Sparky?

As many of you know I have worked for Arizona State University for 4 1/2 years now. In all of my years working as ASU I have never taken a picture with Sparky! This is mostly because I do not go to any of the sporting events, or homecoming stuff and so have just never had a chance to meet the actual Sun Devil. Now, everything has changed...I have been on a staff development committee for the past 3 years and every year we plan a staff retreat day full of motivational speakers and fun activities. We have held it at the Desert Botanical Gardens every year and it always turns out to be so much fun, informative, and relaxing (no so much relaxing for us committee members of course, lol). This year I became very involved in the planning since we had several members leave the college/university...so, we were able to arrange for "sparky" to come to our event. Now, what many of you may not know is that it is a HUGE secret as to who Sparky actually is at an event. When "Sparky" arrived, he (yes, it was a "he" this time) was not able to actually say who he was, it was all in coding and then we realized and ushered him to the changing room...which had to be a very private location so that nobody would know what was going on. This to me was so interesting and I loved the fact that I actually knew who was in the Sparky costume! He came out and did desk excercises with us all and was just a wonderful addition to our retreat...so much so, that I wanted to take a picture with him along with another coworker...she didn't know who was in the costume though...neener, neener! Anyhow, below are some team building photos from the event, so fun!