Blast off!

We all ended up staying the night on Christmas night too. 

So we had breakfast...made by Alyssa and Mom.

I think this picture is so funny... it looks like everyone's watching Carissa drink her coffee.

The rest of the day was spent doing various things.

One of the things the kids worked on was making a gingerbread house. They did a good job!

And some of the big kids worked on building a rocket!

We sent them off in the afternoon so we could all enjoy seeing them going up together!

It was a BEAUTIFUL afternoon.

Here are the rockets.

10..9..8..7..6..5..4..3..2..1..

BLAST OFF!

And then the standby crew...Brent and kids on the four wheeler..went to retrieve the falling rocket.

Do you see it??? It right above the tree line...

 We did it again with a bigger engine...

BLAST OFF!

And the spectators stand in awe :)

I remember VERY vaguely watching them do this when I was little in MN.

So it was pretty awesome to watch now..they sent them up so HIGH!