Catching Up

This will be a pretty random "catch up" post to let everyone know how our first week in AZ went. First our move went GREAT! It was 32 hours of "fun", but Rohan cooperated WAY more than we could have hoped, and we all survived the drive, a little restless, but non-the-less happy to be in AZ! Michelle was SUCH a huge help with driving, calming Rohan, and moving. We can't thank her enough! Also, our Dad's really helped us with packing and loading and cleaning. We never would have left on time if they didn't help either.

Aside from the construction, there were not any major issues with the drive other than the A/C crapping out on the truck about 100 miles into a 1700 mile road trip...:( They did give us some money back, but that doesn't change the sweat box drive we had to endure. At least through NM & AZ there was some rain so that really helped.

Greg & Nicole helped us unpack once we got here, and Heather & John took Rohan for the night so we could make better progress. We were up pretty late unpacking, and it's finally coming together. Greg & Nico left on Sunday to get married in Mexico and we got to dog-sit their baby Abby. She has been so easy to take care of it's not even like we have an extra dog!

On Monday Chris & Jackson came to visit. Chris and I went and golfed the Champions Course at TPC Scottsdale on Wednesday morning. It was AWESOME! Neither of us had not played this year yet, so I was a little worried. I played pretty rough on the front, but rallied on the back. Chris played well on both and shot sub-80! We both had eagle putts on 18 and birdied to end an awesome morning round at a great course.

Wednesday night our friend Sasha moved to AZ so we helped her and her family unload their U-Haul. Sasha and her family are heading to the Grand Canyon this weekend to sight see so we got to dog sit her "Abby" as well. That's right...4 dogs...4 adults....2 kids. Awesome times...:)

Chris & Shell headed to Flagstaff to sight see and Mara and I finished most of the unpacking and situating. We headed over to Greg & Nico's to water their lawn, but more importantly...their pool...:) They have a nice salt water pool that we took advantage of and veg'd by for most of the late morning/early afternoon on Thursday. We also took advantage of their grill too since we had to give ours up. At least ours went to a good home at Nate's.

Friday we went out to dinner with Chris & Shell for Shell & I's birthdays at PF Chang's, then for a nice walk on the Camlebak Walk trail. Heather offered to come babysit Rohan & Jackson while we are out, which we ALL really appreciate!!!

Sadly on Sunday, the Stokes' left, but we'll figure out ways to keep in touch...we always do...:) In the morning Sunday we met up with Nikki & Crawford who are down in Scottsdale for a conference. We went to Tuscon to sight see and check out their Sonoran Desert Museum which was really fun! Rohan did great in the sun and we got to see a lot of desert life we didn't really know about before. Plus catching up with Nikki & Crawford was great. Rohan really put on a good show for them, smiling the whole day. Nikki had a great quote saying "Seeing a child like Rohan doesn't make you so scared to have kids". We'll see about that one Nikki...:)

Hopefully we'll find some time to settle in a little more and get some more pictures up of our hikes. Meanwhile, here are some pics & vids from this insane, past week!

Jackson Being Adorable:

Rohan & Jackson Enjoy Their First Train Ride: