Black Jack Ketchum

We had some time to kill after the BBQ but before the Rodeo, so mom, Jim, the kids and I in my car and Jeremy and Sy in their car went to find the grave of Black Jack Ketchum. For those of you not familiar Black Jack Ketchum is an outlaw cowboy who was arrested, hung and buried in Clayton, That is it's claim to fame.
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-blackjackketchum.html
We knew it was in the cemetery but we didn't know where so we drove around for a little while looking for his grave, when we couldn't find it we stopped and ask some grandma ladies that were tending a grave, and she told me it was right by the entrance up from the flag pole in the middle of the road I remember thinking she's crazy why would it be in the middle of the road



So we parked right up from the flag pole and started walking around mom and Ben stayed in the car. We walked around in all directions for 20 minutes the web site we found said When Black Jack Ketchum was buried no one wanted him near their relatives, so he was buried in the median near the entrance.after 20 minutes I gave up and went back to the car to get a drink and as I was leaning on the passenger side window talking to mom I look up and notice a grave and I thought well that's an odd place for a grave right there in the middle of the road away from everyone else. And then it hit me, oh that's it. We had driven past it twice and walked by it at least 3 times, and mom had set in the car for 20 minutes staring at it. We felt a bit retarded.

Jacob kept calling him Black Jack Ketchup he doesn't really understand it all so he asked us at one point if we were going to dig him up and he asked if he died there and I said no he died at the Jail, and He said lets go there that would be more interesting.

Clayton BBQ

The town host a BBQ after the Parade but before the Rodeo. They have a playground at the Fairgrounds ant I think my kids enjoy that more then the actual BBQ

Who needs playmates when you have Uncles. I know what your thinking I thought you only have one brother. Well I do technically only have 1 brother but I have mentioned before I only have 1 aunt and 2 cousins so we grew up very close so my cousins are more like extra brothers.

They were having trouble getting the merry go round going fast enough, So Uncle Bubbi and Evan went over and helped them. I did have to yell at them, because as a worrying mom I was afraid someone was going to go flying off, especially when a stranger girl joined the fun then I was really afraid they were going to have that new little girl that we didn't know flying off.



Jacob has to take Dramamine and Hay takes it for windy roads, after we got out to ranch Mom let me know I had left it in Raton so I tried to call Uncle Ted who was in town to have him pick me up some more but he forgot his phone so then I tried my cousin Jeremy who was headed down later that day, He was nice enough to stop and get it for me. Well long story short Ryan neglected to tell me the last two times he bought it he bought non-drowsy. So I neglected to tell Jeremy that and so I gave each of the kids half of one but it knocked them out, I swear they ate a few bites and fell asleep in their plates.


at one point he woke crawled in my moms lap and went back to sleep. We sat and visited, it was great. My dad's cousin Brenda even came over and visited for a few minutes.



I love both my cousins little boys, But I have a special place in my heart for his youngest. There were 5 of us growing up and I was the youngest, and when Evan and I are together between my kids and his there are 5 and Dylan is the youngest. Besides the fact that he's so stinking cute.