Escaping The Heat

Well it was going to hit 114°F again so we decided to head back up to the The Apache and Sitgreaves National Forest where the highs were in the 80's and the lows hit mid-50's. We found some really cool campsites that had some amazing views of the Mogollon Rim and Coconino National Forest. There were storms in the area, but we didn't get but a few drops. The storms were awesome to watch over the valleys. We found some cool trails along the 50-mile Highline Trail System, and ended up hiking about 10 miles all together. Rohan, as usual, was super excited to hike, but also as usual, was asleep about 2 miles in. He loved the backpack we got from Cari! All in all, it was great to beat the heat!


Mara & Rohan At Play:


Rohan has been so much fun lately! He's been getting up on his hands & knees and rocking a little. With that also comes the bumps & bruises. He leaned too far forward and fell into our butcher block...the butcher block won. He cried for a few seconds, then stopped when I went to pick him up. He's a tough little guy...:) He's doing the little mountain climber motion too, and has actually translated that into lurching forward to get a book. He seemed pretty surprised to have moved. Here's a little video of him giving Linus a back massage, while getting a leg workout as well:


To cap off a fun weekend, we headed over to Greg & Nico's to sit around the pool and grill out. We decided to try and get a picture of us all jumping in the pool at the same time. Turns out NONE of us could time it right. It literally took 20 jumps to get ONE good picture. But we did get some great pictures of us goofing off, or just plain mistiming the jump all together. I also came to the realization that I look exactly like my Dad at times...it's scary. Here are some pics of our efforts:


We also noticed we surpassed 20,000 blog views! We are really happy so many people can keep up with us, and especially Rohan's, lives. I'm sure some, like Michelle, are only interested in what Linus has been up to...:)