Saturday, June 21, 2008
Clark's 70th Birthday
Today we celebrated Uncle Clark's 70th birthday. Actually, this party is the reason we're out in here in Colorado. We had a (very welcome) leisurely breakfast with Mom & Dad. Then we headed into town and checked out F.M. Light & Sons which is a store we started hearing about 200 miles west of here. There marketing is clearly excellent. The girls were each given a wooden nickel at the rodeo last night that could be redeemed at the store. It was a pretty fun store - basically a cowboy store with lots and lots of hats and boots and a bunch of other stuff real cowboys or pretend cowboys or cowgirls might want.
Then we headed over to Greg & Melissa's for brunch. We had a bunch of fun there from visiting with all the Nehers to eating a great meal to playing/experimenting with dry ice.
Later in the afternoon cousin Erick and I went for a mountain bike ride up a great trail along a creek. It was beautiful and fun. We got to cross a bunch of streams and ride among a bunch of great wildflowers.
Next we hastily got ready for the dinner and headed back to Greg & Melissa's where we met up with everyone again. We walked from their condo to the gondola and then rode up to Hazie's restaurant at the top. It was a beautiful location and we all had fun getting re-acquainted with each other over a lesiurely meal.
Our party consisted of Uncle Clark and Aunt Arlene, their sons Erick and Greg and their daughter, Carol. Greg's wife Melissa and their sons Callum and Sebastian. Carol's husband Brian and their daugther, Sienna. My parents, Bruce and Nancy, and the rest of our family. Clark's friend Vicky and Greg's friend Mike.
It was a great day in celebration of a great Uncle whom I've admired all my life. Happy Birthday Clark!
Here are a few photos from the evening.
Then we headed over to Greg & Melissa's for brunch. We had a bunch of fun there from visiting with all the Nehers to eating a great meal to playing/experimenting with dry ice.
Later in the afternoon cousin Erick and I went for a mountain bike ride up a great trail along a creek. It was beautiful and fun. We got to cross a bunch of streams and ride among a bunch of great wildflowers.
Next we hastily got ready for the dinner and headed back to Greg & Melissa's where we met up with everyone again. We walked from their condo to the gondola and then rode up to Hazie's restaurant at the top. It was a beautiful location and we all had fun getting re-acquainted with each other over a lesiurely meal.
Our party consisted of Uncle Clark and Aunt Arlene, their sons Erick and Greg and their daughter, Carol. Greg's wife Melissa and their sons Callum and Sebastian. Carol's husband Brian and their daugther, Sienna. My parents, Bruce and Nancy, and the rest of our family. Clark's friend Vicky and Greg's friend Mike.
It was a great day in celebration of a great Uncle whom I've admired all my life. Happy Birthday Clark!
Here are a few photos from the evening.
# posted by Craig @ 10:03 PM 
