Get Well Dad!!!!

As almost everyone knows, my Dad had a surgery to remove a benign salivary tumor on his left jaw (under his ear). He had the surgery Thursday and has been doing great since! There was not intervention with the nerve, so no paralysis which is common when the nerve is involved. We hope he has a great week with Taylor & Kaylee! Nothing mends like grandkids...:)
With the heat ratcheting up, Mara and I have taken a small "break" from training for our full marathon. We haven't been following our training schedule much, rather just running 15 miles or so per week just to keep our legs fresh. Rohan, of course, has been logging the miles with us, and luckily we have found some Nike DriFit shirts for him at TJ Max. He stays REALLY cool and dry even on warm runs, like the 103°F one with did last night (Sunday).
This last week we did a lot of rearranging of our apartment to make it seem a little more spacious. We do miss the luxury of a house with lots of space room for Rohan to run. With the heat being so oppressive during the day we are limited to hitting splash pads and the pool, which Rohan loves. Rohan has been running so much more lately. Actual running, not just trying to run. He's gotten faster too! He was running around Target the other day and surprised us how easily he can get away. I understand what I used to do to my parents when I would hid in the clothing racks...:)
Friday night we had the opportunity to go to a DBack's game through TGEN. TGEN rented out a couple party suites in right field for mentors and interns for TGEN's Helios Scholarship program. I, believe it or not, am a mentor and we got tickets for me and him. One of the other mentors couldn't go so she gave me her ticket for Mara & Rohan was free. It was a lot of fun, and a great view of the game. We took Rohan to a play area a couple of times to ensure he was wiped out completely. Unfortunately we may have lost our camera at the game; as is evident by the lack of pictures on this post...:( We really hope it turns up at lost & found, but we're not holding our breathes. We will have to figure out a way to get another camera (since we don't have a digital camera fund). We liked the one we had, but it's still $180. We'd have to go to an older model and we'd lose our most favorite feature, the HD video. Until we figure out what to do, we'll only have our cell phone cameras and video (which suck, but it's all we got).
Saturday we got up early and hit Pinnacle Peak Park and did a nice easy family hike (Sorry, no pics...:(). Rohan loved his backpack, and still fits great in it. He was pointing at a lot of things and we were explaining them as we went. He even noticed the climbers at the peak too. He, of course, fell asleep, and took a good long nap afterwards.
Greg had some cousins in town this weekend and thought it would be a great idea to bring them to AZR. They had a blast! Again...no pics... We climbed for almost 3 hours and worked up a good appetite for FroYo...:) We hit up Yougurtology near the gym and replenished all those calories we burned climbing. Afterwards we took the time to hit the pool and cool off before and nice supper of salmon and saffron scallops (on super sale at Wally World!).
Sunday we slept in until almost 7am and made sure we got out of the house early to beat some of the heat. We hit up a splashpad for an hour or so, then walked around some outside malls with mister systems so it was tolerable.
We capped off Sunday with a nice 10K. It was crazy warm still at 8:30 (103°F) and cooled down to a not-so-cool 98°F by the time we finished. Rohan did great as usual, and his new DriFit shirt kept him comfortable enough to sleep the whole time. He did wake up at the end of the run, so we made sure he was well hydrated (us as well). The extended forcast is calling for 119°F by Sunday...Brrrrrrrr...:)
Well...enjoy the pics from this week. They are weak since we didn't download any from the camera before we lost it...:((( <---Super sad face