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.

We've Been Attacked!!

The attack from the enemy has been sudden and intense. We were unaware as to what was about to embark on our camp. On the night of February 3rd, while the army was resting, the attack took place. We had noone standing guard to protect us from the nasty invasion. As it stands today, we have had an attack every day since then, until today. While the enemy is retreating (we pray), we try to lay low in hopes that he will not attack others in the area.

The enemy is, "The Flu".

I pray this is one battle you will NOT have to fight!!

We'll post again real soon.....

A MEDIEVAL CELEBRATION

The day has finally arrived. Olivia has been wanting to have a "Medieval Feast" for quite some time. She loves this time period in history. She thought it would be nice to have it during a "cool" time of the year and since it was actually on Ariana's birthday, they could celebrate together. Everything went pretty close to the way they had planned it to go. A few "dangerous" games were changed by their father, but there were still enough of those left. The only game that we thought would be the safest, turned out to be the most dangerous!!

It was a great day

Jess, Liv and Ariana



Thomas & Jonathan


(Greeting the guests)Mrs. Stokes, Jess and Mrs. P

Liv and Gabriel

(brother and sis and best friends)

The Monk
The Court Jester
Cathy and Mary (cousins) Cousins
Is he serious???

Ben and Rachel

(Brother and Sis)

Gabriel and Ariana

(Brother and Sis)

Matthew and Gracie

(Cousins)

Michael and Julia

(Brother and Sis)

Jordan and Christiana

(Cousins)

I told you this was the most dangerous game!!!!

Peter and Sarah

(Brother and Sis)

Ready, with their "family crest flags" to play the games

Knife throwing log

(This game took the place of sword fighting)

The Monk is trying to keep us safe from "the enemy"

Julia

GraceKittyTime to Feast Is it so, The Monk trying to destroy Lady Mary

The king will take care of this !!! The king, the sailor and Lady Haley

ALWAYS enjoy being together

The Pollock Clan with, well, you know who !!

The Graves clan and CJ

Brothers (they're so authentic looking)

Stokes Clan

A few modern games, after the feasting

There are only two left in costume and they blend so well together

Ye Ende