Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Blastoff!
This last weekend was pretty awesome. It had been a while since Mara had a whole one off so we spent most of the time outside. We did several runs and parks as usual, and also found some time to climb.
One of the more exciting things we did was take Rohan to the Challenger Space Center in NW Phoenix. Rohan has been hard core into shuttles as of late (he has 2 or 3 favorite YouTube videos). The museuem had anything and everything space related. Tons of pictures of rockets and spacecrafts of all sorts. Rohan really liked Ham the space Monkey that they shot into space in the early 60's. Rohan considers him a national treasure...:)
The center also had a 10' space shuttle model and a launch simulator which Rohan REALLY liked. Top off with a mock Mission Control Center, and Space Lab and I think there is a good chance Rohan will be attending Space Camp when he's a little older. There was also a video on the 7 wonders of our solar system. Rohan is good at recognizing Saturn and Earth, as well as the Sun, so that was pretty exciting to watch. We capped off our 3hr trip (it went super fast) with a demonstration of a Tesla Coil and electric fields and my favorite...Eddy Currents. Pretty awesome morning! After the space center we grabbed some salads and hit a huge park in Glendale for a picnic and play time.
Sunady we watched the SuperBowl with some friends and grilled out. I had made some Anaheim Peppers stuffed with cheese and sausage, then wrapped in bacon. They were on the grill when the grease started dripping and made a HUGE fire in the grill. The peppers actually turned out REALLY good! The fire was hot enough to burn the tin foil we had them on! Pictures are pretty sweet though...:)
Other than that, just enjoying the weather at the dog park, kid park, AZ Best Fest, and pretty much anywhere else outdoors that we can find...:)
Rohan watching space shuttle launches. He loves that they go to the International Space Station:
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Tough Mudders!
I apologize for this taking so long to get updated, but we've just been buy...no more than usual...maybe we've just been lazy...:)
Anyway...The adventure week we had a couple weeks ago was EPIC in my book! First I climbed Pinnacle Peak with some friends, then Mara and I skydived, then the next weekend we did the Tough Mudder! It really was one of the toughest things we've done. 12.5mi and 29 obstacles was pretty intense! We ran with a GREAT group of friends and had some of their girlfriends hop around the desert taking picture of us. I had a small camera that took crappy pictures along the way, but thanks to them we have TONS of pictures. I stole some of them from Facebook, but if you want more you can go to my account and see more; I added some of the better ones here.
Overall the course was tough (duh), but for me the toughest part was the running in the desert sand part. My calves definitely did not enjoy that! By mile 8 I was cramping and getting OTM treatments from Mara (& Angleika) the rest of the time. One of the more breathtaking obstacles was the "Arctic Enema". Pretty much a tub of water and you had to swim under a thin board to cross...easy, right? What you can't see is the 5" of ice cubes on the other side of the wall... When you come up into them they wrap around your chest and it is incredibly hard to catch a breath!
The last obstacle was the one the race is known for..."Electroshock Therapy". 10,000 volts and mud...who could want more?! The hardest part about this obstacle was starting it. You had to stand in front of it, waiting your turn, and watching people get electrocuted right in front of your eyes! Eventually we headed on through. We started running, but as soon as we got electrocuted, you tense up and hit the mud and crawl. While I was crawling I got hit again, then the next thing I knew I opened my eyes under the mud (not a good idea by the way). Thing is I had NO idea where I was. One of the shocks must have made me blackout for a few seconds. The rest of the crawl I was barely able to see, but I made it through after a couple for shocks. It really was a great time! The shocks were tough, but it was all worth the challenge and the people we ran with couldn't have been better!
Other than that, we really have just been up to our same old routine of climbing, running and just flat out enjoying the upper 60s & low 70s we have been having! The bikes have gotten a TON of miles put on them over the last couple weeks! I'll put some videos from other people who taped the Tough Mudder from either the sideline or by running with a tiny GoPro camera attached to them...we WILL be doing it next year, so start prepping yourself for joining us, Michelle! :)
Here is one of the first person perspective videos...
Here is a taste of the Electroshock Therapy obstacle...
Rohan playing baseball. He is getting pretty good too! The first hit is weak, but the next two are awesome to watch!
More baseball:
Anyway...The adventure week we had a couple weeks ago was EPIC in my book! First I climbed Pinnacle Peak with some friends, then Mara and I skydived, then the next weekend we did the Tough Mudder! It really was one of the toughest things we've done. 12.5mi and 29 obstacles was pretty intense! We ran with a GREAT group of friends and had some of their girlfriends hop around the desert taking picture of us. I had a small camera that took crappy pictures along the way, but thanks to them we have TONS of pictures. I stole some of them from Facebook, but if you want more you can go to my account and see more; I added some of the better ones here.
Overall the course was tough (duh), but for me the toughest part was the running in the desert sand part. My calves definitely did not enjoy that! By mile 8 I was cramping and getting OTM treatments from Mara (& Angleika) the rest of the time. One of the more breathtaking obstacles was the "Arctic Enema". Pretty much a tub of water and you had to swim under a thin board to cross...easy, right? What you can't see is the 5" of ice cubes on the other side of the wall... When you come up into them they wrap around your chest and it is incredibly hard to catch a breath!
The last obstacle was the one the race is known for..."Electroshock Therapy". 10,000 volts and mud...who could want more?! The hardest part about this obstacle was starting it. You had to stand in front of it, waiting your turn, and watching people get electrocuted right in front of your eyes! Eventually we headed on through. We started running, but as soon as we got electrocuted, you tense up and hit the mud and crawl. While I was crawling I got hit again, then the next thing I knew I opened my eyes under the mud (not a good idea by the way). Thing is I had NO idea where I was. One of the shocks must have made me blackout for a few seconds. The rest of the crawl I was barely able to see, but I made it through after a couple for shocks. It really was a great time! The shocks were tough, but it was all worth the challenge and the people we ran with couldn't have been better!
Other than that, we really have just been up to our same old routine of climbing, running and just flat out enjoying the upper 60s & low 70s we have been having! The bikes have gotten a TON of miles put on them over the last couple weeks! I'll put some videos from other people who taped the Tough Mudder from either the sideline or by running with a tiny GoPro camera attached to them...we WILL be doing it next year, so start prepping yourself for joining us, Michelle! :)
Here is one of the first person perspective videos...
Here is a taste of the Electroshock Therapy obstacle...
Rohan playing baseball. He is getting pretty good too! The first hit is weak, but the next two are awesome to watch!
More baseball:
Monday, January 9, 2012
Rohan’s Birthday Week
Well…our little man is 3 years old now! Crazy how time has flown, but we hope we’ve filled his life to date with some pretty awesome experiences…:)
We’ll start off with the Hawkeyes being in town for the Insight Bowl the week before last. Greg & Nico got me tickets and it was a good time tailgating, and watching the game…even though the Hawks lost…:) Rohan had a blast at the Hawkeye Huddle where the fans in town all meet at the convention center and prep for the game. Rohan kept calling it the Hawkeye Puddle…:
We celebrated New Years with friends and had a great time with the host (Kim’s) Nerf gun. He had bought it for whatever reason, but we took it to another level by throwing the Nerf darts since we only had one gun. It was decided we would have a future Nerf War with more guns and more people.
Rohan’s birthday week was pretty spread out and has essentially lasted from the end of Xmas until this last weekend. He had been looking forward to his birthday for weeks now and had been telling everyone how old he will be/is. We had a small celebration on his actual birthday, but Mara had to work that night so we postponed the actual party until a couple days later when we had a BBQ with “his people” as he calls our friends (mostly climbers from the gym). Rohan received 3 Nerf guns as presents from his friends, plus tons of Lightning McQueen cars/gear. We played several rounds of “Storm The Castle” with one group protecting the upstairs, and one infiltrating from downstairs. It was an absolute blast! There will be many more Nerf wars to come! We took time to sing happy birthday to Rohan, and of course spoil him with more presents. One of his favorites was a double sided light saber that he would charge upstairs with while we were playing our Nerf games…hilarious to see…he even had a war cry…:)
The Saturday after his BBQ we meet up with some friends at Pinnacle Peak Mountain to climb a bit. It’s a different type of climbing (traditional) than we are used to (sport), but one of our friends lead the way and took 3 of us through 3 pitches and ~200 vertical feet to the summit of Pinnacle Peak. One of the coolest climbs I have ever done…and very rewarding to summit something like that!
Afterwards we met Heather, John, Nelly, Matt, Don and Mary at Spinato’s Pizza. Nelly and Don had graciously offered their skydiving vouchers to Mara and I, so we paid them back in food…:) Heather and John were nice enough to take Rohan overnight so Mara and I could get up early and jump out of an airplane…and that’s just what we did! We got to the Casa Grande airport at 8am and were on our way up to ~10,000ft to jump in about 30min. It was awesome! Be sure to check out the video below!
All in all an AMAZING couple weeks, even after the whirlwind of Xmas and New Years when most people are slowing down a bit. We don’t even stop there…next weekend we are running the Tough Mudder race which was recently increased to 12.5mi and 29 obstacles! We have a great group of people to run with so it should be a blast! Can’t wait to post pictures of it! In the meantime enjoy what we have here:
My skydiving video (skip to 2:00 for the jump...):
Irena & Jen Walk Into A Nerf War Zone:
Singing Happy Birthday (I was REALLY late getting the camera start so I only caught the end...):
We’ll start off with the Hawkeyes being in town for the Insight Bowl the week before last. Greg & Nico got me tickets and it was a good time tailgating, and watching the game…even though the Hawks lost…:) Rohan had a blast at the Hawkeye Huddle where the fans in town all meet at the convention center and prep for the game. Rohan kept calling it the Hawkeye Puddle…:
We celebrated New Years with friends and had a great time with the host (Kim’s) Nerf gun. He had bought it for whatever reason, but we took it to another level by throwing the Nerf darts since we only had one gun. It was decided we would have a future Nerf War with more guns and more people.
Rohan’s birthday week was pretty spread out and has essentially lasted from the end of Xmas until this last weekend. He had been looking forward to his birthday for weeks now and had been telling everyone how old he will be/is. We had a small celebration on his actual birthday, but Mara had to work that night so we postponed the actual party until a couple days later when we had a BBQ with “his people” as he calls our friends (mostly climbers from the gym). Rohan received 3 Nerf guns as presents from his friends, plus tons of Lightning McQueen cars/gear. We played several rounds of “Storm The Castle” with one group protecting the upstairs, and one infiltrating from downstairs. It was an absolute blast! There will be many more Nerf wars to come! We took time to sing happy birthday to Rohan, and of course spoil him with more presents. One of his favorites was a double sided light saber that he would charge upstairs with while we were playing our Nerf games…hilarious to see…he even had a war cry…:)
The Saturday after his BBQ we meet up with some friends at Pinnacle Peak Mountain to climb a bit. It’s a different type of climbing (traditional) than we are used to (sport), but one of our friends lead the way and took 3 of us through 3 pitches and ~200 vertical feet to the summit of Pinnacle Peak. One of the coolest climbs I have ever done…and very rewarding to summit something like that!
Afterwards we met Heather, John, Nelly, Matt, Don and Mary at Spinato’s Pizza. Nelly and Don had graciously offered their skydiving vouchers to Mara and I, so we paid them back in food…:) Heather and John were nice enough to take Rohan overnight so Mara and I could get up early and jump out of an airplane…and that’s just what we did! We got to the Casa Grande airport at 8am and were on our way up to ~10,000ft to jump in about 30min. It was awesome! Be sure to check out the video below!
All in all an AMAZING couple weeks, even after the whirlwind of Xmas and New Years when most people are slowing down a bit. We don’t even stop there…next weekend we are running the Tough Mudder race which was recently increased to 12.5mi and 29 obstacles! We have a great group of people to run with so it should be a blast! Can’t wait to post pictures of it! In the meantime enjoy what we have here:
My skydiving video (skip to 2:00 for the jump...):
Irena & Jen Walk Into A Nerf War Zone:
Singing Happy Birthday (I was REALLY late getting the camera start so I only caught the end...):
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
"I'm So Happy"
I’ll get to the week synopsis in a minute, but first my favorite thing from the last week (other than having the Stokes’ here) was Rohan’s off the cuff comment. While we were standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon he looks over at Mara and said “I’m so happy” with a giant smile and then hugged us both. Seriously the cutest thing I have ever seen.
This last week started off with a couple of days of work for Mara and I, then the Stokes’ landed and the non-stop party between Rohan and Jackson erupted. We meet back at our house and Rohan and Jackson were instant friends, sharing a hug, then Rohan showed Jackson his toys and they were off playing. We gave Chris & Michelle a tour of the house, went and got our rental van, then caught up on a walk around our neighborhood. It was great to have them here.
We set out for the Grand Canyon pretty early, and the 5hr drive felt like less than an hour with all the talking and joking around. The canyon was spectacular, and even the boys seemed amazed by it…its hard not to be. We stopped along several overlooks over the next couple of hours before heading to our hotel (only about 5mi South of the canyon). We checked in and had an awesome hour long impromptu pillow fight with the boys (and girls). Afterwards we hit the pool so the boys could swim off some energy. Jackson is awesome in the water, and really made Rohan want to swim more. They shared a swim cube life vest (have to get one of those!) and did a ton of laughing and splashing.
After the pool we hit up the canyon again to see it at dusk, and even caught a few pictures of the stars. I wish we had stayed longer to take more, but I am not real quick with all the camera settings yet, so it takes a while and the boys were getting hungry! The boys played a little more after supper and then everyone crashed.
We got up early enough that we got to the canyon around sunrise, and that was gorgeous! The winter sun is a little off the canyon, but sent some beautiful shadows across the canyon walls. I found a cool pillar to climb out on to. It took a little bit of climbing/scurrying around some boulders, but the view was fantastic. I felt isolated. On our way out of the park we saw some huge elk and tried to snap a couple of picture of them from the van…still not sure if we have some good ones or not…:)
We swung by Flagstaff on the way back and hit up a couple of parks for the boys to get out. One was crazy windy, but one was well sheltered. We also stopped by a train café that Chris & Michelle had been to before (a couple years ago). That really kept the boys’ interest! After we returned the van the boys helped Mara and Michelle make cookies for Santa and the reindeer, with me taste testing to ensure quality, then we went for another walk around our neighborhood to see all the Xmas lights. Since it was Xmas eve, the boys were chatting about Santa and we looked him up on the NORAD Santa tracking site when we got back.
After they went to bed, Santa came and went just like that…:) To kick off Xmas right, Michelle was the driving force at getting us up at 4am for a 7.1mi run. We were all decked out in our running gloves/hats/headlamps and sleeves. Considering it was 34°F, about 10°F warmer than WI, we all stayed warm, and it was really fun to start the Xmas day like that. We got home and showered then woke up Rohan & Jackson. The boys were CRAZY excited to see what Santa had brought. After getting everyone toileted and woken up, we headed downstairs for the insanity. Jackson gave Rohan some tips to open presents and they were both tearing them apart in no time. It was fairly subdued, but we had to referee to keep them from opening everyone’s presents. Rohan says THANK YOU for all of the awesome gifts!
After the gifts were done and everyone had some breakfast we hit up Granada Park near Piestewa Peak and fed some ducks/geese, played on the playground, and then played soccer & football before climbing some trees and heading back home for lunch/naps. After that we all watched the Packers win over the Bears (my parent s had tickets to that game too!). It was a really great/fun day.
The day after Xmas, we all walked to our favorite coffee shop, Matador, and relaxed a bit. After caffeinating ourselves we headed to the McDowell Mountains and went on a 3+mi trail run. The boys played in the rocks near one of the trailheads and Mara and I took turns with Chris & Michelle running up and down some loop trials. It felt awesome! The sun was shining and no breeze, plus awesome views and 60°F is hard to beat! We grabbed a quick picnic salad lunch from Trader Joe's and ate near a playground at the Scottsdale Sports Complex near where we used to live. To completely wear the boys out we headed to AZR and got everyone climbing! Michelle liked it just as much as she did last time she was here, and Chris did awesome for his first time as well, even trying some of the harder routes and shredding some skin off his fingers…:) Rohan and Jackson played great. Jackson got pretty high up one route, and Rohan got higher than he has ever gotten before (on his own or otherwise!). They mostly played on some bouldering routes that Rohan likes to climb. Jackson did get to the top of that one, and even jumped to the mats below…pretty impressive…:) We capped off the day with some shopping (where Shell got some awesome running gloves for her winter running…:P), and of course a trip to REI. After we chilled out at home we relaxed and had some wine and cheese and chatted some more since the Stokes’ had to leave the next day…:(
What better way to kick off the last day of AZ weather than with another early morning run…this time at 6am. Mara and Michelle had gotten up, but I was boycotting in favor of my warm bed. After hearing them getting ready I was regretting my decision and decided to join them. As always, I was glad I did. The run felt great, and a great way to stretch our legs after the trail runs the day before. We grabbed a bite to eat with the boys, then headed back to the duck park to feed them more before heading to the airport. Rohan was sad, but gave everyone a big hug and waved goodbye. Later that day he wanted to go see Jackson at the airport (I think he thinks they live there). They had a blast together, and we can’t wait to get them together again!
Thanks again Chris & Michelle & Jackson for making it an awesome Xmas!!! Enjoyt the pics and vids...there's a TON!
Put the Panoramas in a separate slideshow. Doesn't do it justice, but the views were AMAZING! Rohan & Jackson in the snow:
Xmas morning...Syring's view:
Xmas morning...Stokes' View:
Playing Soccer:
This last week started off with a couple of days of work for Mara and I, then the Stokes’ landed and the non-stop party between Rohan and Jackson erupted. We meet back at our house and Rohan and Jackson were instant friends, sharing a hug, then Rohan showed Jackson his toys and they were off playing. We gave Chris & Michelle a tour of the house, went and got our rental van, then caught up on a walk around our neighborhood. It was great to have them here.
We set out for the Grand Canyon pretty early, and the 5hr drive felt like less than an hour with all the talking and joking around. The canyon was spectacular, and even the boys seemed amazed by it…its hard not to be. We stopped along several overlooks over the next couple of hours before heading to our hotel (only about 5mi South of the canyon). We checked in and had an awesome hour long impromptu pillow fight with the boys (and girls). Afterwards we hit the pool so the boys could swim off some energy. Jackson is awesome in the water, and really made Rohan want to swim more. They shared a swim cube life vest (have to get one of those!) and did a ton of laughing and splashing.
After the pool we hit up the canyon again to see it at dusk, and even caught a few pictures of the stars. I wish we had stayed longer to take more, but I am not real quick with all the camera settings yet, so it takes a while and the boys were getting hungry! The boys played a little more after supper and then everyone crashed.
We got up early enough that we got to the canyon around sunrise, and that was gorgeous! The winter sun is a little off the canyon, but sent some beautiful shadows across the canyon walls. I found a cool pillar to climb out on to. It took a little bit of climbing/scurrying around some boulders, but the view was fantastic. I felt isolated. On our way out of the park we saw some huge elk and tried to snap a couple of picture of them from the van…still not sure if we have some good ones or not…:)
We swung by Flagstaff on the way back and hit up a couple of parks for the boys to get out. One was crazy windy, but one was well sheltered. We also stopped by a train café that Chris & Michelle had been to before (a couple years ago). That really kept the boys’ interest! After we returned the van the boys helped Mara and Michelle make cookies for Santa and the reindeer, with me taste testing to ensure quality, then we went for another walk around our neighborhood to see all the Xmas lights. Since it was Xmas eve, the boys were chatting about Santa and we looked him up on the NORAD Santa tracking site when we got back.
After they went to bed, Santa came and went just like that…:) To kick off Xmas right, Michelle was the driving force at getting us up at 4am for a 7.1mi run. We were all decked out in our running gloves/hats/headlamps and sleeves. Considering it was 34°F, about 10°F warmer than WI, we all stayed warm, and it was really fun to start the Xmas day like that. We got home and showered then woke up Rohan & Jackson. The boys were CRAZY excited to see what Santa had brought. After getting everyone toileted and woken up, we headed downstairs for the insanity. Jackson gave Rohan some tips to open presents and they were both tearing them apart in no time. It was fairly subdued, but we had to referee to keep them from opening everyone’s presents. Rohan says THANK YOU for all of the awesome gifts!
After the gifts were done and everyone had some breakfast we hit up Granada Park near Piestewa Peak and fed some ducks/geese, played on the playground, and then played soccer & football before climbing some trees and heading back home for lunch/naps. After that we all watched the Packers win over the Bears (my parent s had tickets to that game too!). It was a really great/fun day.
The day after Xmas, we all walked to our favorite coffee shop, Matador, and relaxed a bit. After caffeinating ourselves we headed to the McDowell Mountains and went on a 3+mi trail run. The boys played in the rocks near one of the trailheads and Mara and I took turns with Chris & Michelle running up and down some loop trials. It felt awesome! The sun was shining and no breeze, plus awesome views and 60°F is hard to beat! We grabbed a quick picnic salad lunch from Trader Joe's and ate near a playground at the Scottsdale Sports Complex near where we used to live. To completely wear the boys out we headed to AZR and got everyone climbing! Michelle liked it just as much as she did last time she was here, and Chris did awesome for his first time as well, even trying some of the harder routes and shredding some skin off his fingers…:) Rohan and Jackson played great. Jackson got pretty high up one route, and Rohan got higher than he has ever gotten before (on his own or otherwise!). They mostly played on some bouldering routes that Rohan likes to climb. Jackson did get to the top of that one, and even jumped to the mats below…pretty impressive…:) We capped off the day with some shopping (where Shell got some awesome running gloves for her winter running…:P), and of course a trip to REI. After we chilled out at home we relaxed and had some wine and cheese and chatted some more since the Stokes’ had to leave the next day…:(
What better way to kick off the last day of AZ weather than with another early morning run…this time at 6am. Mara and Michelle had gotten up, but I was boycotting in favor of my warm bed. After hearing them getting ready I was regretting my decision and decided to join them. As always, I was glad I did. The run felt great, and a great way to stretch our legs after the trail runs the day before. We grabbed a bite to eat with the boys, then headed back to the duck park to feed them more before heading to the airport. Rohan was sad, but gave everyone a big hug and waved goodbye. Later that day he wanted to go see Jackson at the airport (I think he thinks they live there). They had a blast together, and we can’t wait to get them together again!
Thanks again Chris & Michelle & Jackson for making it an awesome Xmas!!! Enjoyt the pics and vids...there's a TON!
Put the Panoramas in a separate slideshow. Doesn't do it justice, but the views were AMAZING! Rohan & Jackson in the snow:
Xmas morning...Syring's view:
Xmas morning...Stokes' View:
Playing Soccer:
Monday, December 19, 2011
Staycation
Didn't have a post last week, so there is come catchup to do! :)
These last couple weeks we have spent A TON of time outside. We kicked off the end of last week with a birthday party for one of Rohan's friends. Rohan had fun, and it was cool to see him interact with kids he is comfortable around and ones he talks about outside daycare. He played hard for over 2hrs on the slide, games, tree house, and bounce house.
We also hit up Zoo Lights with some friends at the Phoenix Zoo. 3.5 million lights make the zoo light up awesome!
Mara had off this last week, which was a well-deserved vacation given her last 6 weeks of nights! I took most of the week off as well and we spent 80% of the waking hours outdoors, and 90% doing some sort of activity. We hit up the climbing gym and climbed a couple times without Rohan, which was nice. We hit up our favorite city trail (The Greenbelt/Camelback Walk) for an awesome 22.2mi bike ride with a Thai lunch halfway.
Zoo Lights & Music:
Rohan & His National Geographic Kids:
Feeding The Ducks:
Be Nice Birds!:
These last couple weeks we have spent A TON of time outside. We kicked off the end of last week with a birthday party for one of Rohan's friends. Rohan had fun, and it was cool to see him interact with kids he is comfortable around and ones he talks about outside daycare. He played hard for over 2hrs on the slide, games, tree house, and bounce house.
We also hit up Zoo Lights with some friends at the Phoenix Zoo. 3.5 million lights make the zoo light up awesome!
Mara had off this last week, which was a well-deserved vacation given her last 6 weeks of nights! I took most of the week off as well and we spent 80% of the waking hours outdoors, and 90% doing some sort of activity. We hit up the climbing gym and climbed a couple times without Rohan, which was nice. We hit up our favorite city trail (The Greenbelt/Camelback Walk) for an awesome 22.2mi bike ride with a Thai lunch halfway.
We also did the summit trail of Squaw Peak (AKA: Piestewa Peak). It was a lot easier than the last time we did it (when we hiked ~6mi before we found the summit trail!), but it was still a gasser. We had some time to chill at the top and relax a bit without Rohan. We also spotted a park nearby that had 2 ponds so we checked it out. Turns out it has an awesome playground as well and a ton of ducks & geese in the ponds. We brought Rohan there twice this last weekend, and he loved feeding the birds!
We bought Rohan a kids (lefty) golf club this last week and took him to the driving range. He has so much fun hitting it, he probably went through 20-25 balls pretty much on his own.
Sunday we were happy to be a part of Heather & John's Santa Express tradition of handing out toys & candy in less fortunate areas. They really go all out, and had lots of help this year. The kids all loved Santa, and even a couple of adults did too...:)
Another busy week of 2 days of work for me this week, and 3 for Mara before her XMas break...:) Looking forward to Chris & Shell & Jackson's visit! Rohan can't stop talking about all the stuff he and Jackson are going to do!
Words can't express the fun we had the last 2 weeks so here are a boatload of pics & vids...:)
Zoo Lights & Music:
Rohan & His National Geographic Kids:
Feeding The Ducks:
Be Nice Birds!:
The Beginning (before the lefty club):
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