Syring Family Update

For those who know me know that I am in LOVE with Fibonacci's sequence. It is just so damn elegant.

Well, I have another reason to love it, because my family is living it...let me explain...and see if you can figure it out...

We can get metaphysical and say that before I was born, I was 0, nothing, void.
Then there was me, I was 1.
Then there was Mara, she was 1.
Then we got married, our family was 2.
Then came Rohan, and our family grew to 3.
Do you know the next number in the Fibonacci series? 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, ?

It's 5! Meaning we have twins on the way! :)

Due date is mid-April, but we're guessing they will be slightly early. We are SUPER excited!
Rohan is asking all sorts of questions, and told Mara he wants twin girls...I don't think he understand the consequences of that...:)

Here are a couple, very early, ultrasounds. We will post more when we know more! :)

Rohan’s Longest Camping Trip!

This last holiday weekend took advantage of the 3 day weekend and turned it into a 4 ½ day weekend by taking a ½ day on Thursday and heading up North to the Mogollon Rim.  I picked up Rohan and the dogs and scouted for a perfect spot.  The woods are pretty full of people on holiday weekends, but I eventually found a spot that was somewhat isolated from drunken hillbillies.  Mara had to work Thurs/Fri so it was just Rohan, the dogs, and I that first night.  It was really fun to explore the woods and trails with Rohan, and he had a blast with the freedom he had!  We hiked a bit, explored the forest a bit, set up camp, and cooked, all to his amazement/interest.

Friday we set up guides for friends to find us.  Mara rode up with another one of our friends, Ryan, and Shannon came up that night as well.  Shannon made a GREAT dinner with steak, potaotes, asparagus, and who knows what else; all cooked on the coals of the fire.  It was perfect!

Saturday we headed back to East Clear Creek and did some kayaking and Deep Water Soloing/climbing again…we LOVE that area!  We met Jason & Jaymie there, who came up from PHX that morning.  It rained on us as usual, but we didn’t care, and Rohan even fell asleep in Mara’s boat…it was adorable…:)  That night Angelika, Michael, Patrick, (another) Ryan, and Heson came and joined us for a total of 11 people!  It was a great night of campfire, hanging out, and eating MORE great food!  Unfortunately Mara had to work on Sunday so she had to head back that night, but it was great she could get out of PHX for 24hrs!

Sunday the kayakers took to Blue Ridge Reservoir while others headed to Horton Springs on a solid hike down and up the rim.  The wind on Sunday night was pretty wicked, so it cut down the time we spent around the fire, but we still found some things to do.  Rohan always kept us entertained with is antics, and we use a tomahawk from Angelika’s stash to do some throwing contests and even do some deforesting (of dead trees of course…).

One exciting thing that happened on Thursday while we were looking for a spot is that I got the truck back to a fairly “tight” spot where I basically needed to do a 12+ point turn to get out.  Everything was fine until about turn 9 when I slowly backed into a tree that was in my blind spot and obscured by one of the 3 kayaks I had in the back.  It slowly pushed one of the kayaks through our back window (on the driver’s side).  Luckily Rohan was not covered in glass or anything, but he was a little shaken.  He calmed down quickly and when we did finally get to our site (which had plenty of trees) he said he was going to take his Captain America shield and chop down all the trees so I wouldn’t back into them…what a thoughtful boy…:)

We had an absolute AWESOME weekend with great friends, great food, great views, and awesome weather to storm watch!  We got some rain, but it never dampens our mood, it’s all part of the experience!   Hope everyone had a fun/safe weekend!

Shelf Jump:


Rohan & Jaymie Summiting The Tailgate:


Ryan Going Caveman On A Tree: