Happy Birthday, Ian!!

Happy Birthday, Ian!!

June 25, 2006

Thank you for making life so wonderful to share with you!
We sure do love you!

Big ELEVEN!!

Here are a few shots, a day in the life, with our guy, Ian. In case you feel you don’t know him well, this may give you a bit more information. He’s a hoot.

These hats are everywhere in Copenhagen, waiting for the Americans to come by no doubt; I cannot imagine anyone else buying them. But trying them on, well, that’s a free market thing! (Possibly also an American oddity!)

At first glance I thought he was holding this guy’s hand… even though he probably wanted to he was too cool. During this jaunt through Copenhagen’s lego store, he probably ran across a set he would have picked out for YOU; he was feeling so alive and fulfilled, so generous and expansive. Legos for everyone!

Takes a while to get a viable photograph.

Feeling his roots, hearing the drums.

What the heck?! What’d ya do to my hair, mom?

Ferry ride to Hven Island, Sweden – whooeee! Love that smile! He has since said that he didn’t think anything could beat that day on Hven.

I think Graham may have had it coming to him, not sure. Letting off a little steam in a park.

That actually is for Norma Jean. He quietly loves his piano lessons with her and wanted her to see this piece of chocolate with gold musical notes, as in take it home to her. Thoughtful. But also a pragmatic guy. Promptly ate it when he figured that wasn’t practical.

A trooper carrying his own gear (that I have added a few community items to).

Ian is a tireless trivia fanatic; a lot of it is really interesting. Random, but where’d ya learn THAT? The train rides are the place for sharing his special trove of oddities and encyclopedic highlights.

Keep it up, we love it – we always learn something!

Bowling at 7,000 feet.

Happy Hiker. Thank you for being a great hiking companion, Ian!

This is on top of Jungfrau peak. There’s a glacier over there, I’m in shorts and my Shakespeare tshirt. You whimpy tourists want to wrestle?

Very happy on birthday eve to have a special outdoor fondue dinner on an open fire up in the alps. A few minutes after this photo the servers came to sing Happy Birthday, a Swiss and a Spaniard!

Awesome Italian dinner in Chur, Switzerland, for the actual birthday celebration and again, a Swiss and a Spaniard singing Happy Birthday!! (I like the statue over his shoulder-so appropriate for his sweet 11-year old tushie!)

We love you, Ian!

Have a great Birthday! And an awesome 11th trip around the sun!!

Love,

Dad, Mom, Aidan, Piper & Graham