April:
April was SUPER busy for me a I finished up school. I basically didn't have a life outside of school because I was finishing up projects, papers, and finals for my last semester of my undergrad. On April 8th I had an open house for my graduate school program, and I am so excited to start and feel so blessed that I got in. Despite all the craziness with school, we still found time for some fun things towards the end of the month. With my sister's, mom's, and Tony's birthdays all being within about 2 weeks of each other's, they decided to celebrate by going SKYDIVING!!! I was jealous I didn't get to go with them for obvious reasons, but I did get to go through all the training and everything with them and watch from the ground, so now I know what to expect when I do get to go. They started off by watching a video all about what to expect and all the risks involved. That made us all pretty nervous, especially when they talked about the actual jumping out of the plane. Then they got all suited up.
Practicing "Belly Button, Breathe, Banana"
Telling his baby goodbye, we were both pretty nervous for him :)
On the plane - they all said that Tony was the most nervous :)
Right out of the plane
They fell from 2 miles above the ground for a little over a minute, meaning they fell at over 120 mph!!!
Haha, Tony's face kills me, but they have to breathe through their teeth like that, otherwise it's like "trying to drink out of a firehose." Tony and my sister both said the worst part was not being able to breathe that well and that's how people pass out during it haha. Luckily none of them passed out, but as you can tell by the next couple of pictures after Tony lands, he was pretty close :)
Happy to have them all back on the ground
Tony still pale from the not being able to breathe and all the spinning, which is the only part he didn't like. But other than that, they all had a blast and I think I have the coolest mom ever for doing it with them - it was actually her idea in the first place! I can't wait to do it myself!!!
Also in April, I discovered Tanner Park - the best place to walk your dog in Salt Lake! Unlike a regular "dog park" where the dogs are all confined to a small area, this is literally a whole trail with lots of different paths along a river and ends up at the perfect swimming hole for the dogs to swim and drink. The dogs can be off the leash for most of the trail and because they are not all confined to a small area they can all run and play together without fighting or getting territorial. We love it and usually go on a walk there every Sunday evening.
