My sweet husband is not the easiest person to shop for. Even though he would disagree, he's a tough one. We alternate years for Christmas - one year he shops for me, the next, I for him. Last year was his year so I got the idea to get him a skydive jump - something he's said he would like to do someday. It was a hit - he loved it. So this past weekend he redeemed his voucher and we had a blast of a weekend! We dropped off the boys to my mom and Chuck (thank you!!!) and drove to Middletown, Ohio to Start Skydiving. It was a gorgeous day, but as we got there and finished filling out all the paperwork the clouds rolled in. When you jump tandem (with someone else) you aren't allowed to jump through clouds. So we were on a weather hold. We waited. And waited. And waited. For 4 hours.. I wasn't sure if he was going to be able to jump. During the whole wait his name wasn't even on the screen of flight lineups. We weren't sure if it was going to happen. At least we got to wait together- we thought we might be separated once the process started, but the place was really cool and everyone was great and we were together literally until he walked to the plane.
Luke waiting........
Alas, the clouds cleared. So exciting! Here he is getting all his gear on.
Boarding the plane!
Here's the hangar where we spent the day.
So he went up (and up and up) in the plane. I tried to follow the plane so I could see when he jumped, but they went up 11,000 feet, so I lost them. There was also a helicopter that had been taking more experienced jumpers up all day so when we saw parachutes coming down, we weren't sure which group it was. In the group before Luke's a woman landed (an experienced jumper!!) and didn't get up. People ran over to her and she ended up being put in a back brace and taken away in an ambulance. That did absolutely nothing to calm my nerves about Luke having a safe landing. (I'm not sure why this picture won't rotate)
But, he landed safely and had a HUGE smile on his face. He doesn't get excited about much, but he loved it.
He free fell for 50 seconds!!!! And how fulfilling to get this man a present that he loved. :)
Here's the video I took of his landing.
BUT....we had this girl Mel (who came recommended) do a video of his jump as well. She did and AWESOME job. I'll try to post the link here.
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So we decided to make a weekend of it. We treated ourselves to a night at the Hilton in Cincinnati. Great view!
The next day we went to King's Island. Luke and I have never been to an amusement park together, so we were excited to go. We only had 5 hours, so we paid a small fortune for the Fast Pass or whatever it's called. It allows you to walk right up and hop on the rides. We agreed we were absolutely spoiled rotten and will probably never be able to go back and wait in those long lines. We rode rides over and over. The longest line we waited in was to get a slice of pizza for lunch. It was great! We had so much fun. I didn't take my phone in, so I don't have any pics. But it was an awesome day. I wasn't sure if I would still like the rides. Things change quite a bit after 2 babies. But, I loved them just as much. We can't wait to go back and do it again. It was such a fun weekend!! And the boys had a great time too - swimming, tubing, fishing, playing in the dirt.....Thanks Nana and Grandpa Chut!!!! :) I think the best part about the weekend was just having such fun with Luke. Life with two small kids and Luke working out of town - it can get pretty hectic, and just fly by so quickly. But the two of us....laughing, really enjoying each other, having such a good time together. Knowing he's my partner in life and loving him so much, I'm so grateful. Life is Good. God is Good.
Last night I opened the door to the garage and it smashed into my big toenail. It hurt so bad; I looked down and my toenail was sticking up! I pushed it back down - I'll skip over the rest of the details but it's been quite painful and just a nasty injury. I hope I don't lose my toenail - hard to tell at this point. But right now I'm just looking forward to it feeling better and for the throbbing to stop. And I'm so nervous Rosco or one of the boys is going to step on it or drop something on it. :( I had two furbabies who were very happy that I was taking some time on the couch with my toe propped up.
