LARRY GOES SKYDIVING!

This past Saturday, Larry went for his first skydive! He's wanted to do this since he was a little boy, so to check it off his "list" we were off to Skydive Dallas in Whitewright....WAY out in the country. It was so calm watching the jumpers coming down from the beautiful blue sky. You can go to their website here: http://skydivedallas.com/ It was the most incredible, awesome, serene, nerve-wracking, fun time! WOW...did that take care of all the emotions that his Mom went through? I'm ready to do it now!

This is Larry with his Papaw Sprinkle. Papaw was the inspiration that Larry always had about jumping. Papaw was a paratrooper in the Korean War and has a really cool tattoo with a parachuting skull. Papaw even gave up watching the Texas OU game on Saturday to watch his oldest grandson jump....he did listen to it though. (How 'bout them HORNS?)
Larry and Papaw talking things over before the jump.

There were lots of us there to watch him jump....

Me and my "baby" before he jumped.

Larry, his Dad (Steve), and his sweet girlfriend Jill. In this picture, we are in the training class with him. I thought that was pretty cool that they let us go in for that also. (It was also pretty funny too!) Speaking of pretty funny....Steve decided to do his Three Stooges football impression.

Larry with Dad and Mamaw Sprinkle

Larry with Steve's sister, Karen and her daughter Kristie

And Larry with his friend Susan. She came all the way from Blossom to watch!

Yep....he's gonna jump from all the way UP there.

Have they jumped yet????

Larry and his tandem instructor DJ right as they were about to jump out the door!

You can tell by Larry's facial expression in this picture that he is having the time of his life.

Right before they landed.

Right after they did a stand-up landing....absolutely perfect! Larry and DJ landed right on the mark and flat-footed! No "sliding" in for these 2! It looked as though they stepped out of the air.

DJ gave Larry his report on the jump! WoooHOOOO!