A Look Inside the Cavern

View from the walk down to the entrance.  At the bottom we had to listen to a lady tell us about the cavern and the rules of the cavern!  The Main Rule was DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING!!! Ok, no biggie, there are only 4 kids with us.. ha :)  They did great!!  Even though you could tell it was killing them not to touch anything, heck I wanted to touch it too!  The reason you can't touch any of the rocks in there is because the oils on our skin mixed with the rocks will make them stop growing. They have 1 rock at the beginning that you could touch but after that it was hands off!

The entrance

Do you know the difference between a Stalagmite and Stalactite?

Don't worry I didn't remember any of that from school either!

Stalagmite "might" grow to the top

Stalactite hold "tight" to the top

(Thats the way the tour guide explained it.. easy to remember)

Make sure you don't touch it, CP!

Isn't Gods Handy Work AMAZING!!!

Its Great to Be a Follower

When you are following your Lord and Savior.  Ryan and I have been praying over something for a couple of months.  We thought it sounded like a great idea and plan but we wanted to make sure that is where God would have us!  One thing after another fell in place and now we are very confident with the decision and the plans that  God has for us! God has shown me/us numerous times in numerous ways that we are on the right track! It is GREAT to get conformation from God!  It is AWESOME to know that I am following him in what I feel his has called me to do.

So without further delay, I announce that I am going back to SCHOOL!  You ask for what???

Yep, that's right... Nursing School here I come. 

Of course after I get all my pre-reqs out of the way! 

Down Under

4th of July weekend, Ryan, the boys, ReRe and I loaded up and headed to San Antonio to see Clay and the bunch.  We had a nice road trip.  The day we got there we ate at the biggest, busiest Mexican restaurant I have ever seen. Of course we were in South Texas, so I guess that is to be expected.  Afterwards we went to the Alamo and the Riverwalk.  But (gasp) I didn't have my camera.  When we unloaded stuff at the hotel, I left the camera in there cause I knew that I would want it.  Well while I was taking stuff to our room, Ryan got another load, and grabbed the camera (not thinking about it).  So when we left the hotel room, I didn't think to get my camera cause I thought it was in the truck. Opps!  Oh well.. I did get some pics with my phone, I'll have to upload and share them.

The next day we loaded up and headed a little outside of San Antonio to the Natural Bridge Cavern. Oh My, it is so pretty and cool.  I can't remember how deep down it goes but I think it is over 200ft below the surface.  This picture below explains why it is called the Natural Bridge Caver. That huge rock makes a bridge across.  (of course over the years it has broken and eroded).

View from the top before walking down.

This is under the bridge right before you walk in.

Love all my boys!

This picture melts my heart!!!

(it is a constant walk down and because it had rained a lot before we

were there, there was a constant stream of water.  Ryan's job was to escort

G'Ma through the cavern so she wouldn't slip or slide.  He loved it too,

of course!) Thank you Ryan for taking such great care of G'Ma!

Colton taking it all in

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Sweet Girl Katelyn

He was having a blast

What a bunch :)

Sometimes I think they love him more than me. HA!

Its a shame Eric doesn't love him!

I might have found out where my boys learned to

NOT smile in pictures! From CP!!

See I told you, they are together again! :)

KatKat wondering why I am taking so many pictures.

Being Macho :)

Colton loves to take pictures like his momma!

And he does a pretty good job if I don't say so myself!

Another melt my heart moment!!