Shots by Sean

Today, we received a special delivery containing my Vitamin B12 shots. I am excited to start these because they will give me a lot more energy. I told Sean either I can give it to myself or I can teach him how to do it to me. He didn't hesitate to volunteer. He was actually excited to give it to me!
So, after dinner he gave me my first shot. He was so excited. He wanted to take pictures of this expirience. So funny! Then I told him he should put my scrubs on to look like a real nurse, and he was really excited to do this too.. HAHAH!! So here he is being a "real" nurse and giving his first shot on his lil wife.
Hope these pictures dont make you faint. The red liquid in the syringe is NOT blood. It is the vitamin B12. I will be getting 2 shots a week. Hopefully I will feel better in no time.
Oh and he did a great job.. I DID Scream!! Which scared him a bit.. and left the syringe just sticking into my leg, asking me " WHAT NOW??" I coached him through it and he did great! I love having another nurse in this family.. but i dont really like being the patient!!

Weekend Getaway!

This past weekend we had so much fun with our wonderful friends, the silberbergs. Cheri and Andrew are two of our closest friends and they invited us to spend a long weekend with them up at their parent's vacation home in Nipomo. It was amazing. So relaxing and fun. The boys played golf all day every day, then would join us girls by the pool. The girls cooked, baked, laid out by the pool, read, drank morning coffee, and shopped. We went into SLO on Saturday for shopping and dinner. Sunday we headed back home and spent the day in Santa Barbara. Both of these beach towns are charming. We enjoyed every minute of the weekend and wished we could of stayed longer. Thank you Cheri and Andrew for being such a blessing to us! We truly appreciate your friendship and look forward to the many more memories we share.

Brianne's Medical Update

First I want to thank everyone that has prayed for me these past couple weeks. I have truly felt every prayer and am so blessed to have so much support and love.
Some may know, I had my annual Colonoscopy and Endoscopy 2 Fridays ago. It went very well.

Well as well as those can go... hehe.. The preparation "Clean Out" day is always the worst part, but with a wonderful husband and friends that cheered me on.. I got through it. The next day was the procedure and it went well too. I did wake up in it( which was a bit traumatic for me) but overall it went well.
The outcome looks mostly positive. The doctors said my Crohn's disease looks very under control in most of my body. GREAT NEWS!! I do have moderate inflammation in my small intestine and colon. Therefore they want to put me back on steroids for at least 2 weeks. I am very upset about this but I know I need to take care of my body.

I have been off ALL meds for 2 years and therefore it was very saddening to know that I have to be on medication again. They also have put me on a Gluten free diet and a minimal dairy diet. I have done the Gfree diet for over a month now (NOT even cheating for a communion cracker.. heehe) I surprisingly have felt a lot better without flour in my diet. I feel like it gives me a lot more energy and way less tummy aches. I also have been getting Iron infusions every other day at Scripps Mercy. My iron levels are shockingly low and cannot supplement orally, therefore need IV to boost my levels quicker.

I am also starting B-12 shots. I or Sean will be giving me B12 shots 2x a week. My B12 is also very low. I am excited how much more energy I will have once my Iron and B12 levels rise to normal levels.
There are a couple other all natural supplements they want me to take like Aloe Vera juice (natural anti-inflammatory), L- Glutamine (restores amino acids in your body), flax seed....

I am shopping very differently these days.. no more processed animal crackers, nilla wafers, hawaiian rolls, bagels... Now much more fruits and veggies and proteins.
I look forward to a restored body. I thank you all for caring and praying. I continue to work hard to take care of my body for my God.

Lake Arrowhead 2009

This past weekend we had so much fun at Lake Arrowhead. Our dear friend Lauren has a cabin up there. There was a big group of 12 of us. We had so much fun wakeboarding in the early mornings, laying out on the dock, swimming, playing volleyball and cooking lots of yummy food.
Sean and I had a blast on the boat. We decided that if we ever strike it rich, we would love to buy a boat! I don't think there is anything else I like more than waking up early, watching the sun rise, listening to country music, jumping in the frigid water and getting behind a boat to ski. It is such a blast. We are so blessed by our friends. We love hanging out with them and it is trips like these that we realize what life is about. We treasure each and every friendship!



Sean catching some air!
I decided to give the pictures a vintage look!

Happy 4th of July!!

We enjoyed Friday and Saturday celebrating the USA! We started friday with a pool party with the Pykes then BBQ with other friends downtown at the Silberbergs. It was so fun to watch the Padre game, eat yummy food and watch the great firework show after the game.

 Saturday we slept in and then headed to Coronado with Cheri and Andrew. It was the best day!! We loaded our bikes in the van, parked near the bridge(so we could escape the traffic after the fireworks) then road our bikes around all day. We ate yummy Miguels for lunch, beached it up for hours, got refreshing drinks and fro-yo, played exciting rounds of yahtzee ( cleared out starbucks- because we were yelling so loud... hahah) hot tubbed at the Del, then watched amazing fireworks with champagne! It was perfect! 

Coronado was filled with AMERICAN spirit - all the houses were decorated with red,white and blue.. 

The night ended with  us girls riding on the handle bars with the hubs screaming U-S-A!!! 

U-S-A!!!! and singing God BLESS AMERICA!! 

Haha It was awesome!

Sean and I outside of Petco Park





Kate, AJ, Andrew, Cheri, Sean and me


The Day begins at Miguels (an all-time favorito)


Beachin it with the Keeseys and Silbs!


Ridin bikes in Coronado


Playin Yahtzee at Starbucks


Yahtzee for life (our favorite game)Sean being artistic!!


Hot Tubbin at the Del.. Felt so good after being in the sun all day!


The beautiful Hotel Del


Amazing Firework shots by S. Walker


This one was awesome because a fire truck went by while the shutter was still open.. Dramatic effect. The hub was stoked on this picture!!