Friends from NC...

Last Saturday our friends, the Butler's (Sean, Kelly, Riley & Reece), from NC flew in for a week. We had such a great time with them. We tried to show them as much as possible in the 7 days they were here. One day we drove through Rocky Mountain National Forest and stopped in Estes Park on the way home. Another day, we went to the Nature & Science Museum. The day we took Isabella to her 9 month check up they went exploring on their own to one of our favorite places, Deer Creek Canyon. Here they are on the hike.



























On Thursday, Ben and Sean went to Georgetown to climb a 14,000 foot mountain, Mt. Bierstadt. They actually ended up doing 2 mountains that were connected together. To find out more about their hike, check out Ben's blog. Kelly and the kids and I all went to Georgetown as well to explore. We took a train called the Georgetown Loop and explored an old silver mine. We had a lot of fun.















We decided to sit in an open car as the weather looked like it was going to cooperate. It was a little chilly on Thursday and even a little more chilly at the higher altitude. However, once we started going, the rain decided to come along with some hail. Here I am trying to cover up Isabella as best I could.




















They eventually stopped the train so we could all get in an enclosed car to get out of the rain. Here she is all snug and ready for a nap as we are on our way to tour the silver mine.




















Here are Reece and Riley all ready for the tour in their hard hats. Unfortunately, the hats were a little big and Reece's kept falling off.




















Isabella slept through most of the tour; however, she woke up at the end of the tour just in time to get her picture taken. :-)














The weather was much nicer after the tour so we were able to enjoy the open car again.














This is the historic city of Georgetown. We walked up and down the little main street while we waited for Ben and Sean to finish up their hike.















By the end of the week, these three were stuck together like glue.