Thomas Weekend

Jaxton has been counting down for the last month and a half for memorial weekend. Grandma T gave Jax tickets to go ride Thomas up in Heber and he has been anxiously waiting the day. On Saturday we got to see Thomas up close and personal and Jax was in heaven. His little eyes lit up when we boarded Thomas and he started to move. It was only about a 30 min trip over all we went down the track about a mile and then came back but that is all that Jax needed. He had so much fun and there was so much to do. We got our picture with Sir Topham Hat, then we headed over to get a tattoo, balloon animals and even went to the gift shop where Jax picked up some Thomas flip flops. We all had a blast THANKS Grandma T for the great weekend!

The Crew

All aboard!!

So excited!

Pictures with Sir Topham Hat

Cool Tattoos

WE are finally here!

Preschool Grad

Maddison is officially a preschool Graduate!! She is ready for kindergarten and asks me every day when is it time to go. She did great at the preschool graduation they sang songs and then told something about them and Maddison is a great helper and she tries to solve problems before going to the teacher. She sat the whole graduation with her head in her hands looking as if she was bored to death until the songs and she jumped right up there and shook her money maker to the max. She was movin and grooving to some of the songs it was so fun to see her up there having fun. I can’t believe my little girl is going to kindergarten I already am having a hard time with that!

Houston

We went to Houston last week because Dave's team that he was working with was nominated for the RNASA Steller Award. We went to Houston on Thursday and when we arrived at the airport the Cow on the Moon greeted us. I laughed so hard it was really funny. You will see it in the collage picture above. Then we checked into our hotel and Dave was so proud when he came back from the desk and said guess what floor we are on the 28th. This would have been wonderful if 1. I was not afraid of heights and 2. the elevators were not glass and you could see everything! Then met up with Brad and Emily for dinner at an Italian restaurant Zio's. It was so great to see them and visit with them. We loved the tour around the town and still are jealous of the gym that they have in their town.

Then on Friday we got up and got on the bus and went to the Johnson Space Center and took a tour. On our Tour we went to the Buoyancy Center this is how they get the astronauts to know what it feels like to be in space. The big pool that was 40 ft deep and above ground 102 ft wide and 202 ft long. While we were there we saw them hook up an astronaut in training and send them in the water. Then we went over to the Training Center and saw the replicas of the space station and the shuttle. This helps them train and know how to fix things. Then off to mission control where we saw how they talk to the astronauts in space it was really neat. After the tour we went to lunch at the Hilton and then back home to get dressed for the fancy dinner.

At 6:30 we went to the award dinner where there was amazing food and great company. Those up for an award were 151 nominees and 30 nominees in the team division that Dave was in. Unfortunately Dave's team did not win but we sat by a an astronaut and a trainer and loved hearing their stories about going into space. It was a great get away and we had a lot of fun! Thank you mom for taking the rug rats and whipping them into shape!