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About 2 1/2 years ago, Rick and Grandma Hammon decided that when Rick returned home from his mission, and if she was in good health they would go skydiving together. Well, Rick got home in June and the talk began. Grandma had worked really hard to get into shape, and the doctors gave her the go-ahead to jump. We were all so excited!

Grandma thought it would be neat to open it up to the whole family, so she did. She invited, her children and all of the grand kids and in-laws to join the Jump. I had been looking forward to it for a while and had been planning on jumping. Jeff on the other hand is scared to death of heights and the thought had not even cross his mind.

Well, the day finally arrived. On the drive up the number jumping was 6: Grandma Hammon, Rick, Jason, Janelle, Levi & Uncle Marc (I had recently found out that I was pregnant so I unfortunately could not jump. I was pretty bummed but if I had had a miscarriage I would have NEVER forgiven myself.) While they waited in line to pay we were all bugging Jeff to join the crew. We all knew he would love it if he could just get over the fear. Rick especially put the pressure on and at the last minute he decided to jump too. It was so last minute in fact that grandma had already paid. She of course was thrilled he was joining and got him all ready to go.
Unfortunately, there was a LONG wait. We waited just about 4 hours and the time finally came. I was so sad that I could not join the fun. Who knew the sacrifices would start so soon? It was still fun to watch everyone else jump, I'm sure not even close to the excitement as actually doing it. Hopefully I'll get to experience it one day too. For now I'll just have to live through the pictures and the videos.

Everyone loved, even Jeff. He even said he would go again with me someday. Grandma made the local paper as she is turning 70 years old this year and that is quite an accomplishment.

Here are a few pictures of the festivities, it was a wonderful & adventureous family day!

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Ryan & Rachael said…
Rachael says she would love to do that. I said "That's crazy." You guys rock.
October 6, 2008 at 10:13 PM
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