last trip with sus for 100 years.

i landed at about 1030pm friday night

i was supposed to have to work fri, but i was on call instead!!

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friday morning sus and i went to the phelps lake house

in eufaula, ok

and met up with lauren, brad, ben, and gram

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for months i had been planning to make this book for sus

and i finally got to give it to her.

i had everyone in the family make a scrapbook page

send it to me

then i placed it in the book

it is something for sus & chris to be able to look at

and remember her family and friends are thinking and praying for them

sus & ben opening the book
looking at the book

brad, ben, & lo

liz & sus

*ps yes we are pretty much wearing the same thing, but it was not planned :)

ben

lo & liz, with gram in background

sus & ben

about to go for a boat ride, ben with my sunglasses on

alfalfa on the boat

gram took us across the lake for dinner at Gators

*yes they serve alligator

liz and sus on the boat

lo, ben, liz

and 2 minutes after this i realize my dress is all wet

oh yes, ben peed on me...

brad being a good daddy trying to get ben to stop crying

but it didnt reallllly help. he was just so tired.

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then saturday we left the lake

and went to mom & david's house for dinner with the fam

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carol made us take all these pics :)

but it's good b/c we always forget.

grandpa, mom, haden

* you can't tell they're related at alllllll

sus, momma, & liz

*that's my new shirt & new headband - local ok pride

liz and sus

mom & david

hannah & haden

bro & sis/ grandpa & carol

carol & ed
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we ate dinner from hideaway

then had to jet off

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we dropped off dinner at laura & andy's

(she's still bedrest, but has made it to 35 weeks, at 37 weeks her dr said she can do whatever she wants!!)
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then we jetted off to Cuppies & Joe

for some awesome cupcakes and milk

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then we stayed up til like 1am talking

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then we woke up and went for breakfast at Classen Grill

for some fresh squeezed oj and banana pecan pancakes

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then for coffee at sauced

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then off to the airport

where i proceeed to bawl my eyes out that i wasnt

going to see sus for 1.5 years

(going to swaziland, africa for peace corps june 22)

and that's in hopes that i will see her 1/2 way through her journey!

last pics

for the reals last pic of us for 1.5 years :(

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i am so proud of this little girl.

i am so lucky to have her as a sister and a bestfriend.

go make peace with the world sister.

new makeup

i had to get new makeup recently, b/c i use bare minerals and it was making my face get all splotchy. sooooo i checked out this organic awesome makeup called Afterglow. It's awesome. I've only worn it 2x and i love it so much. Anyway check out their site.

cameron's lastest trip to the ER

Friday night (of course i was out of town)

endo'd while mtb

would have landed great minus the rock that was jutting out and stabbed him.

he said it was this huge gaping hole (will try to get him to email me pics from his phone later).

he said it was gushing blood, just from when he cut it to when he stood up, it was already pouring down his leg. he said he even felt like he was gonna faint for a second. anyways, the grossest part of the whole thing was he said there was a couple pieces of fat that came out of the wound, and they looked like yellow boogery things and one of them when he tried to wipe it off got stuck to his finger... GROSS!!! Anyway, his friend rode to the bottom to get the car and cameron ended up having to ride down b/c it was faster than walking and he was oozing pretty bad. so cam made it to the first parking lot, while jason went to the lower p-lot. a guy stopped cam to see if he needed a towel or anything, and being the sweet boy, cam said he didnt want to ruin his towel, so the guy gave him a diaper ;) so cute! anyway, then cam went home and my nurse friend, also jason's wife, checked him out and told him to go to the ER. so he did, and got 3 stitches. He said it was hurting pretty bad & he was even limping some from the fall. He used a make shift cane to get around the house that night :). he said the wound was like 1 inch deep, gross!

i love to mountain bike

but im sad when i get hurt.

omg i am so excited!

so in like 3 weeks it will be our 3 year anniversary.
i am such a freaking bargain hunter i got like $20+ off our BB in Moab.
so this is the order of our trip
i am so excited i have to tell someone,
and you blog readers will be excited for me!

Friday: drive to Fruita, CO, 4 hours :(
we will maybe do some quick MTB, then go to our awesome camp site right by the CO
river. we will camp out that night under the beautiful Fruita stars.
Saturday: wake up (probably at the crack of dawn, as i always do when we camp).
make some protein filled food, b/c i will need it.
MTB Fruita (if we do the day before today will be more intermediate).
Drive 2.5hrs scenic route (kathleen the BB lady told me) to Moab.
stop and do a free wine tasting at red cliffs winery and go to the Old Movie
Museum (i guess lots of westerns are filmed in Moab...(take pics for mom and david).
Then stop and fjord a couple streams on the hike: Negro Bill Canyon (per kathleen).
Then make it to the bizomb! Sunflower Hill, we have the French Bedroom
(well, by accident, b/c it was the only room available on the night we wanted).
But I asked if they gave anniv discounts, and she said they do AAA, but i said,
shoot, we don't have AAA, and she said... oh yes you do... and have me a discount!
She was sooooo nice!!!
anyways, they have a 2 person jetted tub, hot tub, awesome room, awesome food!
Sunday: wake up, eat said food, grab bikes, MTB Moab. probably all day, b/c cam will be so
excited. but it gets hot fast (desert). so we really want to be done at noon, maybe take
a lunch break and cont on to more trails.
Then we head to: Whispering Oaks; yes it looks like a shack on the outside,
but check out the inside! and it has an outdoor shower!
i didnt want to have to set up a tent after mtb all day, so that's why i chose
B&B these nights. We can grill our dinner, and chill watching DVDs or playing
PHASE 10!!!!
Monday: wake up and cook bf in the kitchen, or eat at a cute place in town.
Go to Arches National Park
depending on how much time we have (ie if cameron gets tuesday off)
we will hike around, and backpack in, and then use a topo map to navigate
and set up tent without anyone around, and stargaze :)
if we have to drive home that day, we'll probably do the 3 hour car tour, getting
out at various spots and taking cool pics of me holding up arches :)
Tuesday (optional): if we camp out in the backcountry (having to get a special backcountry
permit :)) we will eat some oatmeal to warm our desert cold bones, pack
up and hike out. then we'll drive to the canyonlands natl park.
we can see Mesa Arch there too :)
then we'll have to make to 5-6hour drive home. :(
I think it will be awesome. Can't wait for the amazinly awesome reviewed Sunflower Hill & the awesome outdoor shower (after mtb it will be nice not to sweat more in an indoor shower/bathroom)(but don't fret, it has an indoor BR too). I am so pumped for the awesome views!!! MOAB HERE WE COME!

phoebe & phipps

the lovebirds

Phoebe & Phipps

built a home under our porch

then they did it

and had a couple kids

then Phoebe was a good little momma and rarely left them cold

then the little babies hatched

and look what we have:

please leave a comment for names

they are brother and sister.

how do i know?

i just know.

im a nurse.

that's phoebe guarding, but not liking the flash of the camera, she flew away... wus.

she seriously left baby #1 & #2 to fend for themselves against the paparazzi.
*i'm standing on the milk crate at this point... not safe.

baby #1 and baby #2

a little better shot of #2

when i got closer, they stood up, it was so cute.

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they are fat and i like it :)

names please:

*oklahoma in t-1 day

*SHOUT OUT TO LESLIE my blog friend!!!

she got engaged this past week!!! wooo hooo!!!!!!!!!!!

garden of *my* life.

the other day i put in the free bricks.

friday julie and i bought and planted our goods.

*with the soaker hoses in place*

*we have a timer that can water up to 4x a day for however long you want- we got it b/c i hate to water,

and this saves time, money, water, and is soooo easy cheesy*

from the back porch area, looking northwest
from the middle of the lawn looking north

top to bottom:

watermelon, melon, pumpkin

they get their own little sections, b/c the grow like nuts!

some other stuff

more suff

and more.

the flower bed & herb area

note the sprouts! these are some kind of flower, i am so pumped!!!

all those green things are little baby flower sprouts!
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no garden can be complete without plant markers made by hand :)

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items:

little pieces of wood (i got mine at michaels for 0.25 each)

dowels or popcicle sticks

glue

paint

paintbrush

newspaper to paint on

1. glue dowel to wood

2. let dry

3. paint wood main color

4. let dry

5. paint name of plant on wood

6. let dry

7. place in garden

*you like the O in onion?

tada!!!

i had way more plants than actual markers, so for every species of plant, i made 1 marker, and on the back of the marker I wrote how many of each plant i had: Broccoli: 4

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i will take pics later. we seeded the yard today, then God was providing and gave us a torrential downpour for those little grass seeds, and then i mopped the kitchen floor, so needless to say i will not be taking pics b/c then i will track in mud. everything i growing awesomely!

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list of plants:

lavander

mint

basil (plant and from seed from a pangea facial moisturizer box... see site)

thai basil

cilantro

rosemary

orgeano

chives (from seed)

dill(from seed)
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onions

okra

tomatoes

watermelon

melon (canteloupe?)

pumpkins

squash

butternut squash

acorn squash

zucchini

cucumbers

broccoli

green, red, orange, yellow bell peppers

tomatillo

hot peppers: jalepeno, habanero...

eggplant soon (at julies house)

also they had no beans already started, so that will be next year.

*sorry to any plants who i may have left out*

mtb-apex

well, sad to say, no pictures.
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i got my new shoes for clipless riding
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i practiced for like 5 minutes and getting in and out.
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cameron, lana, and i went to apex (rated difficult). here's a pic of my bike
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i haven't been anywhere but 1 place the whole time i have mtb, except when we went downhilling in sol vista, co.
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it was hard.
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i had a lot of crashes, and even fell down a mountain head first, i only went like 5 feet off the edge, but i almost landed on a bunch of cacti. PLUS at some point, i got some gravel stuck in my arm.
nothing really hurt bad, but i do have some bruises. the sad thing is, all my scrapes just make it look like i have a few bug bites or something... nothing cool.
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anyway, i am alive, and i got my fav. hummus after the ride!

the yard, a process

we started saturday morning out at 0600.

we had to go rent a tiller at home depot, and the guy said

they go super fast this time of year...

don't worry, when we got there, there were PLENTY.

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so we got breakfast, and waited to till until 0730

so our neighbors weren't too mad.

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it was kinda chilly, but cam was working up a sweat!

cam tilling
the flowers i planted thursday

i don't know what it is, but i like it

this little daisy like thing closes up at night, and opens in the day!

more tilling, MUSCLES!

cleaning off the tiller, DONE at 1000!!!

a little flower bed area i created, and planted some flower seeds in :)

i will post pics of the bricks i got for free and lined around the bed in later!

i also made a border around where the garden will be!!!

it looks really cool!

those daisy things opened up :)

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then we went to a wor bbq down the street,

then left for a few hours to eat with chris and emily crowder

from oklahoma, they were on their way thru going to vail!

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then back to the bbq!

liz, christy, lana, brad

liz and cam

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there are more pics on facebook, well the ones i got tagged in.

but nothing exciting from my camera.

the boys were wrangled into moving a hot tub... that sucked.