Monday, February 18, 2008

The Battle of Olustee

One of our favorite Reenactments, The Battle of Olustee, is an all day experience. We usually leave around 4:30 to 5:00 A.M. and get home around 11:00 P.M.. It's always a blast, but by the time we get home, we're exhausted!! This year the four eldest Dischers and the Stokes rode with us. Thank you all for making the day EXTRA special.





A little gaming the night before the battle, while the parents are out to dinner


"Settlers of Catan"






Hmmmm, while everyone is busy, what "fun" can I have?








CHOCOLATE CAKE, mmm mmmm. Oh No, I've been caught!!




More Gaming


"Made for Trade"


Ariana preparing nicely ironed reenactment attire for the next day






Gracie doing a little "expressive reading"


while


Gabriel and Michael make tubes for the gunpowder




The "Regimental Band" playing before the battle



Marching to the battlefield


(Jordan, RG, Michael, Pete, Ben, Gabriel, Matthew and Daniel)



Onlookers

(Kitty, Christiana, Grace and Mary)






The Gang



Bagpipes


Mary





James


Christiana and Jonathan


Lovely Ladies and Littles


(l to r) Grace, Christiana, Kitty, Liv, Sarah, Ariana


(littles) James, Mary, Jonathan


Ya don't say?!?!?!?!


(Sarah, the only sane one in the group)!!


Reba and Ariana


Reba gave the girls lessons on some new Civil War dances.


They had a GREAT time. Thanks Reba !!


Thats all we have for today folks.


See ya next time for some more exciting
Posts.

4 comments:

Kitty said...

That was TONS of fun Ya'll!!! :) :) :) I had a blast! Thanks for taking us!!!! :) :D

Sarah said...

Yes! What a time.:)My first visit to the Olustee bettle was SUCH fun!
Thank you so much.:)

Love,
Sarah

PS: What happened to the video???

Tina said...

It was such a good day. I'm so glad y'all got to go with us. About the video, well, because the video was taken with the camera sideways, that's the only way it will post, so we deleted it. Sorry about that, but we didn't think anyone would enjoy watching it that way.

Look forward to our next big trip together.

Love you,
Mrs. P

Haley Alford said...

looks like fun