About Us
There are seven of us in the Downs family. Chuck and Kimberli, and daughters Lauren King, Kayleigh, Piper, Aubree and Addisyn. We also have five grandchildren.
For years now, we have simply hung lights on the house in a very simple fashion. Since Chuck retired in early 2007, his engineering brain needed something to do, so obviously Christmas lights were the next frontier to conquer!
This year we had two 'Mega Tree Days', and had tons of help from Shane (Mr Forearms) Davidson and his wife Twana. Chuck gets the easy job of sitting at the top of the tower while Kimberli, Shane and Twana hoist up the strands, which Shane then anchors into the ground by hammering rebar stakes. There's 64 stakes per tree, and we calculated Shane had to swing the sledgehammer about 1300 times per tree. Not a job for somebody that's out of shape!
Why?
2 reasons mainly. First, about 2000 years ago our Lord gave us the greatest gift imaginable..... the gift of eternal life. This is a simple way of saying 'Thank You' to the Lord. No amount of work on this display could ever compare to his sacrifice. What's a few lights compared to the gift of salvation?
Second, Christmas memories are timeless, and we want to create special memories for our community. We don't really know why, but the combination of lights and music create a lasting memory for everybody who has seen the display.