Sky Diving - YEAH!!

(Sorry, long post but couldn't forget one second of this experience!! )  I DID IT!!! Yesterday I went sky diving and it was really just indescribable. All I can say is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. Last year at the air show is when I noticed that they offered sky diving. It's something I've always wanted to do and it's on my bucket list so I told myself at that time that I would do it next year.....which is now this year...haha. Anyway, so I had been saving little by little all year so I could do it. Nate told me a couple weeks ago "Hey Ter, the air show is coming up....you still wanting to sky dive?" I thought heck yeah! Then last week I thought, I better call and get it set up. I called and he told me to come Saturday around 3. So after I hung up is when my stomach was turning a little bit because I now had my appointment. So yesterday finally came. We woke up, went to Tanner's first soccer game (which was so much fun, I will post about that later :)), came home and got ready for his party with his friends and then drove up to the K-Ville airport which was where the skydiving and air show was held. I had to sign a ton of little paragraphs. My favorite one was something like "I realize that sky diving is an extremely hazardous and dangerous sport in which I could get injured and/or die"________sign here. I took a deep breathe and signed it, paid my dues and waited. They gave me a 10min prep course on what was going to happen in the air, for the jump and what to do when you land. Then we waited some more and then some more. My friend Jen and her two boys showed up to watch which was super awesome of them. I felt bad though because long story short I didn't end up jumping until 7:20. So we all were waiting forever.....PURE TORTURE. It actually got to the point where I really didn't even feel nervous anymore because it was taking so long. The kids were being great just playing together and Nate major helped out with chasing them all around while Jen and I talked about how crazy this really was. They finally strapped on my gear. I told the guy "make it as tight as you can, I don't want to fall out", he just laughed. After they got it on me Tanner said "Mom, that outfit looks really good on you". It was hilarious!! Then the air show went on which was pretty cool but at the same time sucked because we had to wait for them to finish before we could go up in the air so it was just more time to wait. Then I hear "Tera, it's time" My stomach turned and I walked over to the small plane. Much smaller then I pictured. I hopped in, Nate ran over and took a pic and then they shut the door. I was thinking....this is it, I can't believe I'm really doing this. Then the plane took off.... this was it, can't back out now. As we were flying up he was explaining a little more of what was going to happen and what to do. One of the guys looked over at me and said "Now you want to make sure that your goggles are on PERFECT because if they aren't and they fly off in the air, your eyeballs will get sucked back into your head" My eyes got huge and I said "Wait, whaaaaat"? He said "Just Kidding" I told him "So not cool". We all had a good laugh. Then we just waited until we reached 10,000ft. After about 15-20min, we reached 10,000ft and the pilot said ok open that door. My stomach turned some, they opened the door and I screamed "Whoo hoo". They had this little thing to step on outside of the plane that we had to get onto. I stepped out of the plane, onto this small lever thing, looked down (thought oh crap) and he said quickly "ready, set, jump" and down we went. SCHNIZZLE SNAPP....I was free falling from the sky and my heart was at the top of my head. The adrenaline rush was amazing!! It was a 30sec (1 mile) free fall. It was a little hard to breathe falling down that fast but I kept thinking just be calm, deep breaths, I don't want to knock out the dude and then not get the parachute popped up. Then he popped the parachute and there we flew in the air. We did a couple of cool spins and then practiced a little of how we would land. When we landed it didn't go as smooth and we had a sweet crash landing. Luckily neither of us were hurt. It was actually kinda funny. I had some other friends that came to watch, Aimee with her fam and Sarah with her fam. It made it SOO much fun to have some friends there to watch and support my craziness. Thanks gals - you are awesome!! Then the sky diving crew gave me a sweet certificate that I will treasure forever!! We left and I was all smiles all night long! This was the one of the funnest things I've EVER experienced and by far the craziest. And yes, I'm SOOOOOOO happy to still be alive!! Gotta enjoy life to it's fullest right... :) Enjoy the pics and thanks babe for getting so many to keep this memory alive, love you tons!!

Playing while we were waiting

She looks so much like her daddy, so cute!

I think even Andrew was trying to kill time by taking pics of himself....so cute!

Got some of the straps on....

Had to give my boy a huge hug.......just incase.....

and my girl too..... :)

My little Cutie Pie

Part of the air show

Also part of the air show.....

This too - It was beautiful with the sunset.....still waiting for my turn....

Told him to make it tighter :)

No backing out now....YIKES but SUPER STOKED!

Tanner, Porter and Andrew watching me take off....CUTE

Got to see the beautiful sunset as we were coming down

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A sweet crash landing to end the adventure

Can't believe I did it!

I think everyone should try this. It really was amazing!! What an experience!