The Almost Shuttle Launch at the Beach!

On Friday night we headed down to Daytona Beach for a family beach weekend and to watch the shuttle launch on Saturday morning. We went to Perry's which is where mama used to go when she was little. Lennox just visited the resort a few months ago with his grandparents too. Daddy was happy to have some time with us after traveling all week. 

Mama woke up very early on Saturday to this sunrise. We had a 6th floor balcony room which was awesome. 

I dragged Lennox out of bed to get some beach sunrise shots. He was way more interested in the beach water. 

We went back to the room to wake up daddy and turned on the tv. Then we heard the bad news that the launch was scrubbed due to a hydrogen leak. We were so disappointed. My mom was on the beach in Daytona for one of the last launches and said it was amazing. We were bummed. But Lennox was happy to swim and play on the beach. We had some donuts and then spent time in the beach, outdoor pool, indoor pool, beach again, and indoor pool again. All before 11:30.

We went to lunch and then Lennox talked us into another trip to the indoor pool. Then we had some ice cream on the beach. The rain started shortly after this and we all crashed for a long nap in the room.

The next morning we took another trip to the beach. We thought Lennox would lose his voice screaming at every wave that came up. He was content to stand there and wait for the waves to come.

We took one last swim in the indoor pool. We loved that pool, heated and fairly empty and it meant no fight to put on suntan lotion :-) Lennox is quite the little fish. I am sure this is the summer he learns to swim by himself. He is almost there. He starts swimming lessons in one week. We were packed up and ready to leave Daytona by 11. Then we stopped at the Colombia in St. Augustine on the way home for lunch. This was the first time daddy had been to a hotel and only spent time swimming and chilling on the beach. He loved it. And of course Lennox loved it and said on Saturday "this is the best day ever." That made the whole trip worth it, even without the shuttle launch!