THE NEWTON'S

We had the opportunity to have some of our friends kids stay with us for a few days... We had a great time playing.  Angela and their 5 year old were best buds and played together all day every day.  Their 10 year old and Ashley are already best friends and they played together great, and their little 3 year old is just a hoot and it was fun to have a little one in the house for a few days. One day they all were playing "Just Dance" and I got a cute shot of them all in the game room.

Another day I took my four kids and Ann's two oldest- Elizabeth and Hope and we drove up to Mammouth Caves in Kentucky.  It's about an hour and a half drive and since we had such a great time at Carlsbad Caverns last winter we thought we would go and check it out. Mammouth Cave is the world largest underground cave that has been explored.  And they are still finding and exploring new passageways!  We took the "New Entrance" tour which had us walking down lots and lots of stairs, and through a part of the cave where we could then walk right out on the side of a hill.  We had a good time.  The kids were great and stayed with their buddies and we had fun learning more about the cave's history and ecosystem.  The kids didn't even get scared when they turned all the lights out to show how dark it is without any lights. I didn't get any great pictures in the cave... something about keeping an eye on six kids, and trying to get the right settings on the camer...