We made it home just in time to celebrate my Dad's birthday with a trip to the Puyallup fair.

Here is my beautiful wife taking in the sun as we paddled around the island a little before sunset.

This is me trying not to drop my fishing pole, not tip in the canoe and hang on to my giant northern pike all at the same time. Yeah for supper.

Leslie and I took off the next day for Hoover Island. It was a much needed vacation from all of the crazy flying and studying leading up to my test. We enjoyed a full week of canoeing, sailing, swimming, reading, fishing, hammocking (sp?), eating and relaxing. It was fantastic.

My Dad was very proud of me and I think he was happy to be back on the ground too. I know I was :) The next thing on the to do list was a vacation.

Mom looks even happier to be back on the ground :)

Here is one of my first passengers. My Dad was playing Co-pilot. It was a pleasure to take my parents up a few days after I recieved my license. We had a blast flying around north of Spokane and enjoying the countryside. Unfortunately it was pretty smokey due to all the forest fires lately.

The real "BIG" news is that I complete my Private Pilot Certificate. So now I am a real Pilot. It was a big relief to pass the test and very encouraging to be past that milestone. I won't bore you with the details but the test consisted of a 2 hour written test, a 4 hour oral examination and a 2 hour flight test. Fortunately not all the same day.

September started with Awana. It is going to be an exciting and challenging year. I am co-director of the boys T&T program this year and it has been a blast so far. We have about 40 kids so far and it has been growing every week. I am going to learn a lot.

Let the blogging begin!
Also Let me start off with the fact that I feel like a real turkey that I have not updated this site in so long. I especially apologize to all my daily blog checkers that have been disapointed for that last month. What a crazy month it has been. It started a while ago with this wild turkey wondering through the streets of spokane. Pretty bold as November approaches.