About us

Randy and Karen Tashjian are a husband/wife team.  Randy has been a pilot for over 40 years and served 25 years as a US Naval Aviator flying FA-18 Hornets and Super Hornets.  He has over 11,000 flight hours and holds ATP, CFII, MEI, AGI certifications.  While serving, he deployed to the Persian Gulf six times, and served as the Commanding Officer of Strike Fighter Squadron Twenty Two.  Randy is a retired US Navy Captain.  Karen is a homemaker, full time mom and helped to run her family’s local manufacturing business with her father.  She has served for over 13 years in her church as a worship team leader as well as in children’s ministry and served on the board of various community organizations.  Together, Randy and Karen share six beautiful daughters.

Our story began when a close family friend asked Randy if he could spread the cremated remains of three family members that she had collected over the years as the guardian of the family ashes.  All three family members had expressed their desire to be spread over the family ranch where they worked, lived, laughed and loved.  Randy and his father, also a life-long pilot, carefully crafted a device for dispersal from his aircraft and successfully spread the deceased-family members’ ashes over their desired location as the family watched from below.  The family celebrated and they were so excited to have been able to experience the event.  We were relieved to know that aerial dispersal brought the closure and peace that they so desperately needed by finally fulfilling their final requests.