To Infinity and Beyond!

This past Thursday we set out on a mini family vacation to Tennessee. But we decided to make a few stops along the way. The first stop was in Huntsville to the US Space and Rocket Center. The kids were VERY excited to see all of the rockets, ride the rides and learn just a little more about space. Makenzie didn't get to ride every ride due to her recent surgery, but the ones she did ride, she LOVED! Wesley and Glen rode the G-Force Accelerator and that may have caused them to feel a little "weird" after wards :)  

When we got to the building that was housing the Saturn V Rocket (on loan from the Smithsonian), we were all taken back by how HUGE it is!  There was SO much to see, feel and experience there.  The kids did correct the plagues a few times when they were reading and it stated that the moon, earth, planets, universe, etc was created BILLIONS of years ago. They would get SO frustrated when they saw that. At one point Makenzie even wanted to go tell an employee/volunteer that it was wrong and the earth/moon was NOT created from a "Magma Sea" as stated on the plaque.  It was a proud parent moment :)

Astronaut Makenzie

Astronaut Holly

Astronaut Wesley

Astronaut Glen

The kids had fun at one of the traveling exhibits- The Robotic Zoo- where they could experience what it is like to be different animals. They both loved being chameleons. 

Wesley the Chameleon

Where some astronaut training takes place under water. 

All the different rockets on display

If you look close enough you can see the kids underneath the rocket boosters. 

The Space Shot that Makenzie and I conquered. 

I think she was just a little scared when it took off and how fast it shot us up. 

"One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

One of the rides was a Hmm V simulator ride. It was a video game where they had to fight off the bad guys. 

We all attempted the rock climbing wall. Glen was the only one to make it to the top though :)

It was a fun day! I highly recommend going if you ever get the opportunity to make it to Huntsville. I hadn't been in 15 years and Glen was just a small kid when he last went. A lot had changed in that time. We know our kids had fun and look forward to bringing them back when they get older and to see how much changes take place in space exploration by that time.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1