Four Days 'til Disney

For those of you who don't know...Ian gets to meet Mickey Mouse for the first time this weekend! He's taking his grandma for her 50th birthday. But something tells me he'll be the one getting spoiled though! Enjoy these very cute pics and Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful fathers out there! Including my wonderful hubby...who I think wins hands down!

Help! I need your email addresses!!!

First things first (what a silly saying)... I had a slight computer problem a week or so ago - it blew up. Well, sort of. What happened is the computer had a slight stroke and either the processor or the motherboard (or both) died on me. It was bad enough that I took it to the Geek Squad and they gave me the bad news. My ray of hope was that it was possibly under warranty.
"What brand is it?" They asked.
"Brand? The only thing left from the original computer was a mouse. Everything else was hand built by me."
"Oh... Well maybe this is a good excuse to tell your wife it's time to upgrade."
And you know what? It was.

The point of the whole story is that I no longer have any of your e-mail addresses. So please send 'em my way again: sabyr@sbcglobal.net . That way I can send you new updates on our little hero. We've also updated the website and changed almost everything (we kept the name, essentially) so check it out when you get a chance: http://www.eternallyyoursphotography.com/ .

On to our hero's next adventure - inspired by the upcoming Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull...

The other day Ian was strolling through the Rose Gardens contemplating Life, the Universe, and Everything. Was 42 really the answer? Or was it something more sinister, more frightening, or more complex - like pie or a really cool prime number?


Normally when he walks and contemplates, he takes his two body guards, Bandit the Vocal and Tank the Magnificently Anxious Fluffball (it's Swedish), but they had taken a holiday to live it up "canine-style" like all hip adolescents do...




So there was no one to keep the evils of society at bay...



So our hero -

- was left to his own devices and decided to initiate a private jam session which would eventually lead to a whole new neo-nursery-rhyme band that he would call: "The Caillou Fan Band" in honor of his personal hero and mentor: Caillou the Still-Bald-at-Age-4 from the Sprout Channel.

While blasting away in the key of Q-sharp, he came across a harmony that shook the entire house and caused a toy mount to suddenly collaspe under its own weight (it did have its own gravitational pull, afterall) and reveal a sacred artifact that he had recovered from the Seattle Science Center when he was on his way up north to go spelunking in the Yukon several months ago. It was the powerful school bus that he cherished oh so much...

It was special... It was die cast... and it matched his outfit!

He was so excited that he had found it that he began jumping up and down joyfully...

And that was when tragedy struck... he fell...

And was - without warning - crushed by a giant blue Gobb Stopper!

We tried valantly to revive him by doing Tickle_Patient_Resuscitation (TPR)...


And were rewarded with some signs of life...

His first words after regaining consciousness were, "Don't sell this to the tabloids, papparazzi scum!"

So I showed him the photos...

And he thought they were funny enough to send to "America's Funniest Home E-mails" but unfortunately I had lost the e-mail address in the Computer Crash of April '08 so we decided to sit and read a story instead...

Everyone lived happily every after and there was much rejoicing in the land (yea!)...

So our valiant hero laid against his trusty side kick and watched the sun set over the Atlantic like at the end of Planet of the Apes.

Goodnight and goodluck!

Next week: The Ian-Bourne Supremacy!

New Ian Movie!!!

Don't ask us where he learned this! We're thinking maybe day care but with him, you never know! But without further delay, here's: "Flight of the Ian-Bee!"

Needles and Huskies

Here's the last of the photos for the blog. Don't worry, there's more (you know me, I took over 900) but this is all that I'm putting online for now. So here's us at the Space Needle...

Look! No rain!

Look! No rain!

Okay, so Seattle does have some bad habits... Like drinking Pepsi. (Seleta took this shot for her daddy)

This is bad. McDonalds will always find a way to advertise... "I'm gonna jump! Don't try to stop me! Ooo! Maybe a new iced coffee from McDonalds first..."




Another thing I don't understand about Seattle: they have fountains EVERYWHERE! So that adds to my list of things that I don't get about Seattle.

1) In a land where it's so dark that you have to use your headlights all day, how is it possible to be light so late?

2) In a land where you get over 3 feet of rain a year, why do you insist on putting water play areas for kids in every building?

3) In a land where you get 36 inches of rain a year, why do you insist on putting a fountain every 20 feet? Do you miss the water that much?

We gotta give 'em credit though, on the way to the airport we passed an accident that had an ambulance, a fire engine, and a police car there and there was NO back up on either side of the freeway. No one (except me) slowed down. In California, it would be a six mile backup in both directions.

Before leaving for the airport, we checked out Washington University. Established in 1861, it's the oldest University on the West Coast. You can tell by the styles of the buildings.

What you can't see in the photo is that the bench is a gift from the Class of 1915.

And our little hero also wants to play basketball for the Huskies...

Well, that's it! No more pictures. I hope you've enjoyed our blog on the Seattle trip. We'll talk to everyone later.

Take care,

Terry, Seleta, and Ian

Butterflies and Fishies...

Even though we're back (until I convince Seleta to move up there), we've continued adding pictures from our trip. That way you all won't have to crowd around the monitor when you come over.

Here's photos from the Pacific Science Center (round 2) and from the Seattle Aquarium...




Gee, it's not like he's been carrying a 20 lbs bag and a 30 lbs kid all week. He's just imitating daddy...





Ian was actually really gentle around the butterflies and would creep up to them slowly and point. We were really impressed with him - he didn't need to be prompted.

It was actually a very nice day that started a little (37 degrees) chilly.

As opposed to the butterflies, Ian was quite the opposite at the aquarium. He was really happy to see all the Nemo's and Dori's...

The Longshoreman strikes again...

Waiting for the aquarium to open, we hit Pike Market again while it was just opening up. Sorry the pictures are out of order but we hit Pike Market, the aquarium, lunch, nap, then the Space Needle (next post), and then the Pacific Science Center.

Somebody had hot chocolate (fat-free, of course) for the first time...

And he LIKED IT. We had to pry the cup from him when he was done.

More to follow...