We didn't go splat!!!!!!!!!!

We headed out for another fun fillws weekend of camping but decided to spice it up a bit this time.... A few of us went skydiving.

The weather did not look like it was going to cooperate Saturday morning as we woke up to rain, but we actually lucked out and were able to skydive after all!!

The weather cleared and the wind died down just in time for our 1 pm check-in at Skydive San Marcos. David, Eric, Jared, Markus & I were all up for the challenge. Felisha, Lisa & all the kids were there cheering us on from the ground.

David was so nervous and really did not want to do it, but he was a real trooper.

We were all a little nervous as we got on our gear and went through instructions with our tandem masters.

The plane was really the scariest part. The anticipation of the door opening and then jumping out really made my stomach a little queasy. But man was it worth it!!! It was amazing! There is really no way to explain how great it was except to say “you’ve got to experience it!”

As it turned out David absolutely LOVED it and wants to do it again soon!!!!

The "gang" right after our jump from 11,500 foot! We all had a blast! Eric, Markus, Me, David & Jared

After the jump we celebrated back at the campground with some great steaks. It was a fun way to celebrate our bravery (or stupidity depending on who you talk to)!

We even had a little visitor that helped himself to some of the leftovers in the trash that night.

Easter 2009

We spent a few days over Easter weekend at Lake Georgetown. The weather was suppose to be rainy and cold but it actually turned out to be nice. We dyed some eggs, sat by the fire and did a little bit of relaxing!

On Easter Sunday we had lunch with my oldest and dearest friend -Tammy Plante (Trent) and her family. Tammy and I have been friends since 8th grade and have a long vivid history together!! :) We usually get to see each other once or twice a year at her aunt's house in Leander. This was the case on Sunday. We had lunch and an egg hunt. It was great fun but also a little sad as it will be the last get-together. Her aunt, Barbara, is moving to Dallas!

How does your garden grow?

Work has been absolutely insane since I came back from vacation!! I took a new role at Dell and I am working a ton of hours trying to ramp. The new role is global and I have a lot of late night, early morning calls with other regions around the world.

There has not been a lot of time for fun, but Allie and I managed to find some time to plant a garden at our new house. We went to Home Depot and found green, yellow & red bell pepper plants, potatoes sets and lot of seeds. Grand Ma & Grand Pa (Betty & Ed) brought us some tomato plants as well.

Allie and I spent one afternoon (between my pager going off & work e-mails) tilling and planting.

We ended up planting the following: Red, Yellow & Green bell peppers, Peas, Yellow & Summer squash, Okra, Radish, Cucumber, Gold potatoes and Strawberries. If we give it lots of attention and care we hope to have a great harvest to share with our friends later this summer.

Hope her thumb is greener than her mother's!

One last adventure in Colorado

Last Halloween, Jack won some tunnel time at Sky Venture Colorado. He was nice enough to share with the kid (Paul purchased some for the adults!) - So on our way back to Texas we went through Denver for some indoor skydiving.

It was AMAZING!!!!! They say it is just like actual sky diving but without the shoot. I can't wait until I know for sure.

David took some amazing photos - so many that I had a hard time picking some for the blog. :)

Amanda

Allie

Emily

Dave & Sharon

Look at the cheeks!!!!

Dave


Jen having a blast!

Jack


Skye

Paul

In case you can't tell from the photos - We had a BLAST!!!! The girls just LOVED it!

A skiing we will go....

We set out Friday after work (in the pouring rain) for Colorado..... The trip was really quite easy due to the DVD player. What a great invention! I purchased 40+ hours of movies that the girls had not seen and it made the trip go rather quickly.... Plenty for the ride home too. :)

We spent one night in Wichita Falls & one in Pueblo, Co. and then it was on to Breckenridge for a week of fun!

We stayed in a super nice apartment at Grand Timber Lodge - right at the base of peak 9. Paul & Jen have a time share and got the accommodations for all of us. There were 12 of us staying the entire week and another 4 that flew in for just a few days.

Jen & Paul






Jack is pretty good at snow boarding!

Duncan, Helen & Jen after a hard day "boarding"

Skye, Dave, Jen & Allie at 10 Mile Station

Duncan showing off! :)

Allie at the top of her first "Blue Run"






The Hot tub sure felt good after a hard day on the slopes!
















Helen & Sharon relaxing - skiing is hard work!

David tried snow boarding but decided to stick with skiing. It came back to him rather quickly and he is already talking about planning our next ski trip. Just what we need - another hobby!

Duncan, Helen, Pierre, Skye, Paul, Allie & Dave - the last day on the slopes

Loads for fun!!

Exhausted!!!!!!!!

What a great vacation!! Amanda, Emily, Allie & I learned to ski from a great instructor - Thanks Paul!!! Allie must have paid more attention than the rest of us as she turned into quite the little skier. She is just a natural I guess.

We made some great memories with our family & good friends! Times like this are what life is all about!

What a way to make 5 bucks!

Allie has lost quite a few of her baby teeth but they have all been the small front teeth on either the top or the bottom.

Sunday Jared & Felisha were visiting and Allie kept saying she had a loose tooth. Felisha being an expert at pulling teeth pulled Allie's very first molar. It was great - no crying or anything. Well only a little crying and that was before Felisha actually tried to pull it! :)

Felisha learned a little "trick" from the school nurse that will help to pull a tooth that is ready to come out with almost no pain. The trick is using gauze. The tooth sticks to it, you gently squeeze at the gum line and out pops the tooth!


So the tooth fairy came Sunday night and Allie had $5 on Monday morning....

What do you know, Allie came home from school today with a second molar in a cute little tooth box she got from the school nurse!! I guess she is trying to put together some spending money for spring break!