Check that off the list

Jamie and I took Kevin, Emma, and Cooper up to Silver City yesterday since we have been on our ghost hunting kick. We had to take my car since Brandon "forgot" to leave me the Jeep and Jamie and I couldn't figure out how to remove Cooper's car seat to put it in her truck. The road was super scary-we were nearly run over by several ATVs and a gigantic passenger bus that had NO business on the mountain. We also nearly got high centered on the very rustic road (umm, foot trail?) to the cemetery. Once we were there a downpour started, which really limited our ghost hunt and we had to spend a half hour backing out down the road since we couldn't turn around (all while I envisioned the road off the mountain getting washed out and Brandon saying 'I told you so'). The rest of the time was kind of lame as all the buildings are privately owned and you can't really explore much. At least we were able to check this off of our list since we have wanted to go for years.

Here is when we first got there, Emma and Cooper in front of the Idaho Hotel.

Here is 15 seconds later after he did a complete flip off of those stairs. Apparently 5 year olds have pretty short attention spans and when I said, "Watch the baby and don't let him fall", Emma thought I meant until she sees a rusty railroad tie which is a treasure hunt clue, which clearly takes precedence.
# of knots to the head: 1
# of kids crying at some point during the day (not individual crying sessions): 2
#of tantrums, spankings and fights: maybe around 7
# of ghost sightings: 2 orbs in the hotel (and a bunch we attributed to the rain)

But really we did have a lot of fun. We always have way more adventures when the guys don't come with us. It is much more exciting and dangerous when we are left unsupervised:)