Age 8

Gavin on the Highline 179 in Germany

At age 8 you are 48 1/2 inches tall and weigh 50 lbs. You have a tendency for perfectionism but only with certain things. You are very good at the drums, but are easily frustrated when you don't get the beat just right. Luckily, Gabriel, your drum instructor has endless patience.  You still say you want to be in the Air Force when you grow up despite the fact that you hated the Air Force at the beginning of the year for taking your dad from us. You love playing video games and watching You Tube videos of people playing Minecraft. You have a radiating personality full of energy that attracts people toward you, kids and adults alike. You have a creative imagination and you use your intelligence to negotiate your way out of things and to make up very tall fibs.  You enjoy reading books, especially comic style books, like Big Nate, The Jedi Academy, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. You also like to read books about science and animals. You enjoy drawing and writing your own comics.  You are a very good speller and are good in math and science, but you have a tendency to rush and get sloppy.  You have a never ending curiosity and are always asking questions that I don't know the answer to so we have to look it up!  You are funny and can make me laugh and from time to time you do something so sweet that you redeem yourself from your ornery nature. And thank God for that!