Our Surprise Saturday Morning:

Saturday morning I was sitting finishing up my devotions,

when Ruth pulled up in her van 9:45. We saw her as she pulled up through our window.

She came in and said to me, oh you're not dressed yet. How long would it take you to get dressed? I said 15 minutes, she said make it 5. So I hurried around and got ready. Jim and I got in the van and there were the rest of them, Becky and the boys.

Not knowing what we are doing.

We were driving down the road and Ruth said, Ethan has a clue where we are going and he doesn't even know it. So I asked Ethan what he had on his shirt, he was way in the back and I in the passengers seat in the front. He said a rocket and airplane so that told me where we were going.

Yes, we went to the Kennedy Space Center.
Not knowing what we were to do, Ruth had the schedule for everything.

So we just followed her.

We came across these Astronauts. Evan, Ethan, and Easton.
Ruth with the boys, at the backside of and aircraft. We went in and seen a IMAX with 3-D glasses it was so interesting. It was air crafts up in outer space the crew in and out of the spacecrafts. They showed how they moved around in one, how they showered, how they sleep, how they ate. Some of the things that they would work with they would show how maybe it would slip out of their hand and also when they would eat they might toss it in the air and catch it with their mouth, but sometimes they would miss it I think on purpose, it would come out at us and it looked like you could catch it in your hands to eat it.

They also show how one of the Rockets would take off, they tell how far you had to be away from the Rocket when the Rocket was to go off. When it went off it kind of spit things like gravel or anything loose. Then it looked like it was spitting out at us. When it first did it I ducked, I thought it was going to hit me.

We then road a shuttle to see more. The pictures are not in order.

This is a couple of pictures we were riding in the shuttle to another part of the Space Center. This is Evan sitting behind with grandpa.

Evan was wanting a picture of us so I tried to get one with him sitting behind me, he leaned forward.
While we were on the bus, the driver gave us some info about the different places around, what they were and how far things were from each other. This picture we were somewhat a distance away and it was as close as we could get to it, so I zoomed in as far as I could to get the picture of where the Rockets take off at.

A simulation of the area of where all go to watch take offs.


One of the Rockets, the length and end.
The boys posing at the side of one of the air crafts.
We stopped for lunch, Mommy bought a space rocket to drink out of for the boys to share.

Most of them eating their lunch.
While we were eating.
Mommy and Evan.

Grandma and Easton, after he had pushed me away not wanting his picture taken.
He then said I want one. So here it is. Thank you Easton; Some shots taken as we were on the shuttle below.


Arriving back on the shuttle.
Just pictures we took while walking around.


The entrance to a play area where everything is made like aircraft type things. Becky and I walked away from the area to get some pictures, while grandpa and mommy stayed in the shade.
More random pictures while walking.


Another view of the Play area for the children from a distance.

Ruth & boys

Ethan found this to pose in.
Ruth and the boys with a live astronaut.

Taking a ice cream and water break before heading home.

On our way home, we stopped at the Patrick Air Force Military base, to show grandma and grandpa where they stayed in a tent and played. The picture of Jim above is on the water on base. The pictures below are all taken there.


While we were there we were able to see the sunset. I was able to catch a few poses of it. This is one of them.
As the sun sets we are saying good night at the end of our day,

We so enjoyed ourselves so much. It was such a wonderful surprise.

Thank you Ruth for allowing us to be part of your Saturday at the

Kennedy Space Center.