Dashing through the Snow...

We rounded up a big group of friends and went over the river and through the woods to Happy Trails Sleighrides..led by the sweetest, happiest old cowboy...Happy Jack! He truly was really very HAPPY!!! We sang carols and rang jingle bells on a two-horse open sleigh. Happy Jack took us on a short ride over to a sledding hill with all kinds of assorted sleds and tubes. Next to the hill was our own private heated tent. It was snowing pretty hard, which made it that much more fun but also quite wet, so it was the perfect set-up to be able to go in and get warm. Inside the tent was a wood-burning stove with hot water for our hot chocolate and a place to heat the pot of chili we had brought. The tent itself was about 100 deg. inside so it warmed you right up. We roasted hot dogs and marshmallows over the fire and ate chilli....a new tradition for sure! Happy Jack:)Mia, catching snowflakes. Her tongue was out in every pic.

Jack gave the kids a bucket of apples to throw TO the horses. The kids threw them at the horses.

They had this "bathtub" waiting for us. I want this sled!

A little Caroling..

his first time sledding!

all the kiddos:)

You can sort of see the tents in the background. Genious!