Halloween Weekend Climb, Run, Hike, & Trick-or-Treat!

We managed to stay pretty busy for yet another week, dispite combating whatever viruses were thrown at us. Rohan had been fighting off something the whole month of October and finally got through the worst of it. However, since he did have a full head for so long his Dr. wanted to put him on antibiotics. Since they take out his natural stomach flora, Rohan has had a penchant for blowing out diapers. It's been a rough week, and our Dreft supply is almost exhausted! Mara and I have been fighting off some of it as well, and probably some hybrid strain from daycare/VA hospital.
Friday we hooked up with Sasha at AZR when they had a Halloween Night Climb. The lights were off and we got to climb in headlamps, while trick-or-treating along the way up the wall. It was a lot harder than we thought it was, but still fun as always. Sasha's name got called to do the zip line; an 80' zip line through the gym and rock arch. She wussed out and said I could go in her place since I was pretty geeked up to go. It was a BLAST! I was the oldest "kid" to do it by about 15 years, but if you know me, it's not far off. Rohan surprised us by taking 5 steps pretty much on his own. He was holding glow ropes he thought were connected to someone and walked over to Mara. It will be no time and he'll be walking everywhere.
Saturday we got up bright and early and caught a 10K to McDowell Mountain and back, then came back and watched the Hawks come back in an ugly game, and go 9-0. GO HAWKS!!! Later we headed over to Greg & Nico's to trick-or-treat. We had some daylight left and played a couple of rounds of Cornhole to pass the time. Greg (AKA: Shit Storm) and I easily beat up on Mara & Nico, then Nico & her Mom Lynn. Rohan got into his lion outfit (courtesy of Jackson) and headed out on the town for an epic night of treat busting! Well...Rohan only made it to 2 houses before he passed out. It was cute to see him walk up the driveways to get candy (with out help of course). We did find out that he has Coulrophobia...AKA Fear of Clowns. One neighbor had a scary clown outfit on and Rohan wouldn't walk up his driveway. It was pretty hilarious.
Sunday we did a family outing to IKEA, met Sasha & Ali for lunch, then picked up the dogs and headed to McDowell Mountain Preserve for a family fun hike. We eneded up hiking for almost 4 hours and ended up back at the car just after dusk (good thing it was a full moon!). We hiked to a climbing area called Tom's Thumb and caught an amazing sunset, as well as panoramas of the area on the way up. It was one of the better hikes we've had here, and can't wait to bring others on it. Rohan did great too! We are so glad he's over his clingy/whiney phase when he wasn't feeling good. The dogs loved the outdoors and are now exhausted!
We had a lot of fun this weekend, but wish we could have been back with our families. While the Syring family laid Grandma to rest, Sally, Scott, & Sam Aho welcomed little Ryan James! Keep up on Sally's blog for pics of Ryan. We miss everyone, especially at times like these, and we can't wait to see everyone again.
Enjoy the pics & vids; there are a TON!:


Watch Your Step:


Mike's Zip Line:


The Scariest Lion EVER!:


Linus, Schroeder & Abby Play:


Like Painting With Bob Ross, But With Fingers & Poo (WARNING: Gross):