Happy St. Pat's! Happy 4th Bday to Samuel!

Oh what a wonderful birthday our little Sammy had today. Samuel turned four today. He got to celebrate on Monday with his grandparents Mateer and then today with our family. We also got to go to the Kennedy Space Center today! That was cool.
(Our co-op went on a field trip to the Kennedy Space Center. WOW! It was a great field trip. Definitely one of the coolest field trips yet! We had such a good time and we learned so much. It was esp. cool because just last week my father-in-law helped me teach a class all about the Space Race and the trip to the moon. Then today we got to go and see the Space Center and all the things we learned last week were seen before our eyes.)

Here's a few pics from today and from Sammy's bday celebration:

Sammy with his Rocket Cake (made with Oreos)

 Look who is 4!

Sammy with Pop-Pop and Mom-Mom!

Sammy with one of his favorite gifts - a Hess truck and Plane from G'pa and G'ma Coggins.

Then here are some pictures from the Space Center today:

 The children and I at the start of our day

 All of us with a real astronaut - in the Astronaut Encounter. Very cool. :)

 The kids with another astronaut (Sammy called this one the "moving astronaut", as opposed to a statue.)

The launchpad with space ship on pad. We got to see this from the bus tour - also very cool.

We are so grateful to the Lord for blessing us with our little Sammy 4 years ago. He makes us laugh and tells such funny stories.

Also, being at the Space Center today reminded us again that "The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of His hands." Psalm 19:1. Amen to that!