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My husband and I have eight grand-
children and I’m a skydiver. I started
skydiving in 2001 and all the grandkids
thought that was the most exciting thing
they ever heard of and all wanted to try
it out too. So with their parents’ permis-
sion on their 16th birthdays they could
go on a tandem jump with Grandma; I
would fly up in free fall and give them a
high five and it would all be captured on
video and still photographs they could
post on their Facebook page and be the
envy of all their friends.
The minimumage has since been changed
to 18 years old, but Amber, shown in this
picture, just squeaked by on her sweet
16th. She was number six out of eight
and the other two are anxiously awaiting
their eighteenth birthdays so they can
make their first skydive with Grandma!
Skydiving with Grandma
Submitted by Cheri Carter, N57
Tuckered Out
Submitted by Porter Cochran, N4
I walked into the den one morn-
ing to see granddaughter, Emily,
slumped in the lounge chair. She
had been visiting us for the week
and, with the help of my friends,
we found many activities to keep
her busy. Emily looked up from
the lounge chair and said, “You
old people just wear me out!”
“It’s not working, grandma!”
Submitted by Lyn Anderson, N47
Our funniest remembrance occurred
during the holidays of 2009. Our four-
year-old grandson was visiting us.
Grandpa is a trickster and thinks he is
funny. We had a fireplace DVD running
on the TV. Grandpa asked Sawyer if he
wanted to roast a marshmallow. With
a “yes,” Grandpa straightened a hanger
and put a marshmallow on it. After a few
minutes, Sawyer turns to me and plain-
tively says, “it’s not working, Grandma!”
Sawyer enjoys “roasting” a marshmallow.
Cheri Carter, left, treats granddaughter Amber to a skydiving jump.
