A Whole Lotta Stuff To Cover

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1. Kody finished summer school on the 10th. He didn't do so hot on the writing portion of the WASL (standardized testing) so it was suggested that he do summer school to tighten and polish his skills. Can he write? Yes he can, when he wants. He probably just learned real quick that if he doesn't put effort and time into 'things', it can come around and bite him. It was just small stuff too. Like most kids (and boys in particular), we like to rush things and be minimalist. And so did Kody. But it's done, his writing is tight and he's a happy cat.

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2. Emi and I are past our 1 year annivesary of marriage. We exchanged gifts on the 6th tho we really didn't celebrate it. We went out and had a lil dinner picnic at the park, which was very fun. It was also a chance for me to eat in public and well, I ended up eating 1.5 steak fajita burritos instead of just 1! Kody and Thomas played in the sprinkler park AND Thomas was a social butterfly meeting and greeting other people chilling there. It was fun.
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3. Everything relates to each other. Kody was done with summer school the 10th. The plan was for Kody to spend some time down at my parents. Well, as things work out, we all went down on the 11th, Friday. The plan was for Emi and I to have Saturday to ourself (and a good part of sunday) and that we would be celebrating our 1 Yr tho it was a week late. It's all about time, right?
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Friday, we arrived at my parents around noon. The plan was for Emi and I to go on a bike ride that we had been talking about doing for a couple years. But alas, Emi was tired and instead, Kody and I went to the river to take pictures. That nite, my parents gave us our 1 Yr gift from them. It was the photo album of our wedding! And it is an incredibly beautiful and jaw-dropping wedding album! It's nothing that I expected in terms of albums. Absolutely wonderful.

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The next day, Emi and I didn't really plan anything. I had ideas because I need to have some sort of gameplan, but Emi is the open-minded one and NOT on Paxol. We took off before noon and hit the EMP in Seattle. We've been to the Sci-Fi Museum a few times and we always say, "Gee, we should check out the EMP too!" Well, we finally made the plunge and well... The EMP was alright. I wish it encompassed more.
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Afterwords, we walked around Seattle Center, got lunch and chilled at the big fountain. I have video of the fountain erupting and kids running and music... And the weather was great! Then it was off to Pike Place.
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We always go to Pike Place when we are in Seattle. We checked out the sites and flowers and everything else. But what was really fun, other than buying a couple of shirts, was that I had my palms read and my astrology reading. Emi had a lil bit of the astrology but there were time constraints. In any case, the woman was pretty amazing because w/o telling her anything about me, she was quick to figure me out AND what my interests were. Totally weird and cool!

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That nite, we stayed at the Silver Cloud Inn by the University Village. We went to my fave restaurant for take-out; China Village. We chilled in the room the rest of the nite. Watched a bit of Seahawks exhibition game and ordered Da Da Vince Code. The next day, we wandered around University Village (Emi had never been there) and then ran all the way to Factoria to see THE DESCENT.

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And to keep this GI Joe oriented. I got the Dragonhawk today from the Target in Factoria. And I got the v1 Snake Eyes and Jungle Snake Eyes Friday morning. All I need is HALO DUKE and I'm good for GI Joe for at least 2 months!

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UNTIL NEXT TIME!

Rain at the Zoo

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This last weekend, the last weekend in July, is notorious for being the weekend of no rain. Weddings are scheduled for this time because of this reason. BBQs, parties, concerts, etc. But alas, things didn't quite work out that way because on Sunday, it rained.

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Saturday was my family's potluck. We got up and ran down there. The boys got to float down the Snoqualmie River w/ my dad in the inflatable boat while the women talked about stuff at home. I spent some time down at the river taking pictures of my Sigma6 figures. We had a fun time. It was also the last chance for many of us to see my aunt & uncle (and 2 boys) before they move to Virginia for a couple of years.

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Sunday, we got up late and then went to the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. As soon as we got there, it started raining. We still had fun and by the end of the day, the rain had stopped and the sun was breaking thru. I always enjoy the zoo but it's fun to see how Thomas reacts to things. By the end of the adventure, Thomas began to understand there were animals in these cages and was enjoying looking at the odd creatures.

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Today is Wednesday. After taking over a hundred Sigma6 pictures, I started hitting the 2nd chapter of my dio. It was time to get off my butt and get it done. There was a lot of new territory for me. Not so much in story terms, but the technology of it. I had ideas that didn't quite work out. But my man Chuck helped me thru some of it and it really gives it a boost. If the red lighting and claustrophobic corridors were cool to you, then the effects used in Chapter2 should be equally as gnarly. I procrastinated almost 3 weeks about it because I didn't know how to go about working stuff in. Alas, it all worked out and I did it all this morning.
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That's about it for now. Until next time!