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Once upon a time, Harrison's mom almost had to travel out of the country to staff her boss on an official trip. Clearly said mother felt that leaving her child for 10 days would be a bit much so she hatched a plan for Harrison and his dad to come meet her for the last leg of the trip. But there was the little problem posed by 1) Harrison's lack of a passport 2) Harrison's mom's lack of a current passport with her current name 3) Harrison's dad's lack of a current passport.

Enter the "Expedited" passport process. Many, many, many more dollars and checks later, all three Z'bergs have current passports, with current legal names, with current photos (side bar: Harrison's mom's first submitted photo was REJECTED by the US Department of State. Why you ask? The very diplomatic - I know, clever pun right? - lady who called said something about too much light and maybe being slightly out of focus but what she really wanted to say is that they don't accept photos that are so seriously bad with subjects looking far too much like an escaped institution patient with super crazy eyes. Thanks Kinkos photo guy for that fun inconvenience):

Yes, most official document photos are bad but this is rrreeeeaaalllly bad. And insane looking. And wrong in so many ways! I really don't look like this all the time, right?!?

Since the work trip never happened, we almost kind of need an international desitination aka reason to put these things to use! Hmmm... a trip to Africa to see a favorite long lost friend or fun in New Zealand with the Meadows clan? Watch out world, these (some still scary looking despite second attempts at photos) people may be exploring you soon!