Cook's departure from Denver was QUICK! He had been unhappy with his job for about a year, but we honestly thought it was just a 30something crisis... No one in our group had any real idea that Cook was looking to relocate until he told us that a recruiter was scouting for him and he had interviews with several major cities about professional sports marketing jobs.
I knew when he stopped by our house for dinner after visiting Houston for a position with the Rockets that he was on his way out of mountain country. Max and I talked that night and we couldn't decide if we wanted to be happy for him or sad for us!
So we spent the next week...celebrating Cook and his friendship to us.
We hit up a weeknight Rockies game.
Cook made sure to teach Savannah how to properly participate in the WAVE. This is very important...especially when in the cheap seats!
We hired a babysitter and went out in LODO for the first time in ages.
We learned that there is a reason that we do not go to LODO anymore, but it was fun to visit all of our twenty something and free spots with Cook one last time.
We ended the night at a little bit more of our pace and reserved a spot on a rooftop for quiet conversations with friends.
We celebrated our last farmer's market on Pearl Street near our home and brunched at the Black Pearl.
The crew entertained me as I they toured some new model homes in the hood.
We spent the afternoon and evening at City Park for a Jazz concert and volleyball.
The Eakin's met up with us and the kids played so well together.
Savannah would not stop standing over baby Ellis and waving/saying hiiiiiii.....
It was so funny.
Savannah also made great friends with a Bernese Mountain Dog because she kept feeding him her pretzel sticks. Lucky for us the owners of the dog were smitten with Savannah and did not care at all!
Sadly, we had to come around to our final goodbye. We had a send off dinner at the York's house on the night before Cook's departure for Houston. We all wished him luck and laughed about old, new, and favorite times. Cook was a huge part of why we love Denver. We are so sad to see him go, but want nothing but happiness for him.
