baby, what a big surprise!

i have the best family a girl could ask for.  my husband and my dad will be featured in this post.  it's not easy to get something by me, but they really pulled it off!  the saturday after thanksgiving was the day mike and jen left for colorado.  i was ready to veg and be lazy all day.  parker had plans of cleaning the garage.  he immediately washed the sheets from the guest room, which i thought was kind of weird, but i still didn't figure it out.  sometime that afternoon, parker came in from the garage and told me he had to run out and help cale with a repair he was doing.  a little while later, while pk took a nap, i was doing dishes.  i heard the door open and dried my hands.  i turned around and my dad came strolling in like he owned the place ; )  "hey, melis," he said, just like he had been there for weeks.  i was shocked!  it was such a fun surprise!

it seems i get more girl time than guy time when we're back in colorado, so it was good to spend some qt with pops.  he also got to hang out with phelan one-on-one.  he read phelan her big bird book, and, in true pops fashion, called big bird's friend "a little cooky."

we spent a little bit of time crusin' around old town, where we picked out a cool scarf for mom and took this keeper of a picture...

and we took a quick trip up to sedona to visit joann and see the red rocks.

uncle gary came with us, which was awesome!

all in all, a fabulous time.  i am one lucky girl.  thank you guys, so much, for putting that little surprise together.  i'll remember it always!