week over :(

yeah, this is probably the first time i'm sad to see a week end.

but my dad left at 4 am this morning and i'm really going to miss having him around.

i was lucky enough to take off thursday and friday to spend some time with him and the rest of the week was pretty awesome, too.

you see, not only do i love my dad & miss seeing him whenever i want to but he literally is the best possible houseguest to have.

he cooks. we had risotto with spinach one night, burgers and hot dogs another, and my favorite was chicken, squash, carrots on the grill.

(oh, and of course we went to pasta jays one night)

he even offered to clean the bathroom before he left.

i had to draw the line there but seriously, who even thinks of that!

thursday, we were planning on hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park but when i called to get a trail report that am. i was told there was no way we were going to make it where we wanted with hiking boots. so we hiked royal arch instead.

i got us a little lost, but we ended up where we were supposed to be.

view from the top.

d-dog was a little tired when we got to the top.

some guy commented that he looked old.

i almost punched him in his face.

at least he was happy ...

henry was too busy hunting chipmunks to appreciate the view.

yesterday we went white water rafting down clear creek canyon.

we had a good time but we had picked the "intermediate" trip, which i thought was a little boring.

i'm bringing charlie back late june and we're going to do the advanced trip.