Homes In Denver

My Wife And I Are Planning On Moving To Somewhere Around Denver In The Next Year. We Have Looked At Evergreen, And While It Is Pretty Much Perfect To What We Are Looking For, There Is No Way We Could Afford A House We Actully Liked There. I Am A Teacher And She Is A Hair Stylist So We Are Not The Richest Bunch :). Is There Any Place Around Evergreen That Is More Affordable, Yet Still In A Mountain Setting?