For My Music Man: Pet Shop Boy

Ian,

You were always a dog person, but you did more than just tolerate the cats! I will keep working on the stories behind these pictures, but I just enjoyed looking at pictures of you and pets. Will need to find some shots with you and Amelia and introduce you to Maron.

I look forward to sharing more stories about our current set of dogs with you.

Love you "e"

Dad

With Johnny B. Goode - He was with you most of your life from Maryland, to California to Austin. You loved Johnny - he was family:

With Amelia Earhart:

After Jack Skellington went to live with Granny - he really wanted to mark over all your adolescent smells leaving his "mark" on your black foldable chairs, clothing and eventually bed, we looked for a new cat. We went to the Austin APA on 183 access road near I-35, and saw several scared but pretty kitties. Then we met Amelia Earhart - a tortoise shell cat - who was so friendly and loving. You connected immediately and chose her. I don't have photos with you and Amelia - but you loved her very much. You guys would snuggle as you watched movies - and fell asleep. She would try to sleep with you - but her snuggling really interrupted your sleep and that had to stop. She is our "senior kitty" but still as loving and cuddly.

Here is Amelia with Louie and Chili Pepper - see below:

With Lucille Ball (Lucy) - you helped choose her, went with mom and I to pick her up and you really loved her. You bugged us constantly after Indy passed that we needed to get a new dog. I should yielded to this request much earlier so you could enjoy her more. Lucy absorbed all our stress and saddness after you went Home and we needed to relocate her to a new home. We received a movie of Lucy playing basketball with the elementary age son of this home. Reminded mom and I of you and Indy together. She is very happy there!

With Caylea's Louie - he would ride on your shoulders like a parrot!! Caylea got Louie after she put together a very attractive "business plan" to get and support a cat!

With Benny and Joon - Lots of cuddling and love of this brother and sister!

With Louie the V - He is also known as "Joseph" the favored one who has the coat of many colors. You loved petting him and enjoying his beautiful fur and tail. You, Caylea and Carisa would enjoy comparing Louie with other kitties for looks, level of spoiling, etc.

With Indy - so many stories. You and Indy were buddies. He kept you company as Louie learned to open doors and freaked you out - thinking someone had broken into our Trillick Ct. house. You and Indy played basketball outside in the court until mom and I got home from Sacramento. That is just one of many stories in Cali, traveling to Texas and in Austin. Once in Austin, we enjoyed Indy "playing" basketball with us in the driveway. He would hang out in the grass, smell, walk and lay watching us play. We would walk Indy around the neighborhood or the Great Hills Park. We loved to see him smell, walk and explore. It was there we took Indy on his last walk around the neighborhood with Charlie before he went for his final walk at Granny and Papa's. He was a true friend.

With Indy, Charlie and Shelby - dogs providing further cement between our family and the Mundells. I still remember how excited Shelby was to come to Austin to visit Indy and Charlie.

Our family with Indy and Charlie - Caylea basically picked Indy - putting her blanket on him as he fell asleep near our window after he led the "play" of the puppies. But you picked out Charlie. You and I went to the breeder to find a new dog - a Jack Russell Terrier. You picked Charlie as a little white puppy with small brown spots. He grew up to be a beloved pet that we enjoyed walking, running around the yard and playing with other dogs. We loved to turn him on his back and would shake him - he would snarl and growl in the rhythm that we shake him. He was so funny! Charlie kept Danny company in Cali when we moved to Austin. We eventually re-homed him in Austin as Indy got used to being "the dog." The little girl and her mom LOVED Charlie. You were sad to see him leave, but supported this hard decision.

With Harley Davidson - the guinea pig who lived in your room and you played with in the backyard. He was your "choice" of a new and special pet. You loved to take him into the backyard and let him wonder around and snack on our grass.

I don't have pics with Little Miss - our tortoise, or Caylea's short-lived rat pet.

I must mention Reveille - who you met at TAMU. Not sure the number of times, or depth of the relatiohnship, but there it is...