SO proud of my gals!

No, I'm not dead! I've just gone from being sick for a week with a stomach virus (only two days of actual virus-ing, the rest was an overblown recovery time!) to recruitment and now I'm sitting here putting off things I need to do...

I'm so proud of my girls, I can't begin to explain it! Here are some shots from recruitment and Bid Day when we met our 25 AMAZING new members!!

Danielle and Poel at the door for Open House

Walkway in for Open House

Goofy Chapter after Open House

Poel, my AMAZING VP Membership Recruitment and I after Sisterhood

Girls at the door for Sisterhood-- EmJ, Marie, and Katie mug for the camera

The girls went to Piedmont and took some BEAUTIFUL pictures to put on the wall!

Kentucky Derby Theme...

TOO CUTE!

This is Hannah, one of my advisees, doing her best Stepford Wife impression

Me and Diana after Sisterhood-- she is TOO FUNNY

Philanthropy Banner

Welcome Home!!

Chapter after Philanthropy

Balloon Party!

Kristen, Yasaman and I are stuck in the elevator!

Danielle and Poel before Preference

Gamma Sigma Alumnae at Preference

Chapter in Rose Formation after Preference

Vanessa, Jessica and Jessica with the Bid Day Bags

We're going 90's this fall!

Getting ready for Run Out

Chu-Chu with the Alpha!

Alumnae, New Members, and Collegiate Members!!

It was a long, hard, and stressful week for all of us but it paid off in the end-- our phenomenal new members are excited about AOII and we couldn't be happier to have them!

Fall 2011 Pledge Class!

Saturday-- or maybe Friday?

This is where my days start running together... I think this might actually be Friday in the brief time between business session, staffing, and dinner! I got a chance to go out and see the area immediately around the hotel and ran in to a great little mercado where I picked up some ground chiles and some delicious Mexican pastries! Probably some of my favorite pictures from Tucson are from the mercado since the wildfire smoke made an already difficult landscape almost impossible to shoot! 

 This shot reminded me of one from our trip to Colorado

Some beautiful rosaries hanging outside the market

More pretty things

Great outdoor area-- we'd love to do something like this in our back yard!

Cute metal lizard

Because that's what you expect in Tucson!

Friday!

Friday was mostly business, so here are a few shots of the evening fun we had!

Our beautiful place settings-- the salad was SOOO good! Stilton and bacon? Yes, please!

They managed to keep the centerpieces looking great and with the exception of Thursday's brunch, generally out of the way to facilitate conversation.

Vicki, Danielle, Jessica, Rachel, EmJ, [Danielle, help me out...] and I-- our awesome table!

Rachel getting recognized for her scholarship!

YUMMY Dessert! Peanutbutter cheesecake in a chocolate shell on a chocolate cookie!

PIP Skit! Too funny!

Brandi (my college CNS), me, and Kristen (my new NSR)-- Brandi and Kristen are from the same chapter at MTSU and are two of my favorites! Go Rho O! 

Thursday Dinner

We missed the free 5:30 shot but hung out for a minute and enjoyed the view!

The patio looking back

Dinner!

Totally fun centerpiece!

Squishy water balls from the centerpiece

PIP Story Telling!!!

Me and Barb-- she's a PIP now! 

Peg Kramer Crawford, PIP, and too funny!

The PIP Story Telling was probably one of my favorite things all week-- Peg Kramer Crawford is without a doubt, one of the funniest people I've ever met! I wish Blogger would work so I could upload her story about going to Canada twice for chapter installations; there's intrigue, breaking international law, defrauding the Canadian Government, and a plunger. 

Credentials, Please!

I had the honor of being asked to be a part of the Credentials Committee for IC which means that I helped check in all the delegates from alumnae and collegiate chapters to the business sessions to ensure the proper number of attendees. Below is our amazing CC!

Convention Kickoff

The breakfast wasn't that great (I DRENCHED my waffles in syrup and still couldn't chew them!!) but we had panda bear silly bands on the table and I think I finally like them... Pam Simon, a staffer of Gabrielle Giffords', is an AOII and spoke about the day of the shooting and her experiences with Rep. Giffords. I don't have a picture, but we also got little Peace Love and Gaby bracelets to wear around. It was really amazing listening to Pam talk about the experience and how close she is with Rep. Giffords! I have some TRULY amazing sisters!

Panda Bear Silly Bands!

Me and Brandi! I miss her so much!

Vicki, Rachel, Danielle, Me, EmJ, Jessica, and Morgan-- Gamma Sigma and the Panda!

The PIPs and Exec Board

Pam Simon