Saturday, December 12, 2009

Colony Christmas 2009

Every year around this time the town of Palmer, Alaska holds Colony Christmas. They have so many activities, craft fairs, a parade, and even fireworks. The fireworks are a big deal because you can actually see them this time of year. On the fourth of July it never really gets dark up here so it's hard to see the fireworks. We decided to take a trip to Palmer (which isn't far away) and see what was going on. We started at the LDS church in Palmer where they had thousands of nativities on display. They were so awesome to look at but we couldn't take pictures. Then we went to the reindeer. Ed called me and asked me what I was doing and I told him I was petting a reindeer. He didn't believe me at first. I thought that was funny.
This reindeer's name is Vixen. We couldn't pet near the head because of the antlers.
Then we went to the train station and got something to eat. After that we went outside and they had some games set up for the kids.
Then it was off to the sleigh ride. Actually the sleigh was on wheels.
Katie on the sleigh. Sorry about the eyes closed, she doesn't like the flash.
Austin on the sleigh. He was upset because he didn't get much of the blanket.
Logan on the sleigh. It was so cold. I think the temperature was around 5 degrees.
After the sleigh ride we went and looked at some ice sculptures. They were really cool. They were all different colors and had lights on some of them.
Austin and Katie posing in front of the ice sculptures. Katie's arms really aren't that long. She has her hands in her pockets instead of her gloves because she had hand warmers in her pocket.
The last thing before the fireworks was the parade. It was the perfect length and all of the floats are lit up with Christmas lights so I just got a picture of this one to show.










2 comments:

  1. This looked like so much fun. I wish there was something like that up here. What a fun day.

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  2. It definitely looked cold.

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