I don't know if you've noticed (lol) but we've had a travel/ plane theme for Zack from before he was born...

In fact, there's a love of aviation in my family that goes back to his great grandfather who worked for Lockheed/ Skunkworks designing aircraft & even invented a flying car!   That plane-mobile now sits in my brother's driveway who has worked as an engineer on a few planes himself & even worked for NASA for a little bit! (pretty proud of my big brother :)

As for me, I was actually working on getting my pilot's license before life got in the way & I made the sudden move to Washington.  I still believe that was the best decision I ever made but there's a big part of me that thinks often about the freedom I felt in the air & how exhilarated I was the first time I solo'd (& landed safely!)... & I dream of finishing what I started.

  Of course, my priorities have changed quite a bit since then!  

I don't know when I will find the time or the $ to pick it back up but that's the great thing about goals - even when they seem impossible, they give you something to run towards!  

It's been fun sharing my love of flying with Zack so far & I hope some of that adventurous spirit rubs off on him...  As he becomes more & more of his own person each day, I keep wondering what kind of things he'll be drawn to... 

Will he love animals? trains? superheros?

I can't wait to find out :)