spring break

Lilia and I have enjoyed having Matt home for spring break.  Most years we are in the car as soon as the school bell rings on Friday, but this year we decided to stay home and relax and bit from the crazy pace of life.  We did manage a short trip to Louisville to see a part of the country we don't normally get to see.  On the agenda for the trip...

the Louisville Slugger bat museum of factory (of course!)

Day #2: Mammoth Cave.  Our tour was only 3/4 mile of the 400 miles of cave that they have explored.  Apparently every time they explore more cave, they get more leads of unexplored branches.  Right now, there are 50 pages of recorded unexplored leads - crazy to think how massive this cave is!

This face is a bit deceiving...about 1/2 through the 2 hr tour, Lilia decided she was hungry and tired but didn't want to fall asleep in mom's arms.  Couple that with the rangers turning out the lights to demonstrate how dark it can get in a cave, and let's just say we were a little unsettled.

The caves aren't always made with Dutch people in mind.

(finally asleep...yay!)

Lilia went swimming for the first time at our hotel and LOVED it.  She would splash the water and get it in her eyes and mouth...look a little unsure of what just happened....and then break out in smiles.

testing the waters

On the last day, we went to the Buffalo Ridge distillery for a tour...

...and stopped for lunch at Anybody's Diner before making the drive home.  I felt like I had stepped into a southern version of the Coffee Cup Cafe from my youth (take a look at what was the special for the day - I didn't see it until after we had ordered, otherwise I may have given it a try.)