Almost there

At the beginning of this month Mike still needed 15 more flight hours to be qualified to take the technical evaluation at MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) headquarters at the end of the month.  We were a bit stressed out because anybody from the Northwest knows that spring here is notorious for rain and clouds.  We have been praying and asking people to join us in prayer for good flying weather.  The weather lately shows that prayer actually works!  There have been sun breaks every weekend this April so that Mike has been able to fly!  Mike only needs 1.3 more hours before he hits the grand total of 400 flight hours needed.

This Saturday Colton had a slumber party with his cousin Riley so we only had Macie to hang out with.  Macie loved being the center of attention all day and was in a great mood (I think that deep-down she wishes that she was the first born).  Mike scheduled a training flight in the Cessna 206 to do some Instrument training with one of the flight instructors at Servant Wings and Macie and I decided to hitchhike in the back.  It was a beautiful day outside but Mike couldn't see anything because he was under the hood (or as I like to call it his "Darth Vader" mask).  Wearing the visor forces Mike to only look at the instruments while he is flying and it simulates what he would be able to see in bad weather.  

On Sunday Mike took Colton flying in the Cessna 152.  Remember the slumber party the night before I mentioned?  I don't think that much slumbering went on because this is what happened during the flight:

Poor little guy was so excited to go flying but he missed most of it!

This next couple of weeks Mike is going to study and practice in the flight simulator with an instructor to further prepare for the technical evaluation.  It is crazy to think that we are only two weeks away from a test that Mike has been preparing to take for the last seven years!  No pressure, right?