LONG OVERDUE :)

This is long overdue, but well i'm here now :)

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Last weekend I went to a Women's Retreat with ladies from church.

We stayed at one of the couple's from church house

it's in Evergreen, CO and it's awesome

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*shout out to Kim & Rhonda for being rich!

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We talked, ate, and played Taboo

Taboo Madness
This is my friend katie, who in an earlier post I said

she doesn't normally look like this, but

it seems to keep happening...hmm

clockwise with Katie:

Carrie, Becky, Erin

LONG LONG story, but t-shirts I made that

involve a haridresser names James Morrison and

me saying he was DEAD.

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Anyway, these shirts were really funny,

to us.

(liz, shellie, katie)

Cameron's nickname is Slamcake, so, I am slam's biotch
(name made up by our pastor, Hunter)

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Shellie's husband is a fireman.

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Katie just got stuck with punchface/punchy somehow???

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Also there is a quote by the indigo girls that i liked.

it was bethany's birthday, and her hubby sent

her flowers, TO THE RETREAT.

how cute is he, and how pretty are the flowers??

Erin, Bethany, and Renee

the 3 April birthdays

Odette (barista) making awesome lattes and coffee drinks

with Renee's kickass coffee maker

(after ian was born present from dave)

singing happy birthday???

the cakes,

yes the white one was featured in

rachael ray's april magazine!

view from back deck
some of the gals during lunch
Jess got her hair cut by Taylor
another backyard view


Erin J. cut my hair and it was like 1230am ahh!
trying to stay awake
looks okay, but probably need a
trim up at the real haircutters
the back was kinda boy-like?!?!?!




after the real haircutter cut
(super short in the back, but apparently erin kinda
isn't a professional, bless her heart)
(her hair is super cute, and she cuts it on her own though?!?)
(and my new purchase from forever 21)
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This is long overdue as well, but Genesis and Caleb
came to visit from Okla, on their way to Crested Butte
March 30-April 1

We went to Boulder Monday and
ate at Mountain Sun
* shout out to Lane

Left: seth and right caleb, brothers.

as you can tell, seth lives in boulder

he goes to law school there.

we got the 6-beer sampler

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it's a micro-brewery

and oh so tasty.

I still love the raspberry wheat.

seth, caleb, and genesis

menu

genesis on pearl street


this is how i found schnooze the other day.
i laughed out loud, then
proceeded to get my camera :)
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UPDATE ON WES:
the latest thing was sunday morning
he got a chest tube to drain the
extra fluid around his lungs.
they gave him so much fluid, that
it had nowhere else to go.
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that is the last thing i heard.
more updates later.

wes update

From Steve (aka the eXtreme):

fyi - I was up at the hospital last night bringing something
to LB and I saw Wes and talked with him for about 5 minutes.
he's definitely not looking his best, but he was eating on some
ice chips and he was talking a little. it was obvious he was on
a lot of pain meds and kind of loopy, but he said he was glad
he was out of the ICU becuase it was "cold and too serious".
id say having visitors probably isnt the best thing for him
although he didnt seem to mind that I was there. after less
than 5 minutes, I felt like I was keeping him up so I left.
I'd definitely wait for the go-ahead from Dave/Allison/Renee
before going to see him.
so theres my first-hand update.

wes #2

Title above (Wes #2) seems appropriate since all of this is about wes's pooping
but it was very unintentional....
it was the title of hunter's email, so I stole it :)
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This is from Hunter (one of our pastors):
Hey again to everyone.
I was just up at the ICU waiting room. I did not see Wes, but I did see Dave,
who looks like a trucker at the end ofa cross-country trip.
Anyway, Wes is doing much better.
He's been eating ice and even walked around a bit.
Whatever pain medicine they concocted has done great,
and since it's non-narcotic they're able togive him a steady stream of it.
It has lifted his spirits quite a bit and his
heart rate has been coming down,
which indicates that it was probably stress-related.
He still has a long road ahead to being released,
but the situation is much more encouraging today than it was24 hours ago.
Thanks for praying! HB
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Some of you already got this via Facebook,
but in case you didn't,
here's an update on Wes from Allison, his sister...
So My mom flew home yesterday and will follow up with a cardiologist in oklahoma city to figure out what is causing her fast heart rate.
(this is liz: if I forgot to mention, during all this his momma
had a freaking stroke but then they ruled that out,
but her heart is all screwy) She seems to be doing better.
Wes is getting moved to the 5th floor, a regular med/surg floor this
afternoon. He got the NG tube pulled out, due to the fact that he didn't
have very much residual sucked out after the tube was clamped.
They did say his ileostomy (poo bag) wasn't putting much out so
he might still have and ileus (a twisting of the small intestine
that blocks the bowels from moving), but they told him he can start
with water, ice chips and clear liquids today, but I think wes is wanting
to take it really slow. His heart rate is still in the 120s but they think
that it will normalize on its own.
His Dr. Said he would be here at least another week to make sure
he is as healthy as he can be before he goes home.
BIG PICTURE: He is most likely going to have an ileostomy
for 6months to a year and allow that pouch to completely heal.
Prayer Requests:
-Wes's Heart Rate will continue to normalize
-His stomach will continue to function normallly and he will be able to
progress to clear liquids and eventually solid diet.
(Wes despises NG> Tubes)
-Pain Management, his pain is better but I think he still is hurting quite a bit.
Once again thanks for the prayers and, I don't think he is up for
visitors yet, but I will keep everyone posted.

wes is tha gent-bomb

Hey guys, i have plenty of funny postings,

but this is all i can get out before i head to bed.

Saturday night our friend Wes had to have emergency surgery.

The docs perforated his bowel

(poked a hole in his small intestine).

So once he started eating, all the food went

into his abdominal cavity, which is not good.

Then he was getting some really intense pain

so they took him to the ER

and they had to put his ileostomy back (bag he poops in)

and he has to have that for AT LEAST 6-12 months.

which is a total bummer.

Anyways, he is in ICU now, and very very sick.

New update today, is he has 2 abscesses.

I don't know much, b/c the person who

gave me the update thru email isn't a medical person.

So please please please keep him in your prayers

this April Fools day.

Pray for strength to fight off the infection,

and mentally to be strong.

To seek God and trust Him thru all of this.

To not give up.

For the nurses and doctors to be proactive

and advocate for everything he needs,

even if it's just a hunch.

Pray for him to feel loved.

cameron & steve bombing down the mountain

Cameron has the flu - started wed night :(

yesterday he couldn't even get off the couch

today he says he feels medium well

But, when he doesn't feel so bad,

this is what he does:

Some of these pics are from:

Dakota Ridge/Matthew Winters

Somewhere Near Boulder

& Pueblo

ENJOY!

*also, look at the faces they make, they are

very distinct :)

cameron
cameron doing a "wheelie drop"
I don't know if you can tell, but his front tire
is like 2ish feet off the ground
coming off that boulder that his
back tire is still on


you can see it better here
Yes, my husband is a nut


cameron

steve (look at the mouth/this is his sig. face)

cameron looking constipated

steve and his face

this is called "climbing"

steve doing his wheelie drop and his face

steve "wheelie drop"

also he learned how to do this

cool this with his camera... neat huh?

cam wheelie drop

cameron

steve

That is all folks.

UPDATE on our friend Wes: wes has no large intestine

he is at home after having his ileostomy take down

( re-connecting his small intestines back together

and not having the ileostomy bag anymore).

and he is eating real food, just not a lot of it.

Pray he conts to feel better and gain weight!

ALSO! Genesis and Caleb are coming tomorrow!

They are headed skiing in Crested Butte,

but staying Sunday night with us on their way!!!!

I worked at Deaconess with Genesis

and she is super cool and I love her!!!!

YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God Knows.

He knows how bored I would have been at

the county court house all day.

SO, HE EXCUSED ME

FROM JURY DUTY for 2008!

SUCKKKKKKAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSS!

Jury members #183-5302 have to report

I was #5459

SUCKKKKKKAAAAAAA

*read post below as well :)

EGG-CITY

I was at Sam's Club today, getting ready to pull out

and I saw this guy pushing a cart full of eggs to his car

I said out loud (in my car)

HOLY CRAP THAT'S A LOT OF EGGS.

then i decided I needed to take a pic

but I had to do it sooooo discreetly so he didn't see me.

I think he did see me, but I tried to play it off.

Monday we went MTB (mountain biking)

and I had my first wreck. I am totally fine, but got scraped up.

Cameron, however endo'd and also hit his chest on his handlebars.

as i was trying to take a pic of his chest,

i was chasing him around the house

trying to take other pics of him.

this is with his new haircut (so cute isn't he?)

(but angry face b/c I was chasing him)

chest wound.
He was calling himself Harry Potter, and I said
"cam, that's on his head" and he said
"well then call me John Potter"
what?



my leg. but let me say, under the grease is a scratch.

mud, blood, and grease

my awesome beat up legs.

BOWLING ON EASTER.

I had to work Sunday, so I couldn't go to church.

But we had fellowship group that evening, and went

bowling. Although hardly anyone came:

me, cam, steve, LB, tim, and andy,

we still had a lot of fun!

cameron/slamcake

L to R: andy, tim, steve, LB, cameron

me. how lucky that an 11lb ball is green.

11 is my favorite number, and green is my fav color!

also, 11# is the perfect weight for me :)

me getting a strike (which i got like 5 that night!)

I don't know if you can tell but:

cam= 83

liz= 107

steve= 101

LB= hadn't finished

I totally beat TEAM COBRA! Even though they tried to play

it off that i kicked their butts!!!! WOO HOO!

The boys playing some retardo video game. They loved it.

Cam is sporting his "easter" shirt :)

PIG ROAST 3.15.08

our friends dad drove from SC with this in his truck.

It's not an above ground coffine thing, it's

a pig roaster. seriously.

the fire pit. it was a cool CO night

and this was perfect!

me & cam bundled up :)

Afterwards I did what I do at every party:

walked around and got peoples glass bottles/cans

to take home to recycle... i know i know,

i am a dork,

but a dork that wants to save the planet.

Now I am off to talk about all my life

problems at the psychologist.

And tomorrow JURY DUTY, BOO!

4 parts

PART 1

SCHNOOZE'S NEW HOME

I decided to get this tub out for storing bike stuff we are gonna sell.

when i heard the dryer buzz telling me to put the

dry sheets on the futon, I had to

kick schnooze out of her normal napping place

So i put some pillows in the bin, and put her in it.

She stayed for awhile, and i began to call her:

BUCKET DOG.

she loves it
see

then today as i was uploading pics, i look over and...
BAM, she's in the bucket on her own :)
i proceed to laugh out loud.
my little bucket dog, i am so proud.







PART 2


HOUSE ON FIRE


Sunday Night AHHHHH
cameron's not a yeller. but as i was checking my
email I heard him in the kitchen
making weird noises like he was dropping something.
Did he call out for help, no; did he yell, no; did he scream FIRE, no.
But our oven caught on fire...
and not that i cared our oven was on fire, but
i wanted to see it on fire. i mean it's not like we'd have to pay for it.
anyway, he had to use the fire extinguisher, and that crap's messy.
I didn't think you could tell in the pic, but ya, you can...
Super smoke filled house... at least it wasn't balls-cold outside,
we opened every window/door to our house, to de-smokify the place.

cam = firefighter



*shout out to mom, who made me keep a fire ext

in my college dorm
which i took to my next 3 college apts,
and my next house alone x 2 yrs,

and my move out to CO
so mom, thanks for making me dorky, but saving my life :)






PART 3



CRAFT TIME
cute/old picture cards

1. buy these blank cards
(cream woulda been cuter, but white = 50 for the same price of 40 creams)

2. scan some old photos you steal from your
grandma's house or your mom's house
(be smart when picking pics, look for ones that
have good themes for cards)

3. upload them onto kodak.com
and get several prints of each
At the end when you are checking

your order before paying,
you can add a white border to all pics for free.
Do that to make them look old

4. get those pics in the mail
and finally say "yesssssss" when the mailman brings them

5. Buy some of this (always handy... more projects later): craft spray

6. *Forgot, but when getting ready to start spraying, do it outside,
or line your whole house with newspaper,
otherwise there will be glue spray EVRYWHERE,
even if you think you are covering the whole house really well,
you'll find it on your channel changer)

7. Spray this stuff onto back of pic

8. press pic onto card

9. let dry for about 10-15 min

10. send to people to make them laugh/cry/wish happy bday/love/miss

this was me when i was a wee tyke

(inside might say.... AWWW NUTS... i forgot)

that pic in the top is of: me, lo, and lane sitting on a couch

on the left is my dad with a guitar and a cane

(that might say "on the road again")

uncle lance and his wife???

"congrats on the wedding"





PART 4

DAMN JURY DUTY


i'm not a student or a doctor or some famous person
i can't get out of it.
crap.
march 26
i'll keep you posted.
i am sure they won't let me take pics for the blog.... suckers.


P.S. don't get the flu (or whatever i had) unless you don't want to
eat for 24 hrs and puke a lot. Boo. I got better (monty python ehh ehh??).

Random In The Life Of Liz

Schnooze being a cutey

This is where she is most of the day,

on the futon in the office

The pizza I made a week ago (delay in posting)

I used leftovers for the next day in cooking

A LIZ CANNON FIRST

it's a take on the previous post yumm-o pizza

But the night before i made naan and hummus and eggplant/onions

so i re-used the eggplant mixture and put oregano (fresh) on top!

This was not really what I had in mind making a scone

but i kinda winged it with sus's help

but instead of lightly spreading jam in the middle

i doused it, chalk full of blackberry jam

which made it more like a cobbler

which wasn't bad, just not what i had in mind

still v. tastey (v.= shout out to lo & leslie)



new keens!
We got our dividend back from REI
and i was able to get these and new mtb gloves
(those are for our mtb trip in july)
AND Cam still gets to use the other 1/2 of the dividend!
rei is so cool.





so cute huh? comfortable, yet stylish!





schnooze looks dead, but she's not. look at
her little paw over her nose :)

1. sorry it's taken me so long to post, comp sounds like it's about to die

and was going soooo slow

2. go to this blog, about a girl my same age who has CF

and was going in to get all the testing done to be on the double lung transplant list

and then found out she was pregnant

and this is her story thru her journey, told by her husband

3. cameron is stressed about getting enough counseling hours (90+) before he grads

and 27 more hours in culteral immersion (buddhism). so if you need counseling or not, pls go visit and request cameron at Lost & Found

or if you are a buddhist

call or email or comment so he can interview you!!!!

4. 2 months and 6 days til he graduates and we can call him

MASTER CAMERON

5. it is like 60 degrees outside!

6. movies i have watched in the past 2 days:

The Perfect Witness: SUCKED scary but made me feel gross

a story about a college film student who stalks this serial killer and then ends up

doing a documentary about his serial killings.... sounds good, but nope.

Becoming Jane: Okay, but really hard to get into

A story about Jane Austen and her life growing up (really about from 20-60 years old)

Across the Universe: just really bad minus how great the Beatles songs were re-done

A musical using all Beatles songs. Story line: some English kid comes to NY and makes

random friends and they all live together and he (Jude) falls in love with (Lucy) and

blah blah blah. I just couldn't get into this either.

Michael Clayton: weird weird weird... don't really know why why why George Cloony picked

this script. It was about a lawyer that ends up stumbling upon this 16 year old lawsuit

pertinant piece of info and was gonna be the hero (kinda reminded me of Erin

Brockovich) but he gets followed by the other side of the lawsuit people. Sounds good,

just a bad execution of the story.

Five People You Meet in Heaven: first off, didn't read the book, may have been my first

mistake. But it was weird and boring.

Story of old man carnival maitenence man that dies and his life in heaven. He meets 5

people that were significant in his life and comes to peace with them.

Tuesdays with Morrie: love love love love it!!!! Did read the book.

Story of a very busy sports writer that sees his old buddy college prof on the news, and

he is dying. He ends up spending every Tuesday with his until he dies, learning very

valuable lessons about life, love, and death. LOVED IT!

I know it looks like a lot of movies, but I had to turn off Across the Univ and 5 people you meet

in heaven, b/c they were sooooo boring.

7. I am planning some crafts this afternoon.

8. I am still doing my bi-weekly workout and even got some 8lb weights to lift so my awesomely huge muscles!

9. Sus's sister had surgery yesterday: read up on it!

That's all for now, enjoy the day!

random stuff

Videos of the weekend