Let's Celebrate, It's All Right!

Okay, not really, but I was gone all weekend - down home - and it seriously was not the best of weekends.

The drive down on Friday was awesome. Some of the best weather we've had all year. It was gorgeous, and I vowed that if the weather was nice on the drive back to Anchorage I'd take it slower and take photos along the way (which I did end up doing!). I get into Soldotna and call the house - no answer, okay, no biggie. So I call mom on her cell and she was coming back from dropping dad off at Glacier where his truck was getting serviced. They'd just gotten done with Mr Cary's brother's funeral - daddy sang - and mom was a wreck. Not only was a friend gone before his time - but there was some very bad news about Tesa and Steve's little boy Seth. He was in a coma and it didn't look good. No one outside of their family knew this was going on so mom was not in a good state of mind.

I get to the house and we go about getting supper ready because Mr. Phil and a friend of his had a moose that they needed to finish cutting up to package and all of that. Yay for gore in the evening, eh? They didn't get done until after 1am!!!! And since it's a small house and voices carry easily - I stayed up with them. Blah!

Thankfully I did sleep in a bit (got up around 9) but I was tired and dragging by the time Kim's wedding rolled around.

But it was a pretty somber day other than that because we'd gotten a call the night before saying that Seth was 'gone' and that they were just waiting to say goodbye before taking him off the ventilator.

It was just rough. Seth's Grandparents were at church today which was a surprise, I don't think anyone expected them to be, but they seem to be doing as well as can be expected. Dad sang Bow the Knee which is what he sang at the funeral on Friday and lost it. He said no matter where he seemed to look all he could see was Jim Allemann (Seth's grandpa). Bow the Knee is about trusting God in the difficult times. So it was a very... well... yeah...


Other than that the 'rents' computer is down so I couldn't get online so now I'm having to filter through quite a few emails and webpages. oy.

But enough of that for tonight, going to bed now!

Seth Ryker Sturman was born with Crouzons Syndrom, a genetic defect that effects the growth of the bones in the skull and face. Seth has had 8 surgeries as of September 08 including:
- Repair of Pyloric Stynosis
- VP Shunt
- Repair of Groinal Hernias
- Restructure of back of Skull
- Removal of Tonsils and Adnoids
- Restructure of front of Skull (pulling forhead out 1" - 1 1/2")
- Repair of Chiari Malformation
- Lefort III, Rigid Extraction Device



Seth passed away on September 26, 2008 after his most recent procedure. He got a blockage that restricted his breathing, which caused his brain to swell, which then caused blood flow to stop in the brain. This left Seth in a permanent coma.

Seth was a happy child and always in good spirits despite his condition. He brought much joy to those who were able to meet him and will be missed immensely by his friends and family.

His parents, Steve and Tesa, loved Seth very much and although they had a hard journey they always stayed positive knowing that God is in control of everything.

ok that subject line can be interpreted many different ways.

Tesa and Steve had the baby on Tuesday! Little Seth weighed in at 9 lbs... but mom emailed me and said that there were "problems" and that he was flown up to Providence here in Anchorage in the neonatal unit (what the heck is that?) I am a little worried.

In better news: Tony Cobb finally got to go back to Kenai. Yeay! He's been a worry for quite some time...



Had a major headache yesterday, my eyesight is getting worse and I think that's what the problem is... Woke up to Fantasia who was HORRIBLE last night. Even for Fantasia that was bad. But when she was talking to Ryan she sounded like she had no voice, so maybe that's the reason. Fantasia is coming to Alaska soon for one night only. I said I didn't want to go, but considering if people go to HERS then maybe Kelly or Clay might get their butt up here... so now I want to go, but no one wants to go with me and that makes me sad. Maybe I'll post on the Alaskans LJ community and see if anyone's planning to go. LOL

Did anyone else see the STAR WARS TEASER during American Idol last night... I squealed... my aunt was not amused LOL STAR WARS IS COMING!!!!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!

41 days until the Revenge of the Sith!

a. Post a list of 15 fandoms.
b. Have your friends list guess your favourite character from each one.
c. When guessed, bold the line; include the character name, and write a sentence about why you like that character.

I don't know if I have 15 ha ha!!! stolen meme from a couple of folks

01. Star Wars
02. CSI Nick Stokes, no man is hotter!
03. Law & Order
04. Batman
05. Pirates of the Carribean
06. Pixar
07. Shrek - DONKEY! Yes I take after my mother, but seriously who is funnier than Donkey?
08. Figure Skating (ok so it's real life but still it's a fandom!) Scott Hamilton // Kurt Browning so yeah Flo was half right ;) But seriously why make me choose ;)
09. FRIENDS CHANDLER BING!!! Woot woot! Where's the Matthew Perry love!
10. Jurassic Park Ian Malcom - again going for the funny guy
11. Indiana Jones Dr. Jones himself, cuz he's sexy
12. American Idol (just figure out my favorite out of the judges//host) Ryan &/or Simon is correct... because they're the only reason I watch anymore!
13. Judging Amy
14. Disney (Animated non Computer)
15. Court TV

I caught a cold on the plane ride back. That's the only explanation anyone can come up with. It sucks... I feel awful... I skipped another history class. Not a good thing. I have a feeling I will either be withdrawing or end up with a D or worse in that class... I hate that feeling.

I will be typing up my Disney week soon. Not sure if I want to actually put it on here until I have pics or not though. We will see

The Wedding went well... Valerie was so beautiful! I loved her dress, and I loved being a part of her day! :) (okay okay, THEIR day ;)) Now I have February to watch one of my best friends go and get married. Though it's not really official Courtney's bf, Dave, talked to her dad about it and all that is left is he wants to surprise her with the ring... my guess is it'll be Thanksgiving or Christmas when she gets it... then I get to take their engagement pictures! As well as being their wedding photog!!!! I am so excited. I grew up with Courtney, she was my first friend that I made when we moved into the house in Kenai! We used to tell people we were sisters(when we were younger we looked more like sisters than we do now!)

In other news, Tesa and Steve are expecting a baby in March, so there's another thing about 2005 to look forward to! Tesa and Steve let me be a photog at their wedding too... and I think I did the BEST I've ever done at theirs... can't wait for the baby... it's going to be so cute (they want to know the gender but no matter how hard the dr. tried they couldn't get a good picture one way or the other... oh well) Tesa suffered a miscarriage earlier this year so this is just great and she was glowing when I saw her this past weekend!

Anyway, I'm not sure how I will type up my disney stuff... I may wait for teh photos just so I don't forget anything... we'll see!