Month: January 2018

Kennedy Space Center

Following our cruise we stopped again at the Kennedy Space Center to do some more touring. They had a bus that would take us to the airport and our flight wasn’t until about 8 hours after we got off the ship.

The Kennedy Space Center part 2 group
David, what’s that thing on your head?
James (left) and Benjamin (right) marvel at the space shuttle Atlantis
James at the controls
Anthony heading to outer space
Captain Benjamin pilots the ship
Julles, your life is in their hands – scary!

The beach, skate parks and food

The famous Cocoa Beach (1/20/2018)
Ammon and Jacob
Sam, Jacob, Ammon
Ammon and sand castle buckets
Building a sand castle with a lake
A stop at the cemetery looking for family grave sites (1/21/2018)
Jacob and Ammon at the skate park (1/22/2018)
Circling the drain
Scooter Sam
Some yummy Japanese food for dinner
Jacob’s bento box
Ammon slurping some miso soup
Snack at the airport before boarding the plane

Bahamas cruise

Jan 20-24 cruise on a cruise out of Florida with Julles, David, James, Anthony and Benjamin. Few to Florida with the whole family. Went to the Orlando Temple, Universal Studios/Harry Potter World and Kennedy Space Center. Then LaReita, Samuel, Jacob and Ammon stayed to play on the beach and go to movies and skate parks while the rest of us went on the cruise.

Dad, Anthony, Julles, Ben, James
Majesty of the Seas – Royal Caribbean
Hit the beach at a private island
A little relaxation time
Boys playing in the water and sand
Anthony building sand castles
Benjamin also building
Working together
Anthony displaying his attitude
James chillin’
Anthony can you eat all that? – not so sure

Universal Studios

Julles, Anthony, LaReita, James, Sam, Ben, Ammon, Jacob, David
Posing in front of the Knight Bus
James in front of Flourish and Blotts store
Dad enjoying a butter-beer
The big dragon over Gringott’s Bank
Extreme closeup of Ammon and Mom
We all have wands
Ammon and Jacob on the bone slide
Jacob and Ammon riding the water slide
Trying on hats in the hat shop

Fan boats in Florida

Fan boat ride – boat 1 – James, LaReita, Ammon, David, Jacob
James
Jacob
Mom, Ammon, Dad
Jacob and James
Spotted 1 alligator
Spotted another alligator
Ammon falls asleep on the way back
Anthony, Ben, James, Sam relaxing after a fancy meal of turtle soup, shark, and alligator
Ammon and Jacob crashed in the van on the way back to the hotel