Sleigh Ride

So a few days before Christmas, we decided to take a family serendipity Ski Trip to Angel Fire, New Mexico. We started our serendipity with a Sleigh Ride into the Mountains for dinner cooked “Chuck Wagon Style.”



This is probably the most unique experience I have ever had!
We arrived at the “camp” and were taken into tents…and given hot chocolate that was cooked on an old fashion wood burning stove!


After warming up a bit, the kids were given sleds to play on the snow hills while dinner cooked.  This has to be the most awesome way ever to wait for “your order” to be ready!


(This is Levi who had NO Time to waste!)

While the kids were playing….dinner was cooking….

on this stove.

The kids had hamburgers and hotdogs and mama and daddy were served steak! Yummy, very yummy steak!
Here is a shot of our dinner tent.

And a few shots of the rider UP!



It was about 17 degrees going back down…and the only snaggle, was that my boot broke.  I was trying so hard not to get my foot in the snow, by hopping back to the Sleigh…BUT the Sleigh moved before I was all the way in and down in the snow I went….Brrr. My feet got wet and terribly cold. But we made it back to the condo and are nice and cozy for the night
Ava snapped this picture for us.

More adventures tomorrow! We are planning  to add Skiing to the Triple Smiles School of Discovery course list!

Kindergarten Nativity

Today some sweet precious 5 and 6 year olds took us back to Bethlehem to remind us the real meaning of Christmas.

(I love the Baby Jesus feet in this shot!)






Here is Video footage of the grand event….

Nativity PArt 1

Nativity Part 2

Nativity Part 3

Merry Christmas!

A Downtown Christmas

The Children recently sang their little hearts out at our church’s “A Downtown Christmas” presentation.



Zach sang with the “big kids” in the Secret of Snowflake County” Musical.

After the Music, the kids showed off their art work in an art gallery…




After the Art Show…we took a few pictures with our guest of honor.

Bringing in Number SIX!!!!

I have a little man obsessed with Science! That’s a good thing…right!? So when I found an idea for a Mad Scientist Party, I just knew he would love bringing in number 6 with an explosion!


All Scientist had to have their hand scanned to enter this top secret Science Lab.

If they were given clearance, they were greeted with a team who assigned them an ID Badge and a group number.

This gave them an all access pass to Levi’s private Science Lab!!



Levi specifically ask to explode a Volcano….so we did…..


Our amazing little scientist also had some fun making marshmallow molecules to take home….

We tried to see if oil would mix with water,

We watched some raisins do some dancing’
 
And last, but not least made OOBLECK!
Ewwwwey…..and Gooooey, but so much fun!


This was a super fun party!!!