Another Visitor From The Frozen Tundra

Mara and I continued our minimalist ways and went through more clothes, furniture, camping stuff, books, etc and donated more to Goodwill and posted some on CraigsList. Through the last few moves we've done a pretty good job of paring down items we've not used in a while and sometimes even forgot we had. Others can get more use out of that stuff than we can. We've been hanging onto our books for a long time. Since we had similar interests in college we had duplicate, triplicates and sometimes quadruplicate subjects of books like Chemistry, Biology, Physics, & Math. We ended up donating almost 50 books this time around. Sorry to everyone who had to move those with us! It is nice to have the space in our tiny apartment though. Rohan definitely likes the room to run!
We've all been fighting off a cough and cold this last week, but we still found time to run and stay active, even if it is at a slower pace, it still feels awesome afterwards. We've been working in the YMCA a little more to cross-train, and since we both have free memberships through school, it seems like a waste to not use it.
Saturday we had a nice picnic with Sasha at the dog park and let the dogs wear themselves out. They've been a little neglected as of late, so we know they appreciated the time outside. We also met up with most of the rest of the KCOM med students in AZ and had a fun night of tequila and dice games...:) Rohan was a trooper and was up until 11, and being VERY charming all night.
Sunday we hit up a Farmers Market set up by our favorite Indian restaurant, Bombay Spice. Then we headed off to the Airport to pick up Michelle, who flew into Phoenix for the EUEC energy conference and is staying a few extra days to hang out and get her Rohan fix. Rohan was a little sleepy when we met up and "rejected" Michelle. He warmed up to her about 5 seconds later, but the initial high pitch squeaking (from Michelle) didn't go so well...:) It should be a lot of fun to have Michelle here since I haven't seen her since October, and Mara hasn't seen her since May! We hit up a Jason's Deli for their awesome salad bar, and then hit up Dreamy Draw in the Phoenix Mountain Preserve for a small hike on their stroller friendly trails. I think Michelle got more UV exposure in 2 hours than she has all winter in WI...:)
We finished Sunday out with a nice relaxing fire and Rohan was down by 7:30. Little guy was exhausted after this weekend! We are looking forward to a quick week and some more hiking with Michelle when she's done with her conference obligations.  I think we are going to try and hike Camelback Mountin and Tom's Thumb while she's here.  We're also going to hit the YMCA and maybe even fit in a couple of outdoor runs, especially since Michelle is trapped indoors for the next couple of months...:P
A few pic from this last week (most of Rohan, of course!):


Rohan Rejects Aunt Shell:


Rohan Modeling His Grandpa Pants: