here i go again...

really...???  since May 18???

welll...Golly Gee Jack Joe.

OK.

so May long weekend a group of us went out to Miami,Mb for a VEGAS themed 3 day crop!!

Lori, who owns a cute little scrapbooking shop called

Love is in the details, in Miami, was our wonderful hostess!!!

http://loveisinthedetails.ca/

...anyway...after checking in at the Super 8 in Morden, we were off to get to work and lots of fun at the crop in Miami....we were greeted at the door with personalized name tags for the weekend...even the gold necklace is all little dice!  So cute! And a fun little program of sketch challenges...

...i don't have any very good pictures to share with you of the full costume ( once my friends upload theirs I can copy and paste here to show you ) BUT...

ELVIS WAS IN THE HOUSE!!!!

hahahahaha...so much fun!

Elvis was even asked to pose with lots of groups for photos on the 'gambling strip'....(wink)

...Elvis and Tracy...

...Grams and Tara...

...I don't think i need to tell you their names...hahahaha....so awesome!!

...my mommy...

...and LOOK...

Tracy even got a TATT at 'Miami Ink'...HAHA!

,,,and this gal is Lori, our wonderfully creative and friendly hostess!!

Thank you for such a bang up job and welcoming hospitality....we had a ball!!!!

:)

...somewhere during the next week, the kids sucked me into new water guns...i shoulda known that tyler wouldn't be able to resist squirting The Mom....

...and also during that next week, it was crunch time to get all my food planning, cooking and preparations done for my own upcoming 2 day hall crop - Scrap into Summer - on May 27/28...

...my mom willingly came over to help me stuff and roll all my cabbage rolls ( i think we made just over 100 )

...and courtney was most happy to help make some newly inspired RAINBOW CUPCAKES that i learned about from another friend in scrapbooking...couldn't wait to try them out!!

( and FYI...courtney is a cupcake making Diva...she's all over making them - ANYTIME!! )

...may 26, a thursday night, we ( mom, mike and i ) were off to the hall to get the tables all set up and decorate so it would be one less thing to worry about friday afternoon!!

...i had NO time to take any pictures over the course of my event, so IF anyone has time to upload them on Facebook or your blog so I can copy and print them I would love you forever!!!!

...this was part of a late night friday night snack...stove popped popcorn in sand pails...minus the sand!!

...and also over the course of that weekend...by late saturday night when I returned from the event, it was becoming obvious that our little bunny Oliver was in some distress....tummy troubles.

Sunday he was pretty lethargic all day and his poor little tummy was gurgling away...

he had mushy poo's and was barely eating anything...and hiding in his little house.

he was in trouble.

so monday morning i called the vet and she said to bring him in immediately.

so i did.

and he had no fever.  and a fecal analysis showed no blood or parasites...so she started treatment as 'unknown gastro enteritis'.

:(

...we had to only feed him hay and also 3xdaily syringe feed him this Critical Care food which was NO FUN at all, for any of us.  i had to wrap him up in a towel ( a bunny burrito ) and Mike would slowly feed him with the syringe...i can't tell you how many times this week we've had to keep re-wrapping him up because he would escape!!  I was covered in food and bunny hair by the time we got done!! HAHA! 

...the hopes were for solid poops, and giving him meds ( also by FUN syringe ) for pain and anitbiotics...

SIGH.

it's such a sad and helpless feeling when they don't understand why you are doing these things to them and you only want to help them get better.....

...last wednesday was courtney's band concert...so i made the kids help out in the kitchen with getting dinner ready...and YES, tyler is really cooking cut up chicken breast on the stove!!!  His first time COOKING!

and here's what we made for our main course...

Chicken and broccoli garlic alfredo....YUMMY!!

...and miss courtney's band concert went great...

good job kids!!!!!

:)

...on thursday, we were back at the vet.  Oliver was just showing no real signs of improvement, and he was getting so stressed out from his syringe feedings...and no solid poopies yet.

:(

so we had to bring him in for Xrays.

...now we were onto something...

true diagnosis:  Gastro Intestinal Stasis 'the silent killer' of bunnies....

fortunately we were on this problem very early to treat it and get him on proper meds...

and today ( Monday  June 6 ) i am happy to tell you that after a long and scary week it looks like Oliver is well on his way to a full healthy recovery!!!

He still has 2 more days of meds, BUT he was allowed to start eating his usual pellet food last night and this morning...and we are getting solid poopies once again!!  ( not quite normal yet, but getting there!! )

So. Happy and Relieved.

:)

...Hmmm....

...friday Mike decided to start reno-ing the bathroom.

so...with being short on time as we were having a bridal shower here on sunday..the race with time was on!!

here's a couple before / during pics...i will post the after ones soon!!

...saturday, while mike was painting, mom and i went to get the rest of the groceries for Erith's bridal shower that we hosted in our house yesterday afternoon!!

so saturday night was more food prepping and cleaning up!!

AND...of course a pizza party while the Hockey Game was on....

GO CANUCKS!!!

GREAT game....GREAT OT goal Burrows!!!!

WooooHoooo!!!

...and here's some pics from the shower yesterday...

we played a little game with the girls called "toilet paper brides"....each TEAM had to choose who the bride would be and then design her gown / headpiece out of toilet paper!!!

FUN!

Team Dianimal won...( the gal on the right! )

...the dresses in the making....hahahahaha!!!

My brother Curt and his fiance Erith's wedding is coming up fast on July 23....their wedding colors are yellow and blue....so i bought yellow gerbers for the table ( for her to take home later ) and Miss Courtney iced all the cupcakes for us with yellow and silver candies!!!

( and thank you to Tara for the use, once again, of her cupcake stand!!!  - giggle )

...and that, my friends, is what you call one mother of a catch up!!!!

HAHAHA...

...be back soon...