Field Tripping!

A few weeks ago I went with Reece's class to Chattanooga, TN! We had to be at the school at 5am. Now, I'm a morning person and that's normally what time I get up for the day but that was WAY too early for a field trip! Since I get car sick so easily I always opt out of riding any type of bus, even a charter bus, so I dropped Reece off and headed to our first destination! It was about a 3 hour drive. I don't particularly like driving that far by myself but I just drank a ton of coffee and listened to a few podcasts. The time went by quickly!

Our first stop was the Incline Railway. I should mention that it was super cold and rainy! We had a fun ride to the top of Lookout Mountain and the kids enjoyed a snack up there! We then rode back down and headed to the Tennessee Aquarium!

There were approximately 79,000 people there that day. IT.WAS.INSANE. I had three little girls in my group, including Reece, and was SO STRESSED out that I may lose one of them! Even one of the little girls was stressed with it being so crowded. We quickly made our way through because it was so crowded we couldn't really see. We also ate lunch there.

After that, I signed Reece out and we headed back to Tuscaloosa where we belong!

Happy Birthday Brooks!

On Sunday Brooks turned FIVE! It's hard to believe that our little baby boy is already 5 and starting Kindergarten in the Fall!

We celebrated him all day, complete with a party at Upsurge! He had the best day!

 SO. The funny story of the day was that I accidentally bought "trick" candles. You know, the ones that keep relighting themselves. #momfail #oops

 His cake was complete with black olives on the "pizza" because black olive pizza is that baby's JAM! #minetoo

 After the party he wanted to go to a local Japanese restaurant. At first he wanted his favorite Mexican restaurant and then changed his mind because the Japanese restaurant gives you REAL chopsticks on your birthday! :) Off to eat Japanese we went. When we got there and were being seated he started yanking on my shirt saying, "MOMMY LOOK!!" Around the corner was his favorite waitress from the Mexican place!(they are each other's favorite, if I'm being honest, she even knows him by name) She had changed jobs. (Yes, we eat there too much, lol) It MADE his day that he got to see her! And, it made hers too!

After dinner we went home to play with all of his new toys! :)

My First Skydive!

There's a little something you probably don't know about me. I'm a thrill seeker. An adrenaline junkie. And I like to do things that others don't do! Haha! If there's a roller coaster around put me on it. Any kind of theme park...I'm in! And I'm ALL IN. I love it!

I've wanted to skydive for many, many years. Since I can remember. I always said I would wait until our children are grown just in case. But, you know what, over the last year or so I changed my mind.

My birthday was April 1st and I found a place that you can skydive at the beach(Skydive the Gulf) so I booked it for the day before! It was booked for 10am and we got there at about 9:30. My Dad was jumping with me and Josh and the kids came to watch! The tandem jumpers were sitting outside waiting for us to arrive! I quickly signed a waiver(lol) and watched a training video. After that I was harnessed up and walking to the plane! It was about a 13 minute ride up to the altitude we were jumping. I just sat there and enjoyed the view! I really enjoyed seeing how pretty the water was. I was never nervous or scared at all. The staff was incredible and I felt completely safe! When the pilot was ready for us to jump he reached across me and unlocked the door! The guy I was jumping with, Luke, reached up and opened the door! The wind hit me in the face and I thought, "Holy crap!"hahahaha! The next thing I had to do was put my feet outside the plane on this little step. That was the hardest part of the entire experience just because HELLO! haha! Once I did that Luke did the rest. The next thing I knew we were plummeting 120+mph towards the earth! We fell about 30 seconds until it was time to open the parachute! After that we just glided around in the air. He taught me how to manuver the parachute to go different directions and showed me if you pull it really fast you can fly around fast! Fun, fun, fun! Once we made our way down to the ground we landed safely on our feet! There was a girl there to meet us, she was videoing. She asked me how I felt and I responded, "like I need to do it 5 more times!"

Soooooo, I think I have found a new hobby! I'm jumping again at the end of the month with my brother in law and Dad again. We are jumping in Cullman. Then I'll be jumping again not too long after that with Skydive the Gulf again...because you can jump at sunset and land ON THE BEACH. Hello. Please and thank you.

Here's a few of the pics...