My Senior

Well she is almost to the moment of completion, Emily walks across the stage next Thursday night as a top 10% graduate of Venus High School. Here's to Emily! Whew! you made it girl!!!!

I'm Back!

No, no pictures to post right now but I am back for now and I will try to be active now that I have this thing going again.

I have been very busy with school and photography lately.

I will post what I have been up to soon or go to my website and see some of what I have done lately.

www.jodelphillips.photoreflect.com

see you soon!

jodel

Relief!!! and relieved!!!!!

Butch says that I changed colors from red to white, as I spoke to the nurse on the phone about removing Aaron's packing. I did it...did you hear the holler? What is bad is that you know you have another after you pull out the first one. Well anyway its done and I am glad!

Aaron is feeling so much better. He has had a cup of strawberry jello and some ginger ale and is on the couch watching tv. Movies are funnier than normal when you have had some medication. I just hope that the worst has passed...I don't want to do this again...ever.

This is a picture of Aaron smiling!

The Nose knows

Ha! I could not resist using that phrase. It was a long night. The nausea and all that goes with that ended around 3. I adore the sound of Aaron's loud snores...that meant he was sleeping soundly. I camped on the floor in his room so that I could be close. He is now only taking one pain pill every 4 hours and I think that his stomach will be ready for some jello or something similar this afternoon, but not till after the dreaded hour of 3.

His nose is rather large today, still no black eyes! He had a fever for quite some time last night. He would wake up and be soaking wet. I hope that has passed also. I will keep you posted. Maybe he will allow a snapshot or two today.

8.7.6. A good day to fix your nose

If you are weak in the stomach don't read on till second paragraph

Today Aaron had his nose put back together. The left nasal bone is no longer laying under the right and he has a left nasal passage again. His surgery lasted about 1 hour and 30 minutes. It took him quite awhile to wake up and when he did he was in a great deal of pain. You know you are still the momma when they squeeze your hand...hard...and look for it when you let go. His nose is packed for now. I get the honor of removing the packing tomorrow around 3, so pray for both Aaron and I around that time.

The first shot is Aaron scowling at mom due to the camera...ya know...not cool..then the nurse came in and he got to squirt Afrin (major snorts) up his nose twice. Then came the IV and finally a smile after the anethesiologist administered some happy juice (versed) Aaron became very silly shortly after that. We watched hime wheeled away...he remembers nothing from the point of the happy juice on till waking up with a mask of blowing humidity and oxygen. We got home around 1 or so. Aaron has had quite a bit of nausea...we are dealing with it. I will sleep in his room on the floor tonight. The bleeding comes and goes. That cute little gadget he is wearing holds a gauze pad and is called a mustache dressing...wish we would have invented that thing.

I will post an update tomorrow....a funny thing...no black eyes on the first break and still no black eyes today. Good night for now.

girls girls girls

Jen, Cathy and Emily one evening a week or two ago. Great kids! I love the picture!

Em

Been taking lots of pictures of Emily lately. She is going to be a senior....she is a senior....first day of class is August 21. This year will be busy and full of so much to do. Here is to a great year Em! Mom loves you!

a mini vacation in Grandbury, Texas

Our vacation was a mini get-away for many reasons. Aaron decided to work through our vacation, can't blame him money is important when you want an electric guitar. Emily played volleyball twice during our get away. Jared mostly just wanted to swim. We ate a great burger at Grump's, a hamburger joint we discovered on an earlier road trip. Aaron was ever entertaining and decided to see how many peanuts he could stuff in his mouth. I have pictures but they are very, well just let's say not pretty. We saw this old house on the way back and I had to grab a few shots. This is the Wright, Duncan, Henderson House. It has three names due to the three owners that built on to it. The Nutt House well it just fits! Notice the 3 little nuts sitting out front. The true excitment of our trip came after the saying just one more time. I will never ever allow anyone to do something just one last time if it is in any way dangerous. Aaron was getting pretty good at the knee board, crossing the wake and such until he somehow became airborne and well the board and his nose connected. What a bloody mess he was! It sort of knocked him silly too I think. We ended up in the ER and yes it's broken. We go to an ENT on Tuesday to get an opinion about what needs to be done next. And that is how our trip ended. We packed up the next morning and came home. Grandbury is a charming little town.

Morgan & Seth

Morgan and Seth are expecting as you can see. Stetson is due to arrive in about 8 weeks. Morgan is radiant and Seth is so loving. Nothing more beautiful than a pregnant woman and I can see it in Seth's eyes that he adores Morgan. Morgan and Seth are special to me because they are my "firsts"! First bridal, wedding, maternity and yep can't wait first newborn shoot when Stetson gets here! This was my first indoor shoot. i really enjoyed it and tried hard to see where the light was going. Thanks Morgan and Seth!