Greetings!
This is my year to learn to fly.  It has been a dream for way too long and now is the time to make it a reality.     I would like to be able to take my family on vacation by air in my own plane. 
I dream one day to fly something fast, like an F/A-18A or F16 or something equally thrilling. 
I am here looking for tips, and suggestions on how to accomplish a quality education to gain my private pilot's license with the least expense.
On the personal side, I am married and we have 7 children and 13 grandchildren.  We just moved back to WA state after a short-term contract in the Florida panhandle, and now live in Everett, WA where I am a contractor working for Boeing.

TIA!

-- cleso