FREE FALLING!!! AKA.....SKYDIVING

Call us cRaZy if you want, but for my 21st birthday I wanted to go skydiving so that's just what we did! :)
About two weeks before my birthday Tianne and I decided to book our sky diving adventure and decided that we both wanted to go so why not book it and go! We set the date for Friday November 7 at 12:00 and thought we would have plenty of time to get up and take our time getting to Vegas.
Well Thursday came and I didn't have to work so I spent the morning running errands and getting a few things done. When Ti got off work we went to the temple and while we were there we got a call from the Skydive place informing us that it would be windy Friday afternoon and that we needed to move our jump to eight in the morning so needless to say we had a decision to make...
I was talking to my brother while driving home from the temple and when Ti and I made it home we decided we had a decision to make and quick...did we want to drive down that night or did we want to have to leave the house at five in the morning.....hum...
It was within a matter of minutes that we were throwing a suitcase together and calling a hotel in Boulder City to book a room for the night :) We were out the door in no time at all!
Well we made it to our hotel and decided we didn't have the best of beds but it was only for one night right?? It ended up being a really long night for me...I tossed and turned on the box of springs I got to sleep on but it was definitely worth it to me!

We arrived at the airport at about 7:45 and watched most of the workers arrive. Ti had a stomach full of knots, I wasn't sure she was going to make it and was a little worried she would back out on me but she didn't!! We decided to check in... As soon as we walked in the door and told them our names, we had to get on a scale to make sure we met the weight measurements... then they shut us in a room with a clip board and a pen basically telling us to sign our lives away saying we or rather our families couldn't sue if we were to get killed or injured. :)

When we were done signing our lives away they took us out into the "dressing zone" where we had to empty our pockets and take off all our jewelry and anything else we didn't want to lose before suiting up. Ti was the first one to get dressed in the 'dazzling' apparel we were fortunate enough to wear while jumping. I just stood by the door and patiently awaited my turn, but as time got closer I realized that Ti was going to go on the first flight and I wasn't so we decided to ask what was going on... And as it turns out neither of us were on the first flight so we headed out to the car to find our camera's and take some pictures while we waited.
After waiting for a few more minutes, I was able to get a suit on and we headed out to watch the first group of jumpers jump! My guides name was Russell and he had to help the first group land so we watched them land and then headed back to the prep room where he put on his suit and we headed out to the plane!

I was the third person to jump or rather fall from the plane and as the girl in front of me was "tightening up" I watched her face get pasty white and her eyes were clenched shut as she fell from the plane... then with in a matter of a few minutes the next girl went and before I knew it I too was falling from the sky!!! It was defiantly a ThRiLl!!! I enjoyed free falling and it felt as though I was really just watching the movie, not like I was actually doing it, but within a matter of a few minutes the parachute was pulled...and we gracefully glided the last few thousand feet before making our landing. I just kept hoping my ear would pop before my eardrum ruptured...
As Russell guided the parachute into a few circles and we spun around and around I was able to just enjoy the views below me...hoover dam, Colorado river, and some random golf course :)
Before I knew it, Russell was telling me to put my feet out in front of me and bend my knees, we were getting ready to land. :( I just didn't feel like it was long enough! As we approached the ground I had my feet out in front of me and then Russell said to stand up so I did...we were on the ground!! I made it alive LOL!! Tianne was to my left and I said goodbye to Russell and walked with Ti to the hanger where we were able to take off our fancy jump suits and head to the bathroom to blow our noses. Then we got our free t-shirts and headed to the car!! It was definitely a wonderful way to spend my birthday!
We finished out the day with a little shopping at the outlet mall and then got a shake from In-And-Out before heading home! We made it home, had some really yummy German chocolate cake and sat in the hot tub before heading to bed! THANK YOU TI FOR MAKING MY BIRTHDAY SO FUN!! Now I am just anxiously awaiting my pictures and video from the skydiving place so I can post my video and some pics of me "Free fallin' baby!!"