Honduran Cessna 206 for Missionary Air Group

The paint is mostly done now. The wings are actually on, but I can't find the picture I took. More later.

Scott receives his MMS Certificate of completion!!

Yes, today Scott received his MMS certificate of completion and we are very excited about it. Today is our 19th wedding anniversary and now we have two things to celebrate when we go out tonight for dinner. :-)

As you may or may not know...the burb is back in "not working" order. Scott spent the entire holiday weekend trying to get it up and running but the breaks and the parts did not cooperate with him. He and Matthew spent one entire day there both coming home black and dirty, the next day he and Shaughn spent the day/evening there until 4:30 a.m. With it being a holiday weekend, the parts will not be in until tomorrow...7/8. So, it sits and waits. What is wrong you ask? It is the breaks. Last weekend Paul had the boys out and taking them to DQ and the breaks went out. So Scott and I met him and Scott drove the burb back home...carefully and then up to the hangar...again, carefully. Not too much fun without any breaks.

The boys and I have been trying to purge through stuff. I have made it through and got rid of about 15 totes full and 3 garbage bags out of the closet. Sounds like a lot???? It is not even the tip of the ice burg. UUGGGHHH. Since Scott has completed his service with MMS, he is free to be at home and help with the "getting ready" part and only has to go into the hangar when he wants. This will help a lot. After purging this past week and bending over into the totes, I couldn't move much for a few days. My back was KILLING me. Shaughn did the lifting of the totes but sitting there and bending over was not good. I was on high doses of ibuprofen and ice packs with tiger balm....yeah.

Matthew has started packing some stuff upstairs for me and getting it ready for the move. I have started offering different items to people for sale to start getting rid of the bigger things. Slowly but surely it will all happen.

Scott made is solo cross country this past weekend and has another one to do that is longer. A couple of night time flights and 3 hours of ground school stuff then his test. He figures about 8-10 more flight time hours total to be complete. Give or take. We are excited about this too. He has been trying to fly at least 2 times each week with one being on a Saturday with longer time.

The boys are doing good. Shaughn has put in some different job applications around town but nothing yet. Matthew did not get the ice cream job as it was a government funded job and they said we made too much money last year from our income tax return...we have to claim our rent we get from our MI house and that counts as income, even tho it goes right back out to pay the mortgage. So, he was bummed. They are all going through their stuff too and purging...I am very proud of them. They are a lot of help.

My sister had her baby last Tuesday..June 30th. Another boy, Luke Wyatt Parnell. He was 9 lbs 12 oz and 22 inches long. Yes, she had him C-section. :-) It was already scheduled due to her last pregnancy also needing one. He is healthy and beautiful. I can not wait to meet him.