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Merry late Christmas and A Happy New Year! Lets bring it in with a bang!

Come to Meramec Caverns: Jesse James Hideout, With Us!

We found some amazing coral before the tour began. I just love it! It is super amazing!

 This is the ceiling of the Meramec Caverns.

 

 Native Copper.

 Salt Peter.

 Him touching Galena. Its is really amazing.

1861 long rifle.

 Dolomite, which the cave is filled with.

 This is the Dead End Room because before the new owners bought it the cave stopped here.

 This is a Horse's skull, not part of the caves.

 Jesse James's model.

 Ooh Salamander in a cave! It's a baby.

 This was the Limestone's! They are so pretty!

 The Limestone formed a column.

 This is Onyx Mountain!

 This is my handsome husband and our awesome tour guide. She lived in Colorado for a couple years returning to Missouri four months ago.

Botryoidal habit which a rock is formed as a grape structure by water eroding around the edges of the rock. It took a couple million years on larger rocks but a couple hundred on  smaller ones.

 This is a light show of limestone formations.

 This is the wine "whine" room. It is called that because if you look closely you can see a wine bottle and two wine glasses. If you peek even closer you can see salt and pepper shakers as well. It is called the whining room because it takes 56 or 58 stairs to get up there. Some people don't want to go up the stairs and so they whine. I toughed it out and it was worth it. It took 70 million years to form.

 He is pointing at Aragonite its a Botryoidal habit.

 

 I am having the time of my life, see?

Our last stop was this amazing cavern. This is called the "theater" and it is a stalactite formation. This is called the "curtains".

 

 Here is the "orchestra room".

 Second floor seating.

 This is the "dressing room".

 This is where the "stage and curtains separate".

This was the video!

This was nicknamed the Mother-in-law's tongue. The structure is called a stalactite.

This was our trip! It was super fun! Enjoy the video and pictures. Go to the Meramec Caverns. 4 years and younger get in free! Super educational trip. Can't wait to take our own children down there!

April 12, 2014- Engaged

On April 12, 2014 I got up around 7 am and waited for my then boyfriend, to come and give me our very first hug. I walked to the church when he called so I could meet him for the first time. When I reached the church I stopped dead in my tracks as his, now our, truck was red, and I looked at him before shaking my head lovingly and then I ran into his arms and gave him a big hug. We went back to the house I was staying at and he changed and then came out. He placed his belongings down on the couch, got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I, obviously, said yes! And then we went about our day, don't worry we got our first kiss out of the way later that day.

After we got engaged we had a lot to do that day. I had gotten my GED about two weeks before that, and I had a party that day to go to. So I showed him where to go to get the the house who was throwing me the party, and then we went inside and said hello and I introduced him. Then we went to go to my job at the time and get my first paycheck. After that we went to walmart and got two wedding bands before heading to the library and going online. After the library we had a lunch in the truck before heading over to the house for the party. He got to meet a lot of my friends, one of which took a look at my engagement ring and then looked at him and said, "You did really great!" and yes I am quoting you and you know who you are if you are reading this! In the midst of the party my old bishop took him to the church to have a meeting. I was disappointed because my fiance was taken away to go be talked to when it was my party.

He came back about 30 minutes later and we continued meeting friends and having fun! After the party we decided to go to as gas station and fill the truck up. After we were done with that, we got lost, so not my fault, he didn't want to take directions lol. We finally got back to the house around 4 pm and he only had a few minutes before he had to go. So we got our first kiss out of the way, and I had not kissed a guy before because I chose when I was younger to save myself, even kissing, for the one that would take my hand and marry me. After we got our first kiss out of the way we tried again and we felt the big sparks. He left around 4:30 after promising to call me when he got back. He called me around 8:45 that night and I breathed a big sigh of relief.

When we got married is on here. 

Part One: How we Met
Part Three: Got Married