Boys' Birthday Celebration

Evan had a great time at our house -unfortunately it was cold and rainy when we arrived home from Denver so we just hung out for a while.  Finally the sun came out a little bit so Glenn and Evan took the new Razor over to the burn area for a ride and some gem hunting!

After dinner, Evan (who was still battling a cough) got in the hot tub for a LONG time - I think he just enjoyed being by himself out there!

Monday morning we were up bright and early to pick up Kylan and head to the Cliff Dwellings!  Glenn and I had never been there either  - we arrived right after it opened so it wasn't very busy!

These Anasazi ruins date back 800 to 1000 years ago - they were originally located in McElmo Canyon near Mesa Verde and were relocated here in the early 1900's.

There were about 40 different rooms and it was very interesting to walk through many of them!

We ended up at the museum and gift shop (of course!)  Lots of really nice things in the gift shop and it was so huge, you could easily lose track of where you were at!!

Next on the list was the Ghost Town Museum!  Glenn and I had been here many years ago but Glenn didn't remember it!  It's a replica inside of an old western town!!  The boys immediately found the guns and went through a lot of quarters hitting the different items!

What a cool stagecoach!

Even Glenn and I got in on the action riding these broncos - ha!

Lots of interesting information and it was fun to read about this stagecoach and its' travels!

We watched a movie about the early settlers in Colorado and ended up out back so the boys could pan for gold!  Glenn even found a flake of gold!

There was an old player piano in the "bar" and for a quarter, it played an old time song - the boys entertained us with their dancing which I captured on video!  (it'll be great to use in the future - maybe graduation??)

We headed back up the pass and ate at Subway before taking both boys to Kylan's place - a great celebration of the boys' birthdays!!