Jake's Journeys: Iceland

I don't know why it took me so long to do this! Oh wait, we had a baby. Blogging isn't priority.

Jake always comes home with many stories and great pictures from his time flying, I'm going to try and do a better job at documenting them! Here's a little peek into his twenty-four hours in Iceland.

He and his crew took off around four in the afternoon from Travis and flew directly to Keflavik, Iceland (...surprisingly only an eight hour flight). For the next 2 1/2 days, they didn't see the sun set. They landed around 11am took naps and then hit Reykjavik to see what Iceland was all about. First impressions...super expensive and weird food. An apple = $6, Bag of Grapes = $9, Whale Steak = not worth it. All in all, Reykjavik didn't live up to his expectations, but the following day they flew into a different airfield on the opposite side of the island that was surrounded by lush green fields and snow capped mountains that opened up to a massive fjord.  So beautiful!

Other Iceland Mentionables:

• Weird penis museum
• Leifr Eiricsson statue given by the U.S. 
• People were wearing "Kill Whales" (they would not do well here in Cali)
• Bachelor parties there are all about humiliating the groom (flying them in acrobatic planes, dressing them as hula dancers, etc) 

Thunder Over Solano

We went to an air show yesterday.

We planned on going Saturday, but Jake got sent on a last minute trip. 

Everything was going so perfectly well, the weather was breezy but beautiful and we

got fantastic parking spots. It wasn't too busy and we had our friends with us who had 

never seen an air show before!

There was an hour to go before the Thunderbirds were up. 

We had just returned to our seats after touring some planes. 

Jake was taking pictures of a stunt plane doing tricks over head. 

He had just sat down next to me when we heard the crowd gasp. 

As we stood up, we saw the stunt plane sliding across the runway, upside down. 

It all seemed surreal. I waited for the medics and firetrucks I was sure would be close by. 

Minutes passed and the plane caught fire. Still I held on to the hope that the pilot would survive. 

This was an air show. Surely they were prepared for this. He couldn't die. 

The rest of the show was cancelled and we were sent home still pretty shocked. 

The pilot Eddie died at the age of seventy-seven. He had preformed at more than nine-hundred air shows. 

Although his passing was terrible, I'm glad he lived a long life doing what he loved. 

Wild Blue Yonder

Graduation Dinner

Can't believe this was a week ago...

My blogging skills need some work. 

We had a lovely time at this dinner, I felt a bit silly 

in my formal dress. But it was a lot of fun to put together!

Still can't believe it's all over.

Thanks to our family who traveled to share this moment with us,

we feel very blessed:)

Class 13-03

Congrats class 13-03! 

It's been a long road, but we made it. 

So proud of my husband for all 

of his hard work. 

Can't believe it's finally over...

Assignment Night

Assignment Night,

one of the most stressful days of my life! 

We had been waiting so long to find out where we're moving 

and had no idea what to expect. We were shocked and 

so relieved to see that we got our first choice!

We haven't received all of our dates yet but we should soon.

We're hoping to make the move sometime 

next summer (after a few months of training).

Hope you'll all come visit us in San Fran!