Blast Off!

"5,4,3,2,1" we shouted with thousands of onlookers. On July 8th our family saw history happening on Cocoa Beach. We stood in the sand and watched Atlantis take its final launch from the Kennedy Space Center. Bowen really enjoyed it and yelled blast off as the shuttle's fire trail blazed through the sky. I'm so glad that we decided to be part of that. We made the decision to hop in the car that morning and make our way over to the space coast for the launch to join an estimated 750,000 spectators. What a sad day for the space program:(