From Moonwalks to Boardwalks

Here is a group of pictures of us at NASA and the Kemah Boardwalk taken over the course of a very busy Sunday. If we look tired, sweaty, ragged or disheveled in any other way, it is due to the nature of trying to corral very busy young children all day. That's all.

We got to the Johnson NASA Space Center shortly after they opened at 10:30, and spent most of the day checking out all the interesting stuff they have on display there, from the Apollo days up to Space Shuttle information. Took an informative tram ride to the area where they train astronauts on a full-size mock version of International Space Station modules - very nice. The highlight was the hands on climbing, handling, seeing, hearing activity area, where the kids all roamed freely (under supervision) for at least an hour, probably more like 90 minutes. They didn't want to leave, either - it was the parents who were worn out by it all.

The smallest boys finally took a nap later in the afternoon, and we wound down at NASA around 4:30. Drove 15 minutes to Kemah Boardwalk, were we had a nice mexican food dinner and enjoyed the amusements, rides and ocean views until 8:30ish. The drive back to Cypress was long and sleepy, but that didn't keep Labor Day from starting around 6:30am for the "Brothers Dervish". We all look forward to the day when they are old enough to know what "share" means and want to do it on occasion with each other. For now, it may be best that there are several hundred miles separating them!

Click on the image for a larger view of us all!

PS. Since we just got a digital camera, look for more and more images on the blog, for better or worse...