a kellogg christmas holiday

this year we did something a little bit different for christmas.  we decided to take a little vacation to 

a ski resort with some friends for the holiday.  

we spent 5 days in kellogg, idaho at silver mountain ski resort. 

not only did they have the snow sports to enjoy but they had an indoor waterpark

to enjoy as well.

first up, we went to a "real" gold mine.  

we were there with the hamilton family. we had a
very knowledgeable guide for our tour. it was
very informative.

all of our hats had names on them. ned was 'happy."

william and zach in the gold mine.  we ended up
going 900 ft. below the surface. we saw some real gold
as well as other minerals.  

the group in a "man car" out in front of the cave entrance.

worried we weren't going to have enough snow, we got dumped on the 2nd day there!

taking a snowy dip in an outdoor jacuzzi

trying out the indoor surfing!

swimming fun

waterslide fun

tubing in the lazy river

ned got pretty good on the surf board while in kellogg.

me not so good!  i fell pretty hard and hit my head...

val and jenny in the hot tub with their kids.

maddy and issy enjoying the tube slides

hunter trying out the surfing as well! he did pretty good too.

another shot for emma

the whole group(hamilton's, stratton's, lewis's) heading up to go tubing on
silver mountain.

we had to take a 20 min gondola ride up to the ski resort.  

it was a pretty snowy evening for tubing...and pretty chilly!  but the
tubing hill was really really fun!! very fast! there's jeff with leighton
and william.

william on the magic carpet

hunter getting in on the action

david taking pictures as ned and maddy get ready to head down the hill.

issy and will at the bottom

emma, val and halle on the magic carpet.

stratton's enjoying christmas eve tubing in the snow.
after tubing we came back and had enchiladas and tacos for dinner.  a tradition
in both the lewis and hamilton families.  then we did the nativity play! it was a fun night!