Anyone believe in Ghosts ?

We had our house built 7 years ago. The property the house was built on was a farm 100 or more years ago. The farm house caught fire and killed the family. There is a grave site at the end of our street. The first night there, at about 11:00 at night, me and the wife go to bed. Shortly after that we heard 7 or 8 heavy foot steps down on the first floor. Sounded like someone wearing boots. I was so scared I felt a chill go through my body. I just laid there waiting for it to come up the steps. A few days go by and I say to my wife "did you hear those foot steps the other night" and she said "yeah that was scary". Now keep in mind the other houses on the street were not built yet, no one was around, and it was definitely "in" the house on the first floor.

So a year goes by and we have a baby sitter come over to watch the kids when we go out. A few days later the baby sitter's mother says her daughter said ghosts were in our house. Now we never told these people about any ghosts issues. The baby sitter said she heard foot steps in the master bed room. When she went up stairs all the kids were sleeping and all their rooms are on the other side of the house.

Then about a year later, around 3 in the morning, my wifes wakes up because she feels someone staring at her. She looks over my side of the bed and sees a young boy dressed in civil war era clothes staring at me. She said he was just staring intently right at me as I slept. My wife said she just closed her eyes and ignored the ghost. Have not had any incidents for a few years now. Hopefully it will stay that way.