We Have Liftoff!!!!

What an amazing day!! We were thrilled to hear these words as we sat on the bleachers, just across the river from the launching Shuttle (STS-129).

Slightly concerned about the mission being scrubbed due to weather, here is a visual of our excitement when we heard the words, "It's a go!"

Our morning started with a phone call from a wonderful friend with "connections". Her husband is the head guy for the company responsible for the Shuttle engines. Their company runs a bus to the VIP site for every launch. I was privileged to be able to attend once with Colleen last year... I called it a once in a lifetime opportunity. What a surprise to have the opportunity twice and to be able to take the boys! We were so lucky that there were cancellations this morning which left 3 empty seats!!! It was well worth rescheduling our day.

A cool thing about living where we do is being able to see the launches from our front yard, but that doesn't come close to this. The rumble from the launch is indescribable... it vibrates to your core and the excitement is palpable.

Heaven in the Freezer

Just discovered... the best ice cream ever!! My favorite dessert in the whole world has got to be Creme Brulee and the geniuses over at Ben and Jerry's have made it into an ice cream for an absolutely heavenly flavor. Love it so much, I just had to share.

God Bless the USA

The Brevard Children's Chorus Ensemble performed today at the Annual Massing of the Colors at BCC. There was a certain soloist whose performance I'd especially like to share.




The shaky camera in the beginning is because as soon as he stood up to sing a woman in our row decided she needed out... oh well! He did a great job and I'm really proud of him!!

You can see the grin during the last part of the song, he's proud too- or maybe relieved!

Reading Incentive

Wordless Wednesday Post

Taking Advantage of Free

We are fortunate to live in a community with parks, museums, a zoo, the beach and loads of other places to visit. We are also fortunate that most of the area museums that charge admission have occasional free days for residents and some, like Ft. Christmas, are free all the time. The past few weeks have been so full of free activities that we couldn't fit them all into our schedule. I posted a few weeks ago about Ft. Christmas and the Civil War reenactment but I don't think I posted any photos from inside the Brevard Museum of History and Natural Science where the reenactment was held. So here's a photo left over from that trip...




This past weekend we took advantage of free admission to the Warbird Museum and were pleasantly surprised to find that we made it in time to see a couple of planes land.