the opposite of lazy...

is hiking a 14er.

it took me until thursday to get over my laziness from last weekend.

pathetic.

thursday night we went to see OAR at red rocks with some friends.

we didn't bring a camera because i had read that they were "prohibited".

and then i saw about a million people with them. whatever.

red rocks was awesome and so was OAR.

saturday we decided to hike quandary peak.

we were up at 3:30 am.

i'm definitely glad we started early because when we were coming down everyone was coming up and i hate crowds.

we started hiking at about 6:30 am.

this is us about 3/4 of the way up with the peak in the background.

up, up, up ...

we even love each other at 14,000 feet.

henry @ the summit.

usgs marker. 14,271 feet.

requisite family picture at the top.

love this picture.

henry looks like he's falling off the edge of the world.

winter love.

this happens to me every year.

without fail, in the middle of summer and winter i start getting nostalgic for the opposite season.

i don't feel this way about spring and fall.

maybe because fall is my favorite season?

maybe because i'm ready for a change by the time they come around.

maybe because in colorado, they're both about a week long.

but when i see pictures like these:

... and this,

it makes me miss winter just a bit.

as long as i have a warm hat and boots and jacket when i'm outside.

and a hot toddy and a fire to come home to.

lazy is me.

wow, we were lazy this past weekend.

friday, we ate dinner @ rock bottom, complete with sangria & sundays.

then took a walk with the dogs when we got home before the sun went down.

henry was fixated on a rabbit, as usual.

gotta love summer nights.

saturday, we did a lot of nothing in the morning then ate brunch at 2 in the afternoon with more sangria & mojitos. then we went shopping at the apple store (always a bad decision).

we did play with the puppers for a bit.

the only game henry will participate in.

sunday, we ate brunch at an irish pub, listened to the soccer game, and then came home and watched the rockies.

couldn't forget about this guy.

apricot beer = awesome.

oh and the weather was beautiful, which meant we had our windows open all weekend.

it's the little things ...

... cowboy henry.

... sleeping in.

... watching house hunters and my first place with charlie.

... 60 degree days in july.

... sangria. (it really was that good.)

... fiction.

... jumping into a cool lake in the middle of a hot summer day.

... my straw cowboy hat.

... reading in the sun.

... peanut butter and honey sandwiches.

... grilling everything.

... hot dogs with yellow mustard.

... starbucks on a monday morning.

... long, long hikes.

... i-70 west.

... late night walks with henry.

... 4th of july. red, white, & blue.

... apple pie on the 4th of july.

... shrimp pasta.

... yogurt covered pretzles.

... ginger flavor izzie sodas.

... flowers in empty izze soda bottles.

... tea. when it's cold and rainy outside.

family photo.

we don't often get pictures of charlie and i together when one of us isn't holding the camera out in front of us. so when we went hiking with some friends we were excited to just get a picture of the two of us where you could see more than our faces smushed together.

i was also excited because our friend behind the camera is a photographer.

good background.

good photographer.

good light.

and then henry happened ...

now that is LOVE.

i still think this would make a pretty good christmas card.

sangria.

i mentioned that i made sangria for the 4th.

it was my first time making sangria and i was told it was impossible to mess up & i think everyone was right.

i used this recipe because it was made with red wine and was easy and fast.

remember, the kitchen and i aren't good friends.

i made two batches of it. hey, it was a three day weekend.

the second batch, i didn't put any oranges in because i didn't have enough room. and it was definitely not as sweet, but in a good way.

i think if i made this again i'd cut the sugar in half.

oh, and instead of gin i used coconut rum & i didn't measure, i poured. a lot.

it was good. :)

fourth of july weekend

friday night:

made sangria & had dinner and drinks at lodo's.

saturday:

took the canoe to boyd lake.

had an arnold palmer & m&m's for breakfast, lunch on the canoe, & hot dogs and sangria for dinner.

boyd lake & a beautiful day.

i successfully jumped out and back into the canoe without tipping us over, read a good book, and watched charlie fish.

he caught a little fish ...

... and a bigger one.

we also got lots of sun.

sunday:

charlie broke out his new trail running shoes:

and we hiked bear peak & south boulder peak.

we made it down just before it started to rain.

and then we baked an apple pie, grilled out with some friends, drank a lot more sangria, and watched some fireworks in the rain.

monday:

had breakfast @ panera and then braved the traffic and drove out to the mountains to hike herman's gulch.

dunkin loves me. :)

family photo.

snow in july.

pretty good weekend. :)