Zac turned 14 years old last week - doesn’t seem like “I” should have a kid that old, but whatever.
We asked him what he wanted to do this year for his birthday and he told us he wanted to play golf with his friend Zach and then wanted to do a sleep over and include one of his best friends, Kevin.
Pretty mellow … right?
Well Ron and I couldn’t just leave it as THAT *wink*. We had a very busy day. We got up and did our chores, I went to pick up the other Zach and they went to warm up at the driving range. Then we picked up Kevin and headed south to the golf course where the 9 hole tournament was. After that we had to run to Pasadena for the last half of basketball practice and THEN … a surprise. They thought we were just going out to dinner.
We took the boys up to City Walk. We secretly made reservations to do IFly. It’s basically indoor skydiving. As we were walking through the crowds I pointed up and said, “Zac … look up”. He looked up to see people skydiving on the big screen and then saw that we were in front of a big plexiglass tube where people were skydiving inside with the help of HUGE ASS fans. I said … “that’s the surprise … we’re ALL doing it.”
Needless to say … the boys went NUTS. They totally DUG the idea and you could totally FEEL their energy. Here are some of the images from our time in the air …
Zac's first flight - he was grinning the whole time!
Zac's second flight - the instructor took him ALL the way to the top and spun him around a ton.
Kevin's flight - he had crazy spins going.
The other Zach's first flight
Ron's first flight - he did great from the get-go
This is ME! Yes I got in there too. This was my second flight and I had the instructor take me ALL the way up - not to be outdone by my 14 yr old.
After we got our feet back on the ground, we went up to the food court and had a quick bite. It was already after 9:30 pm so we headed home to hang out. The other Zach’s parents came to get him and we were left with just Kevin and Zac. We let them wind down playing video games until a little after midnight. This morning they were STILL talking about the indoor skydiving. Zac said it’s easily one of the best birthdays he’s had.
At first I was a bit nervous about going in there. They tell you to remove everything … including your wedding rings and I thought … What the F? Once I stepped into the tube, I understood why. No need for a face lift after a couple minutes in there … or maybe I have that backwards … after being in there and having your face pulled THAT far back you DO need one.
It was pretty incredible and I’m SO glad that we decided to do it. With the family pack we got a DVD and it was cool to look back and see each one of us grinning from ear to ear the whole time. I wish the quality was a little better (obviously - look at those pictures) … but I guess it does at least remind us of what it was like a little. It was an awesome surprise.
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ever since Charlie and the chocolate factory I have wanted to do that! How fun.
Cathy … it was SO cool. There was a group of young girls (probably ages 7 - 10) in the group ahead of us and OMG you should have seen the smiles on their faces. They had the best time too. There was also a grandpa with two grandchildren in our group and he said it was a HUGE thrill and he’d definitely be back - he was 72 years old.
What a thrill! Cool way to celebrate a birthday and you are not old enough to have a 14 year old kid when you’re brave enough to do that!
That is SO cool. I wonder if they have one here in Houston - Gary would FLIP over that!!!
wow, i think i feel a date night in the offing. even though being married to me is enough of a thrill to knock his socks off, i think hubunit might be excited by this surprise. in a good way.
way to go miss kristy!! you are the best mom evah and my inspiration. i only hope i can be half as good a mom as you are to that kid you call the boy!!
and happy birthday zach - welcome to the teenaged turmoil of your life
oh Jenn … I was shaking in my boots and thought … WTH … Zac’ll think it’s WAY cool if I go too. I think when you get older, you just talk yourself into it because you realize you may not be here tomorrow anyhow - haha
Jody - You should search and see if they do. OR … come here for a weekend get-away and we’ll go with you.
I bet hubunit would dig it. Ron said it made him want to do real skydiving. I think the indoor tube dive is enough for me.
Thank you for the kind Mom words. You ROCK and I’m sure Monkey will think you are WAY cool for YEARS to come.
Oh my gosh, I’ve always wanted to do this- it looks SO cool!
This is what I want to do with my daughter in September with her friends when she turns 14. I’m so glad I found this. She’ll love it too!
Oh that’s totally awesome, I wish my parents would have been that cool. lol I wish we had something like that here. Even if we did, I probably wouldn’t do it because…well, I’m 100% weenie!
I’ll go with you Lindsay … and when you try to chicken out … I’ll talk you into it :-D. You’ll thank me later.
That is so cool - I would love to try this!!!