G'Day Mateys,
Long time no blog and lots of happy haps to tell y'all about. So far we've had a pleasant early spring that has included a bit of travel and a few house guests, plus some good news on the cancer front.
First, my last visit with my oncologist revealed that my CEA (tumor marker) numbers have been holding steady at normal levels for the last several months indicating that I am cancer free as well as can be determined. Therefore the plan is to undergo a few rounds of maintenance chemo in an attempt to obliterate microscopic cancer cells if they are in there. Research indicates that this type of plan following surgery has fairly high remission rates, so yay.
In more interesting news Sally and I recently hosted about 25 of our close family and friends in town for the Mercer Island Rotary Club 5K, 10K and half-marathon benefiting colon cancer awareness. Over the long weekend we had a big ol' spaghetti feed, a night of fine dining and group karaoke, the run and a pizza party. Here are some pics of the run for you all to enjoy. Thanks to all who came out and made it a blast.
Our half-marathon runners. Sads and Sal pulled Ty along, who decided to run it just the night before without having done a single training run. Yowsers.
Team members including TorKat, who both finished 3rd overall in the men's and women's 10k respectively.
Apparently, the marked course was still confusing for these two directionally challenged run/walkers.
D-swizzle showing the hops and the steeze.
J-Lau and Sammy, we see you too.
The Keyes with our youngest team member, Penelope Clover.
Hope that you all enjoyed those fine photos. The next few are from Sal's and my trip to Denver for the Funk baby shower. Another grand time mingling with the laid back country folk, where the gorgeous old west comes to life in blaze of sepia toned glory that is Denver. It was super fun to hang with Dave, Rebecca, Jonas, Eric, Sadie, Jevan, Casey, the Funks and our other Denver pals.
My special lady friend.
If more baby showers turned into parties with Sads and Sal rocking the shades, then count me in.
What what.
Rebecca, Dave, Eric y Jonas.
Tracy looking great at 8 months with Elliot (not pictured?), Rebecca and Sadie.
Well that is all for now. Stay tuned for exciting future updates, including new plants in the yard and more with Pirate, Benny and Goose. Later Skaters.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
NYC Pictures
Hi friends,
I just got back from a work trip to NYC. Managed to have a little fun while we were there! Here are some pictures...
Here's a view from my hotel room (you could see the Empire State Building and the Hudson River but I wasn't a good enough photographer to get it all). We stayed at The Standard, btw, and I would highly recommend it...
Drew and Cece XOXO...
I just got back from a work trip to NYC. Managed to have a little fun while we were there! Here are some pictures...
Here's a view from my hotel room (you could see the Empire State Building and the Hudson River but I wasn't a good enough photographer to get it all). We stayed at The Standard, btw, and I would highly recommend it...
Drew and Cece XOXO...
Monday, March 1, 2010
The boys.
Sup,
As you might imagine when battling cancer, one tends to go through a range of thoughts and emotions. I am no different in this as I've spent my time recovering from surgery contemplating new thoughts on life and feeling a bit more emotional than usual. While I know that I am on a journey that will inevitably provide many twists and turns, I have just recently decided to amp up my tough-as-nails, bad ass, tough guy, fire-eating, "crappin bigger than Billy Crystal" Jack Palance persona. And the first thing is to post this picture of my homies, Benny and Pirate.
Yeah, yeah. In yo face. What? I didn't think so sucka!
As you might imagine when battling cancer, one tends to go through a range of thoughts and emotions. I am no different in this as I've spent my time recovering from surgery contemplating new thoughts on life and feeling a bit more emotional than usual. While I know that I am on a journey that will inevitably provide many twists and turns, I have just recently decided to amp up my tough-as-nails, bad ass, tough guy, fire-eating, "crappin bigger than Billy Crystal" Jack Palance persona. And the first thing is to post this picture of my homies, Benny and Pirate.
Yeah, yeah. In yo face. What? I didn't think so sucka!
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