3, 2, 1~~ Blast off!!

A couple of weeks ago I took the boys out of school and we drove out to Clint's work to see a rocket test blast.... Long story short~~ after waiting out in the desert parking lot for 4 hours with thousands (can you believe it, thousands?) of other onlookers for this great sight only to have it be canceled with only 20 seconds to go! Here's a few pictures from then....

The countdown clock...the white tube thing to the left of the countdown clock is the rocket thing.
Here's Hunter doing homework he's missing in class....what a good kid!
Clint, his dad and the boys...waiting for blastoff only to be sent home disappointed..

So needless to say I wasn't too enthused about going back after that very long day we had with no show to see. My kids talked me into it this morning, Clint's dad was still planning on driving out so we checked out kids and loaded up with him to go. I'm so glad I went it was a pretty neat sight! My father-in-law told Clint's sister about it so the news spread like wild fire through his family and we had a pretty big turn out going down together.... what a good family we have, supporting my hubby's job like this. Thanks guys, for making the trek out to the desert with us!

Here we are starting the countdown again. Clint's sisters, mom, niece and nephew joined us today.

Hunter, Clint, Kari and HeatherColby, snacking in the suburban.

A.J and Grandma Sorensen staying cool.
Me, Clint, Hunter and Brent

Here's a little video clip of the big event, we were all pretty impressed with it. Like I said, glad we went!

After we got home and the kids' friends came over they said that they could see the cloud of smoke from their school! Wow! The ground was shaking, you could feel the vibration and it was loud....the kids (and us adults) were pretty impressed. So way to go Clint, what a great job you have and we're proud of you!