Cave Exploring...

Ben had a medical conference to attend and present at, so we got to go to Tucson for a quick overnight trip. Before checking into our hotel, we had a little adventure at Colossal Cave just south of Tucson. We had a couple of ideas for activities to do while in Tucson, and the cave was one of the options - we let the kids choose what they would like to do, and surprisingly the girls were both excited about exploring a cave. They did get nervous during parts of it, but they both said they really liked it afterwards. :) Jake was the bravest of all, and didn't seem to care whatsoever about walking through dark passageways and past bats.

Waiting for our tour to start, at Colossal Cave Mountain Park...





Jake saw this statue outside of the gift shop, and for some reason he tells us that it's Jesus. We have no idea why he thought this, but we laughed hard! :)

The cave entrance...



This cave is dormant and dry and the passageways are very 'museum like' with staircases and railings and some lit display boxes and added lighting, but the tour was interesting and the cave formations were awesome!








The kids were excited to get settled into our hotel room - they get so excited about hotels! Soon after checking in, Ben had to leave for a couple hours for the conference he came for, so we entertained ourselves with tv, swimming, and coloring :)....










After Ben got back, we all headed to dinner. We ate outside on the patio of the restaurant along with a large group of Ben's coworkers and their families. We were out late, but the food was good and kids were surprisingly well behaved- whew. The next morning we enjoyed a rather large buffet breakfast at the hotel, and then headed home, with a stop in Gilbert to spend the rest of our Sunday with Ben's family, to enjoy General Conference and have some fun family time.

Claire and Caroline hanging out during the afternoon session of Conference. I love these babies!


So, the night before our Tucson trip, Ben wanted to have a date night - it was a last minute decision and I was unable to snag a babysitter, so we decided on a night in. Ben picked up stuff for a fondue dinner on his way home from work - so we got the kids to bed early and we had so much fun preparing and eating our fondue goodies. :) Ben made a cheese sauce and we had asparagus, sourdough bread, Italian sausage, and prosciutto wrapped apple slices to dip into it. It was so yummy and fun! Then we really kept with the fun fondue theme by watching Jane Eyre (haha). During the movie we had dessert fondue - marshmallows, strawberries, and homemade pound cake dipped in chocolate sauce. :) I love date nights with my Ben, even if it's just a date at home!