Payton, Aaron and I just came in from watch the space shuttle take off. The shear excitement of being able to watch something so spectacular is amazing. When we first moved to DeLand in 2006 we were able to witness the first night time space shuttle launch since the loss of the space shuttle Columbia. I felt emotional with the thoughts of that in my mind.

Tears began again tonight. As I stood outside holding Payton’s hand (as she asked question after question) all I could do was reflect at the last time we watched the night launch in ’06…I was holding Payton’s hand and Aaron was holding Parker in his arms.