Tuesday, September 23, 2008

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!?!

So I got a text from my dear sister Amanda Jane the other day that said...DID YOU PUT ME ON THE HARRY POTTER WEBSITE? well I honestly didn't...I wish I would have had the idea to do so...but I didn't...so to whoever you are...I love it and hope whoever you are...you are getting a good laugh getting other people in trouble...

http://www.harrypotterholiday.com/petition/show/17608

greatest momma on the planet!

So I know this is a couple of weeks late...but better late than never right?! Happy Birthday MOMMA!!!

My mom also informed me that she is only 21 not cough 49...cough cough...

So here are 21 of the reasons I love my mom!

21- She loves every holiday of the face of this planet
20- She is very patient
19- She is always willing to talk
18- She can do the splits like noone else I know!
17- She is willing to try pretty much everything
16- She is just so gosh darn- AMAZING!
15- She can cook like noone elses business
14- She is a Halloween fanatic and has given that trait to her kids
13- She is such a cute grammy
12- She has awesome surprises (coming to cedar city?!!!)
11- She is always up for a good laugh or prank
10- She taught me to be honest even if it does hurt her feelings in the process of shopping
9- She doesn't act like a grandma- more a best friend!
8- She always knows when something is wrong even if i am a couple hundred miles away
7- She supports every one of her kids in everything they want to try
6- She has good style
5- She taught me about service!
4- She would give up anything for her kids and to see them be happy!
3- She is now addicted to the wii and it makes me laugh
2- She taught me how to bowl!
1- She is the greatest mom on the planet!!!! and noone else can have her because she is mine!!!


*pictures will be up soon!

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

SKYDIVE 2008 over zions national park

So after feeling extremely jipped after my dive in 2007, I was able to make it up this year! The reason I feel like my second dive was a waste was because, my instructor didn't let me do anything- Cody was able to do flips out of the plane and it was only his first dive, and this past weekend when we went up to Salt Lake for Chuckey's wedding we found out that he is on a billboard for SKYDIVEUTAH. (he lived right by the billboard and drove by it every day for about two months thinking, man that guy looks familiar, then one day he realised it was him...oh Chuckey! how we have missed you!) however I am glad I was not on Chuckey's dive because his chute did malfunction- however the reserve was not deployed!
Well my first two dives were with SKYDIVEUTAH, my third dive was with SKYDIVE ZION


This is what it was...yes it scared the daylights out of me

The five of us had to leave Cedar at 5:15 in the morning to get down to Hurricane, UT. I figured it would be like my other dives and we would be out of there by seven or eight at the LATEST. Boy was I wrong, we drove into the airport and we saw this little shack, and I thought...oh great we are going to die- when Rick stepped out to greet us (Rick was our dive partner) He is the only one that actually does the dives, and so its him and the pilot, and then someone to re-pack his parachutes. Three people and that was it...the plane we went in, well it fits 3 people tightly! so we all had to go one at a time, Doug decided he needed to go first because if not he would chicken out- after that we decided to go by experience. So Doug jumped at 7, Sam at 8, Melanie at 9, Cody at 10 and then it was finally my turn to go...So I jumped at around 11-11:30


Cody and Doug on the ride down to the airport






I got to do flips out of the plane, and I did did all of stuff myself, I had to check what altitude I was at while falling and make sure that I checked my rip cord, and then I had to pull my rip cord and then guide us down to landing- well I passed my level and so my next dive can actually be SOLO! (however I was only suppose to check my rip cord 3 times and then pull it...I checked mine 5 times and then pulled it...I guess I needed to make sure it was really there...) I loved this dive even though I really couldn't see out of the plane to acutally look at Zions...and I would much rather go in a bigger plane with more people- but this dive was definantly fun and I did still end up with the bruises to prove I went!

Monday, September 1, 2008