Congrats, Dr. Roberts

Sarah has been working diligently over the past few months to complete her PHD program at CU. She has been so busy and has worked so hard, we are very pleased that she defended her dissertation today! Congratulations, Sarah!! I met Sarah, Doug, and Mary Ann at The Kitchen in Boulder for a celebration dinner. We had small plates upstairs and the food was delicious. We had a great time telling stories about some of our mischievious adventures together and Sarah & Mary Ann entertained us with many stories about Sarah and her sisters growing up. As usual, they were all as sweet as can be about my girls and asked many questions about how they're doing and what they're up to these days.

Another hot topic at dinner was the amazing help that Mary Ann has extended to my in-laws. My nephew, Nathan, was recently diagnosed with Aspergers. My sister-in-law has been struggling to find him a school and a support group that can adequately address his needs. Mary Ann has worked at the Children's Hospital in Denver for many years and was able to get Nathan into a program for children with mild symptoms of autism and has also steered them towards supports groups for parents, siblings, grandparents and extended families. The wait list for this group is about 2 years, but Mary Ann was able to get him in right away and he started the classes on Monday. Mary Ann is so generous and kind to help out Nathan and his family. We are all very very grateful and are very hopeful he'll get the help that he needs.

I'm so glad that I was able to celebrate Sarah's accomplishment! We're so happy her. Thanks B for staying home with the girls so I could have a grown-up dinner with Sarah -- heaven knows she's endured her share of kid-friendly ones with us! Congratulations, Dr. Roberts!!