Monday, August 8, 2011

Getting Settled

We reached a pretty awesome milestone for moving in...we got to the point we could get both cars in the garage! :)  It just means there are more boxes inside, but we are making headway trying to figure out where everything goes.  Rohan is already loving the space!  He runs around the kitchen/living room/front room/hallway track several times a day, usually we are chasing or being chased.  The dogs have adapted VERY well to the new house, I think they enjoy the room too.
We have already started some projects (like replacing some leaky faucets, light fixtures, door knobs, etc), and we are also getting reminded how big of a pain in the ass that can be too.  We are having a lot of fun though, and it's been a good weekend.  Putting things away and innumerable trips to Home Depot & Lowes are taking up most of our time, although we did get a run and stroll in through the new neighborhoods.  It will take a while getting used to the new terrain since we usually ran through less populated areas, but we're getting some good routes down.  We have also started traingin for the Tough Mudder race in January.  11 miles, 23 obstacles...10,000 volt electrocution at the end...should be fun...:)  It all supports the Wounded Warrior Project, so that's a great thing to be a part of.  There is time if you want to join us too...:)
Saturday, Greg and Nico came over for a bit and we caught up and grilled out chicken & brats, then hit the pool to cool off.  It will be a lot of fun to have a house warming party when we finally get settled!  Mila and Rohan were fast friends again.  I think she is really interested in what he's doing, and vice-versa.
Not much else to report other than getting settled and figuring out where to put everything and all the little nuances of the new place.  I have a Mechanisms & Models of Cancer conference at the Salk Institute in San Diego this week, so I fly out Tuesday night and attend Wednesday through Sunday.  Mara is going to join me on the weekend while Heather watches Rohan.  It will be a REALLY nice break for us (and Rohan).  It will be nice to get to SD without Rohan and find some fun things to do outside the conference.  We found a rock gym to check out too...:)  Should be fun!
We'll send out some more pictures of the house when it's not just boxes and tools sitting out everywhere...:) Here are some pics from the last week, and some videos from the last month or so. We had packed our camera, so the video is from our cell phones...not great, but better than nothing!

Rohan running the bases at Chase Field during the Brewer's extra innings win...:)
Rohan getting his exercise running around the house:

1 comment:

Michelle Stokes said...

The videos are awesome! I'm so glad he can run, run, run!!!