Tubing at Soldier Hollow

Alan and Carmen were here for a few days from Detroit, so on Saturday, January 10th, we all met up at Soldier Hollow in Heber to go tubing. David and Kara and their boys, Ryan and I and our boys, Alan and Carmen and their boys (are you catching the boys theme?), along with Grandma and Grandpa Hillstead had a fantastic time. It's always fun to go tubing, but especially fun when you get to ride up and ride down.

The littlest boys- Aaron and Peyton were too small to go down the big hill, but they sat in their tubes bundled up and had a great time. There was a little hill that we pulled them down.





After Nathan's first ride down he was so excited he had to tell Aaron all about it.


Nathan and Dallin and McCae could all go down the big hill by themselves. It was amazing to see these little guys flying down the hill in their tubes, jumping out and saying, "let's go again!" We linked together sometimes and all had fun. I think Ryan was the fasted down the hill every time. He just knew how to do it.

Alan and Ryan racing from the top.


Alan and Carmen have this new, WAY COOL camera and they took a ton of great pictures. You can zoom in and see who it is coming down the hill. Alan gave me a disc of all the pictures, so there are a lot I'm going to post.




This next two pictures show Nathan and Ryan on the left and Carmen on the right coming down the hill.


Here's Grandma. She got going pretty fast and all the way to the fence on this run!

These are some pictures of the families as we all came down the hill.
David, Kara, Michael, Traeton, McCae, and Kadyn:


Nathan, Julie & Ryan:

Alan, Dallin, & Carmen:

Mom & Dad:
When we were finished with the sledding we took a few family pictures of just the boys and all of us. I love this picture of Kadyn and Michael holding Aaron and Peyton. They are the oldest boys and are always so good to look after and hold the little ones in family pictures. They are great examples for my boys. They are also strong and capable of holding onto the little monkeys while balancing and moving on a hill of snow. They were in very good hands!




After we finished tubing, we went into the lodge and had chili, rolls, and hot chocolate. Dad's birthday was just a couple of days before so we had cupcakes and sang Happy Birthday to him. What a great party. The cousins had fun playing with each other and goofing around.