Why would you JUMP out of a perfectly Good Airplane?

First let me confirm what you are all thinking, yes, I know I'm CRAZY!!!!!! This is something I've always wanted to do but have always been to scared to do it. I figured now that I'm 40, what better time to go skydiving. I'm NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER...that's for sure! This was my birthday present to myself! I made my appointment for the 7th of July 2010 in Homestead (south of Miami, FL.) My family, my sister Kelly & my friend David & his kids all came because they wanted to see me splat on the ground. This is a picture of me with my all my boys before I took the big jump. I really wasn't too nervous now, which really surprised me, because I had not been able to sleep the night before I from such major anxiety. Believe it or not, at this point, I was rather calm.


This was our little airplane that we jumped out of. Can I tell you at this point I was a little nervous especially since I DON'T like propeller airplanes at ALL! They really scare me to death! Inside the plane there were 2 other couples that were jumping tandem as well as 2 single jumpers. Also in the plane were camera men with a two cameras attached to their helmets for both video and stills. It wasn't until we got to 11,000 ft that I looked out the window & was thinking........I MUST BE ON DRUGS!!!! It was a LONG way down. When we reached the heights of 13,500 ft it was time to take that "leap of faith".


Here we go............I was really scared just for a brief second at the edge of the plane looking down but once Randy my instructor jumped it was incredible! I really can't explain the feeling, exhilarating I one word. I truly LOVED the free fall, which lasts about 1 min. We did spins and more spins....it was AWESOME! I can really see why people get hooked on this sport.

Here is Randy & I. I'm so glad that I had the nerve to do it & I can't wait to go AGAIN! Who is with me next time?
This is a picture that Karl took with his telephoto lens, way cool. The one thing that really made me nervous was the landing because of my knee. I was scared that the landing would be hard & mess my knee up again. To my relief, the landing was AMAZING all I had to do was just stand up & that was it. Yeah! When we landed safe on the ground and I was kind of in shock that I had actually done it. The adrenalin rush lasted all day.

The BIG 40!!!!

Need I say more.....I love this cake! Only Karl would do this. Anyways, my Birthday was June 11th & we couldn't celebrate it that night because Karl was gone on the Pioneer Trek. He was in charge of taking pictures for the 4 days they were there. Anyways, so we celebrated my birthday on the 18th & Karl invited all of my friends & we had dinner at Ole Ole. Having everyone there made that fact that I'm 40 & OLD a lot easier to deal with.

Ok!! 2nd try at this blog....

Ok, I know it's been about 2 years since the last time I updated my blog! There is no excuse for not doing it, not to mention all I hear when I comes to my Blog is "Heather, when are you going to update your blog?' or " I'm so tired of seeing your kitchen update, please change it" These are all valued reasons why I need to get going. So, I'm going to try this blog this again, I'm not going to promise that I will be very good at it but if I seem to slack off PLEASE, PLEASE HARASSE me.
Ok, so here we go.............