Cocoa Beach, Florida

In August, Jaco & I were able to get away for a week to hang out in Florida with my parents & Papa. Since it was Jaco's first time in Florida we did some of the traditional touristy stuff and also some things neither of us had done before.

It is tradition that Papa buys everyone ice cream one night.


The view southward from the Cocoa Beach pier.


Jaco & his skimboard. Entertainment time: 10 minutes


Cycling on the beach


Breakfast on the pier to celebrate Mom & Dad's 30th Anniversary


Cocoa Beach has this nature preserve with lots of cool birds and mangrove trees. We took an evening kayak tour here.


We went windsurfing. I could balance alright, but the steering didn't go so well for me...


Papa!


Jaco & Dad went on a morning fishing trip...


Jaco threw his fish back, and Dad's ended here.


Hanging out indoors.


Airboat ride





We went to the Kennedy Space Center and it was pretty cool. I remember exactly where I was when the Challenger blew up in 1986. Here's a pic of part of the memorial:



This building is where they build stuff to add to the International Space Station.




We had fun the first couple of days at Uncle Terry's house near Tampa.


We rented surfboards for a day and Jaco made much more progress than I did! See!


So yeah, we had a great time. I figured I had better post these before I post snow pictures!

July

Hi all,

I'm "back" (from nowhere in particular) to post some more photos.

July treated us well and the two things that stand out most are:

1. Our friends' visit from St. Louis, and
2. Going to Cirque du Soleil!

Jessica & Aaron came out for their summer vacation and we were able to spend a few days with them in the Estes Park area and in Denver.


In Denver, we stopped by the Cherry Creek Arts Festival and watched the "Australia's Swaypole" act. Very interesting. They kind of act/dance up on these tall "swaypoles."






Jaco bought us tickets for Cirque du Soleil for my birthday. We had both been wanting to go for a while, so we were pretty excited. It was awesome. We highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't yet seen it. The production they did in Denver was called Corteo. The mix of amazing acrobatics and music & costumes was great.

More coming soon!
Alexsis :)