Zip Lining with the Eldest Son
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Squirt will be turning 16 next month, and Lance and I wanted to do something special with him to celebrate his birthday. In a family our size, it’s not always easy to get time alone with us, so we decided on a day trip to Austin. We left this morning under the premise of going antiquing. Squirt’s only comment on his special day was “are we buying something?” I have to say that for a teenager, he is pretty easy going most of the time. We managed to keep him in the dark until we pulled in the parking lot of Cypress Valley Canopy Tours.
He was very excited and couldn’t believe we were zip lining. And that I was going to do it as well. It seems the older I get, the more scared I become of everything.
We had a great time. The guides were friendly and talked just enough to make you feel at ease, but were never annoying. The feeling of flying through the trees was incredible. I highly recommend this activity. Despite a very long week, (Lance with the draft, me being a single mom) we were invigorated the whole day.
Afterwards we had lunch at Home Slice on S. Congress. The day couldn’t have been better. Actually, it could have been better if the pie truck hadn’t moved to a standing location on the complete opposite side of town. Lance got crepes, Squirt got a cupcake and I ended up with nothing.
From Jenn:
Such a cool memory to have with him! And you survived too! 🙂
From Denise:
What a great thing for you and Lance to do with Drake! He will treasure this day forever. This looks like so much fun. What if you don’t like heights or roller coasters would you still like this? Great pictures!
From Nicole:
He loved it. And it wasn’t scary at all. And this is coming from me, the person who can’t fly without Xanax. I would do it again.
And he was so appreciative. We were happy we had this day with him.