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B
Family Forward Day 3 – In Pics
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Category Archives: Summer 2013
Family Forward Day 2
First off let me start with this: I feel so incredibly grateful that I was able to take a week off of work and come down to Florida to work with my sister and her amazing team. I was one of the conferences photographers and so I got to witness all the magic and capture stuff like this. ALL DAY:
She was freaking out because she realized she was in a dance party with a bunch of these guys:
I freaked out too (for full effect, turn on your sound – but not too loud):
Maddie kept her cool: 
Then neither of us (Maddie or me) kept our cool when we road this 4 times in a row (thanks, express pass!) 
As if we hadn’t had enough excitement, we were treated to Blue Man Group. 
Maddie got pulled up on stage. One of the blue men was in love:
Topped off the evening with a delish din at Bubba Gump’s:
I LOVE YOU,
Yes you, Universal Orlando.
Brooke
Family Forward Day 1
Today kicked off my sister Jyl’s first Family Forward conference. SO AWESOME:
After keynotes and intro’s all the attendees got to go to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter AFTER HOURS. We got all of the butterbeer and desserts our tums could handle – and then puked it all up after riding the Dueling Dragons roller coasters over and over (I rode both the blue and red 3 times – IN A ROW) . I cannot even believe how lucky I am that I got to experience this – no lines, no people. I was in Honeydukes shopping for gifts and I was the only person in the store. THE ONLY PERSON. My sister is amazing for pulling this off. 
Wingardium leviosa,
B
Kennedy Space Center
Okay, so after doing a morning brainstorm with the Family Forward team, my Mom and I headed out to Cape Canaveral with my nephews to explore the Kennedy Space Center.
Welllllcooooomeee:
It was a titch too hot to really check out all the things they had outside, but to get the general gist…:
Silly boys:
That is one speechless piggy:
Moo grew up during the space race and watched many of the launches on live TV:Â 
We had fun:
The coolest part of the whole museum was when they put everyone in a big room and showed this cool movie about the quest to build the Atlantis space shuttle. They talked about how hard it was to build and design and how it took them many years to get it right. Then they showed the Atlantis launching and in space. Then they showed it landing back on Earth. Then they made the screen transparent so you could see the actual, IRL, Atlantis space shuttle:
Selfie, gone awry:
Thinking back, it’s definitely one of the coolest places I have been.
If you are thinking of going, GO. It’s a bit pricey – but totally worth it. They even have a rocket simulator ride that makes you feel like you are really going into space. I may/may not have had a mini panic attack, which I think was the whole point.
I LOVE YOU,
B
Family Forward, The Beginning:
It started out with me getting lei’d:
Then I experienced a brief moment of unconsciousness when I looked out my hotel window:
Then I took a selfie with Bart Simpson:
Needless to say, I am pretttty excited about this trip.
LOVES,
B