In The Shadow of the Moon (Rocket)

On July 20, I took Maddie to a gathering in the Saturn V building on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. It was a get together for the flight controllers currently working the STS 127/ISS2JA mission. There were quite a few people there, although you wouldn't know it by the pictures I took - Maddie was playing the shy card. She enjoyed checking out the Saturn V rocket that was supposed to be Apollo 18, but the program was cancelled before it was used.

Although Maddie is pretty small, you can still get a sense of how huge the first stage rockets are (5 total).

Maddie paused for a photo op with the Apollo 11 crew (Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin).

And this is where they went... Let's do it again!

Seaworld San Antonio Trip

We went to San Antonio and Seaworld over Memorial Day weekend. Hereare a bunch of pictures from the event. Maddie got to see Shamu, feeddolphins, look at lots of fish, and go swimming. We had a great time!

Here are some videos as well...

This one is at home tossing Maddie around. You'll see she demands "one more!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpjZDFV1p20

Maddie getting used to the toddler pool at Seaworld:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhL985Uwh2c

Maddie just walking around:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAKCAASNcXE

Maddie watching Shamu perform (kind of a long clip):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmKECQf5qSs

Mike, Molly, and Maddie.

Recent April Pictures

Here are some recent pictures of the fam. The first two pictures were taken with my 50mm lens, but the rest were taken wtih my new 10-20mm wide angle zoom. Let me know what you think!

Mobile blogging...

Or blogging at all for that matter. I'm giving mobile blogging a shot.
Maybe the frequency will increase, maybe not. We shall see. Anyway,
anyone monitoring this blog probably gave up a long time ago!

Let's start with a picture of out lovely flower picker. It's now one
of Maddie's favorite activities!