The day after Christmas we headed out into the snow to do a little tubing. We had our hot cocoa and cookies and a lot of tubes and sleds. Brindi didn't like the idea of being out in the cold so she basically stayed in the warm cars and hate cookies. Maybe next year we'll get her down a hill. Nonetheless, we had a blast and I have added a couple pictures and videos of some of our rides.
This is a video of one of the several trains we did down the hill.
This was a the longest ride of the day by Troy and Ashlee.
Troy and Ashlee also won the prize for the best wreck!
This is Celeste's attempt down the hill.
The day after going tubbing and sledding we tried our luck by being pulled by the truck in the snow flats. We had two trucks with four tubes tied to each truck. We had a lot of fun. Towards the end of the night John and myself tried to throw each other off the tubes. This video is Johns attempt to throw me. Below is a picture of Celeste getting ready to be pulled by the truck.
This is a video of one of the several trains we did down the hill.
This was a the longest ride of the day by Troy and Ashlee.
Troy and Ashlee also won the prize for the best wreck!
This is Celeste's attempt down the hill.
The day after going tubbing and sledding we tried our luck by being pulled by the truck in the snow flats. We had two trucks with four tubes tied to each truck. We had a lot of fun. Towards the end of the night John and myself tried to throw each other off the tubes. This video is Johns attempt to throw me. Below is a picture of Celeste getting ready to be pulled by the truck.
The biggest event held at the Boone Home, where Joe works, is the Candlelight Tours. It is a trip that visitors can take into the past to see how christmas was in the 1800's. The entire village is lit with only candles, laterns and several bonfires. The people are acting as you come into each building and doing what they would be doing in the past. It has kept Joe pretty busy trying to make sure it all went smoothly. During the events the earliest he came home was around 12:30 am. Brindi and I went out the second weekend to see the event. Brindi didn't last long but we did see several of the vignettes. Some of my favorites included a lady talking at a mill about spices and then related the story to the spices and gifts that were given to the Christ child. The chapel was filled with choirs singing christmas music all night long. There was a carpenter, who looked a lot like santa, with his wife there nagging him to hurry and finish the chair he was making all the while she is talking his ear off and asking him all kinds of questions about what to wear for the party that night, what to make to eat and such. It was really comical and they were great actors. There was a black lady telling a stable boy what christmas was like as a slave. Daniel Boone was also there telling christmas traditions of the Boone family. But the best act was a lady who recounted the history of how Santa Claus came to be and ended with the story that gave the first description of how we see santa today, The Night Before Christmas. It was amazing! All in all the night was pretty good with Hot cocoa and cider to keep our bellies warm.
