Casa Bonita: Carson's first time and Crystal's Birthday

Ahhh, the memories. You can't claim true Colorado citizenship until you have been to Casa Bonita. We loved going there as kids, and there is a lot of nostalgia when you go back...and usually a stomach ache after eating the food!! Some things never change :)
Crystal decided on Casa Bonita for her birthday celebration this year, and it marked Carson's first time at CB. Here is the whole group (minus Mike who conveniently took the picture above) before we entered into the Casa Bonita experience. Of course Carson is hanging out with Jeff, Chad and Crystal are standing by me, and Bob and his kids joined us; Julia, Mallory, and Brady. YES--Brady IS dressed as #11 known as Chris "Birdman" Anderson for the Denver Nuggets. Nice work, Brady!

When we went to CB as kids, we always got those glow necklaces and then rushed to put them in the freezer when we got home to preserve them. Nowadays, they have all kinds of light-up contraptions, and no glow necklaces can be found. Daddy bought Carson a nifty little spinning light up...thing. He loved it! In this picture, Carson and I are watching the lights in amazement :). One of my better pics, I think...

Bob bought his kids some light sabers, and Carson checked them out for quite a while. Use the FORCE, my son!

The FORCE is strong in this one...

Everything is still pretty much the same as I remembered it. Black Barts Cave is still there, the arcade is upstairs, the divers still perform, and the puppet show area hasn't changed a bit. There is still the talking Rock that introduces the show, and the skull rock is still in the back. Carson was captivated by the puppet show!

He sat and watched for about 15 minutes!

We went through Black Bart's Cave 3 times--Carson kept wanting to go back, but when we were in there he was all-business about moving fast to get out. After awhile, people started to not feel so good. I tried to warn them all to order the Nachos--I mean, how can you screw up NACHOS??? They didn't listen, and they felt ill. It was pretty funny :).

On our way out, there are some little kid rides that Carson got to enjoy. And Chad and Jeff..

Carson was ecstatic to be able to "drive, drive, drive", which is his favorite pastime as of late. He is easy to please--a trip to the grocery store where they have those car-in-front-carts is heaven for him!

As we left, certain persons not-to-be-named thought it would be funny to get a picture of Carson by the fish fountain looking like he was peeing. Ok, it is kind of funny :) Not proportionate, but funny.

Here is the fam posing for an inpromptu pic-

Well, Happy Birthday Crystal! It was a fun day :)