One More Mountain Summited!

This last Monday, TGen gave me an "unplugged" day off so I scheduled a trip to conquer Picketpost Mountain. Last time, with Mara, Michelle, & Rohan, we made it about 3/4 of the way up before it got too tretcherous for Rohan. It turns out that was the easy 3/4... Mara had to work in the clinic, so Jeanette cleared her calendar and came with. There aren't many pictures since we took enough when we went 2 weeks ago, but the scramble to the top was crazy. The verticality of the climb was touch, but the hopping from boulder to boulder was exhausting! We finally made it to the top of the mesa and the views were amazing! 360° views of the desert were worth the effort! The mailbox at the top was cool too, as is the story that goes with it. We capped of the day with homemade sushi with Jeanette, and a little wine too...:)
Last week, we spent almost every night at the rock gym, getting in some really fun climbing. Rohan has been more willing to put the harness on, and has even started swinging on the ropes while hooked in! He seems to have a blast for about 5min before his "pukey cheeks" come out. We are looking forward to when he starts climbing while strapped in. He's almost able to do a pullup with his strong little hands and fingers...:)
Saturday we hit up the new spring training park, Salt River Fields, for the Diamondbacks and Rockies. It was a very well thought out park, with TONS of family activities and things for kids. Definitely one of the best parks in the spring training leagues! Rohan did great on the practice field too. We got in line and the kids have to field 1st, 2nd, and 3rd bases before they bat. Rohan had balls hit at him at 1st and 3rd base and hustled after them (after some encouragement). His throws were really good too! He's got a pretty strong arm already. His turn to bat was really cute too. The instructor got him into place (something Rohan usually doesn't let us do), and hit 5 straight balls. Then he got to run the bases. He ran down to 1st still carrying the bat, and ran all the way to 2nd base before stopping. I carried him to 3rd (to keep things moving) and he ran all the way home and high fived the instructor...we all were smiling at that point...:)
After the game we hit up the rock gym for an hour or so, then took Rohan on a trail run to see the sunset. He ended up running the while 0.5mi trail on his own! Amazing for the day that kid had! The sunset was nice, but Rohan really enjoyed the trail, and never fell once. He stumbled A LOT, but kept his balance and recovered every time (an it's a rocky trail!).
Sunday we headed to Heather's since Holly was in town to take Mara's grandparents back to WI. We skipped out on their hike since it was still pretty chilly in the AM, and we didn't want Rohan getting too cold. Looks like they had a great hike though! We had a sight we hadn't seen before...snow on the McDowell Mountains by our house! WTF?! It was pretty, but disturbing at the same time...:) We had a great visit with the family over tomato soup for lunch and kabobs for dinner! After dinner we hit up a park. I think the adults had as much fun as Rohan did...:) We hope everyone has a great flight back tomorrow!
Hope everyone else had an active weekend!


Rohan Swingin' At The Rock Gym:


Rohan dancing to his toy:


Mara, Holly, & Heather duke it out on the balance war machine:


Holly & Heather race down the slide: