulous February in Tucson...hince the title!  First, my grandmother turned 80 on Ground Hog's Day and then she and my mom came to Tucson two days later.  As soon as I picked them up from the airport we went to eat at Gavi's (which is mom's favorite place here) for Nene's birthday celebration.  After dinner we came home and I had a little birthday celebration waiting for us.

The next day Nene and I went to Mt. Lemmon and ate lunch at the Cookie Cabin.....probably my favorite place here!  The drive was beautiful with all of the snow.  I couldn't believe we were actually still in Tucson.

We also visited the Gem Show while Mom and Nene were here.  Nene even bought herself a heart shapped diamond ring for 80th birthday.  That sure was a blast!  It was Superbowl Sunday while they were here so we watched the game at our house while Lee bounched around to a couple of parties.

The next weekend Lee and I celebrated Valentine's Day pretty much the whole weekend since he had a soccer game on Valentine's night.  We actually went to dinner Friday night at CORE which is the restaurant at the brand new Ritz Carlton here in Tucson.  Here are a few pictures from V-Day Weekend.

The last half of the month was filled with lots of meal plans for families with new babies in our Sunday School class.  It's been a blast getting to meet all the new babies (5...I think!) born within 6 weeks of each other!  Lee has also been playing soccer on Sunday nights, basketball at the RJ on Tuesday nights, and softball on Thursdays.  We still have to go to all of the U of A Men's home Basketball games as well as my board mixers for my job.  As usual, I have my monthly Pi Phi meetings at U of A, which I love the girls....they are so sweet!  We also had Lee's co-worker, Tom, over for dinner for his birthday.  Busy month for us!

Lee also managed to put on the best FCA "Breakfast with the Pros" during February at the beginning of the Accenture Match Play.  We were able to get tickets to the match play this year and unfortunately it rained pretty much the whole time we were there.....bummer!  We were wet and cold!

My Grandfather turned 80 in February too and we wish we could have been back in Texas to celebrate with our family.  But that same weekend, one of Lee's friends from Notre Dame, Garrett, came into town to visit us.  We've been really blessed with tons of visitors while out here in the middle of the desert!

Garrett and Lee went to a couple of basketball games, the match play ( I went too!), and we took him to a few of our favorite places to eat in Tucson.....El Charro - Downtown and Tohono Chul Tea Room.  We had so much fun just being with old friends!

Jolly January

January one was BUSY month for us!!  Who said it slows down after the holidays?

To start off, my mom turned 50 on the 1st and we had her 50th birthday party that night.  It sure was a blast and she is one popular momma!  I had a great time seeing and meeting all of her friends throughout her life from high school until now.

Lee and a couple of his staff went to the Fiesta Bowl game in Phoenix and apparently had really great seats.  Wish I could have gone but one day I'll get to go when the Cats play in the Fiesta Bowl!!  We also had a National Championship game watch party at our house.  It was a blast but I was the only girl.  Thanks for leaving me all alone with the guys, Theresa.

Lee's dad also turned 60 in January.  His birthday celebration was made complete with a surprise party from his sisters in San Antonio.  I just wish we could have been there to celebrate with them.

January also brought about lots of U of A basketball games and  Pi Beta Phi advisor training and meetings for me.  We also had the Wildcats Football Banquet and the Platinum and Diamond Donor Reception for Lee's work and my company's annual meeting and awards dinner.  It's fun getting dressed up for all of these events....it feels like college date parties all over again!

Towards the end of the month we had Intentional Night at the Ingram's house, my brother turned 27, and we saw Legally Blonde, The Musical.  Hands down - the best musical I have ever seen.  Here's a few pics from that night.

Lee and I at Elle for dinner before seeing "Elle" star in the musical

Waiting for the show to begin....ahhh, so excited!!

Hope everyone had as wonderful of a January as we did!

End of 2009 Recap....2 months late!

We had a great December and end to 2009!  We started off with our Sunday School class, 241, Christmas party at the Dubs house, Lee's student intern party at our house, and a LOOOOOONG trip back to Texas (okay, for me at least!).

Lee taught a winter-mester class for U of A to earn a few extra dollars for us since my salary reduction.  I am so proud of my Professor De Leon!  Since Lee was teaching he came back to Tucson the Sunday after Christmas while I stayed in Texas for the next week, New Year's, and my mom's 50th birthday party on the 1st.  I was sad to spend New Year's eve without Lee but it sure was fun being back in the lone star state! Lee also went to San Diego to see the U of A Wildcats play in the Holiday Bowl.  Unfortunately, the Cats ran out of time but Lee had a blast spending quality time with his dad on the San Diego trip.

Here's a few pictures of our house decorated for Christmas

Pics from our trip back to Texas....we had a true white Christmas on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning!

More to come on January......stay tuned!

Catching Up on November

November was an unbelievably busy month for us, in particular me.  I have never worked as much or as hard as I did for my job during the first three weeks of November.  Needless-to-say, I am so thankful the Holiday Auction is over for another year anyway!

Well, here's a little catch up on our November:

The first weekend my parents and grandparents came to visit us.  It was my dad's first time to Tucson as well as my grandfather's first time.  We all had a blast going to the U of A Homecoming football game, playing golf, fixing things around the house, going out to eat, church, and exploring Tucson like we did!

Here's a few pictures from their trip to Tucson!

The following weekend we stayed home and rested, worked, and had people over to watch another U of A football game.  It was a great weekend!

Finally, the weekend of November 21st had arrived.....that was the night of my big event, the Holiday Auction, I had been planning so long and hard for and the night of the U of A vs. Oregon football game.  ESPN's College Gameday came to Tucson that day and it was the biggest football game in U of A's history.  The Cats ended up losing in double over-time and my Auction suffered because of the game.  But, overall, the Auction was a success and I am so thankful it's over!

The next week was Thanksgiving week and we were so glad to be going back home.  Although, it was a weekend full of taveling all over the state for Lee (Dallas, College Station, Houston, McAllen, and back to Dallas before heading back to Tucson), we had a great time seeing family, friends, and watching Texas A&M vs. t.u. football game.  Wish the Ags could have pulled off the victory....there's always next time!

Here's a few pics from Thanksgiving weekend!

Mom and I at the A&M game

Lee and Mimi in Mimi's suite at the game

Our adorable future Aggie niece, Ana

The De Leon Family

Hope everyone had as wonderful of a Thanksgiving as we did!

Lee's Parent's Visit to Tucson

The weekend before last Lee's parents came to visit us.  We had such a good time on their weekend trip to Tucson.

They came in Friday afternoon and we all went out to eat to celebrate Lee's birthday at a local Tucson restaurant, El Corral.  It was our first time to eat there and it was delicious!

Saturday, I woke up not feeling well so I decided not to go to the football game and rest on the couch.  Boy, did I miss my Hubs for 8 hours!  Lee took his parents to see the Wildcats play a great game at Arizona Stadium.  Wish I could have been there!

We all went to church on Sunday, had lunch, rested, the guys worked on the "yard" while Carol and I cooked dinner.  All-in-all it was a great weekend!

Lawrence and Mike Come to Tucson

Guess what?  I am a week late in posting AGAIN.  Maybe one day I will be able to catch up on here.  Who knows?!

Well the weekend before last Lee's former co-workers at University of Houston come to visit.  Lawrence and Mike are great guys and we had a blast hanging out all weekend.  I wish Lawrence's wife, Candace, would have been able to come.

We picked the guys up from the Phoenix airport Thursday night and ate at our favorite Phoenix dinner spot, ZTejas!  It was a little slice of Texas (well almost!) for us.

On Friday the guys had In-N-Out burger and then went to campus while I worked.  They also had a "guys night" which meant I was not allowed.  No problem for me.  I had dinner with a friend.

Saturday was "game day!"  First, the USC vs. Notre Dame football game.  This was a case of our "house divided" literally.  Lawrence - from southern california - was rooting for the Trojans while Lee - ND alum - was rooting for the Irish.  It was a great game and I'm proud of the Irish for fighting back as hard as they did!  Next, was Game Day Grill with the guys and then finally Standard vs. UofA game time!

We started off by watching the first quater of the UofA game on the field.  The Cats even scored a touchdown 4 feet from us....it was so exciting!!!  Here are the guys on the field.

Then we went up into one of the skyboxes (or suites as most people call them).  Here we are in the suite with Lee's Wildcat Club logo that he created in the background.

After the game we went out to eat with the Fulton's.  They are such sweet people and have really made us feel so welcomed at Arizona.

Sunday morning we got up and drove back to Phoenix so we could eat breakfast at Butterfield's.  Yes, it is heaven in your mouth!  Then we took the guys back to the airport and drove back to Tucson.

We had a great weekend with the guys and thanks for coming to visit us!  We miss ya'll.