Right now the boys are playing Nintendo while Grampy naps. We've had exciting games of football where Elijah has blossomed as a quarterback and Miles has learned to the tuck the ball and run. The heat exploded the soccer ball but before it died, Miles gave us a clinic on passing.
Thursday night (after our day in Boulder), we enjoyed Elijah's school's rousing choir concert where I was only teary-eyed for a few seconds. Elijah really enjoyed performing and we all celebrated with Dilly Bars from Dairy Queen.
Friday, Melissa and I had a chance to sneak off and do some letterboxing together which also involved drinking tea. Parker is the town next door to Aurora so we didn't have far to go. We found two of the three boxes, but one was swarming with landscapers so we had to abandon our attempt. It was hidden near an historical site called Twenty Mile House.
Parker began as a railroad station during Colorado's gold rush. Alfred Butters built the nearby hotel (also post office) in 1863. Later, he traded this refuge for travellers for a yoke of oxen. The Long's moved it to Main Street then added rooms and stables. As it was now on the stage coach line and 20 miles from Denver, they called it Twenty Mile House. It eventually ended up in the hands of James Sample Parker in 1870. He prospered and added more buildings including a school house and the town named for him was born (all that is left of the original buildings is this tiny house set in a lovely park).
Today, we enjoyed watching Geoff play his electric guitar for his church's (Creekside Bible Church) worship team while Melissa kept us singing the correct words by working the projector. Elijah sold doughnuts with the youth group so we bought a few. We also had a chance to talk to Kelly and Kelly who always make Thanksgiving in Aurora special.
Tomorrow is Memorial day so Geoff and his neighbours are proudly flying the Stars and Stripes and yesterday, Elijah made a 'flag' fruit salad of blueberries, strawberries, and bananas (with cherries and apples to further the theme). Traditionally, this weekend begins the summer and BBQ season so we're having hot dogs and hamburgers to celebrate all washed down with good Colorado beer (New Belgium Brewery smiles on us this weekend).
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