Happy New Year 2011!

It has been a long time since I've posted anything. I was happy to find out that my biggest fan of the blog was my hubby! He missed my posts!! He thinks the blog is a nice way to keep up with the family adventures. So this one's for you Dan!! ♥

I wanted to take a family picture for a Christmas card, and I wanted something in the background. So one Sunday after church, we headed to Carlsbad Caverns to try to get something good...Thankfully, we had the cave pretty much to ourselves, which is nice when you are setting up a tripod every once in a while... ha!

How about this spot? Or this spot?

We were lucky enough to get a nice one at the entrance of the cave! I spruced it up a bit on Picnik.com! However, when I transferred it to an actual picture, it lost some of it's color. It wasn't as pretty on the actual Christmas card. I was disappointed, but oh-well, no use losing sleep over that....

We found these funny aliens close to the cave and had to get a few shots! The middle one is my favorite alien! ♥ ha

Since we all enjoyed Carlsbad Caverns cave sooooo much, the boys decided to take another trip to Slaughter Canyon Cave. It is a separate cave with a short hike up to it. It is totally dark, so it is true cave exploring. Dan and I went to this cave years ago and I truly loved the adventure of it. Now it was time to take the boys! This is on the short hike up to the cave...

There are beautiful formations in this cave and some scary ones too!!! This one is especially scary! Eeks!! Isn't that amazing that it's a natural formation? God, you are awesome!!

This Cave Monster was used in the movie "King Solomons Mine". Cool!!!

Zach is lovin' this cave! (below)

Since there is no light in this cave you have to use flashlights or head lamps!

This is heading out of the cave. They have it barred up like a jail to keep people out! I knew the boys would love that part of it too!!! ha!

If you haven't been to Carlsbad Caverns, you need to go! There is soooo much exploring for every age! And don't just stop at the main cave! There are other tours you can take for more adventures! Let us know when you are going and we'll meet you there!!!!!!