Mom and Reyes' come over for dinner

Mom and the Rayes visit for dinner on a friday night. Luke plays well with girls his age. No fighting. No possessiveness.

shuttle launch - cape canveral florida

these are video's and images of the shuttle launch on 3/14/09. There are only a few launches left because the US is building a new rocket. Meanwhile all US space projects will use Soviet rockets. This is the first one I've seen live. I was about 14 miles away from the launch site so I didnt see very much. The video I posted is pretty accurate. I didnt expect to see the side rockets jettison away from the main rocket, but you cold clearly see that from the ground. Its amazing how many floridians go to watch the launch. It took us 3hrs to get back to orlando from cape canaveral, which was mainly due to backups at the toll booth. I'm glad I could witness one live....it was a great experience

Disneyworld: Epcot, Hollywood, Magic , Blizzard Beach

Us being pirates


More pictures with the French family. The Hollywood tower of terror was a great ride. Its one of those free fall rides. The build up is great. Disney does a great job of scaring you before you even get to the scary part.






Here we are with the French's. We met up for half of the vacation.
Luke and Jenny are in Bruce's mouth and between Mater & Lightning McQueen.
Marisa is with Jo Jo Circus



these images are from the Disney all-star resorts hotel. They are essentially little apartments with 3 story statues of Disney characters outside. Pretty intimidating.


Here's Luke playing a harmonica


wrestling in the room


Luke on the water slides
there was a great slide there called Team boat springs, where 6 people could go on a raft.
They even let little 32 inch tall Luke on

Blue Springs, Wakaiwa Springs

Blue springs. This is an opening to an aquifer that you can go to and swim in and snorkle in. Pretty nice in the pictures but also nice in real life. The water stays 71 degrees and blue all year long, so when its too hot you can cool off in it and vice versa. I've posted a diagram of an aquifer for educational purposes

Theres Luke and me innertubing the aquifer. Floridians think that aquifer water is cold, but us Californians think 71 degrees is JUST RIGHT

This is Wakaiwa springs aquifer which the state of Florida has made into a pool, with ledges for diving, playing, and everything

Mom and Son

Disneyworld Florida: Animal Kingdom

Here's Luke being shy towards Goofy, but goofy decides to go after him anyways. As you can see, Luke is resisting eye contact..

Can you believe that ball costs 60$

Forget it. I can make one at home..

This movie below shows some monkeys in the middle of the park. Surprisingly, there wasnt much noise from the rollercoasters. The baby monkey looks like he's going to fall at any time, but he just keeps hanging on

This one is of me and Luke in front of the tree of life. Its a fake tree with an auditorium at the bottom and designs of disney characters carved into the bark.

The next picture is the best attraction in the park. Luke is still too small to go on it, but what an interesting ride huh?