Shannon and her sweet little Anna Grace

Melanie Maid of Honor and sister of the bride. So Pretty!

John the ringbearer, and Anna Grace one of the flowergirls
How cute is she?
Jeff and Michelle, she was crying. It was so sweet.
The Kiss. This was their first kiss. He took the chance and kissed her twice.
The happy couple.
Off they go.
This was as far as the car decor went. Billy did not want them to really trash it. I was sort of disappointed.

Hopefully later today I can update with some pictures. I went crazy at my friend Michelle's wedding this weekend. I may have my first paid Photography job too!!

Sad but Good

This weekend I decided to suck up and clean out my desk drawers. I do this like 4 times a year and no matter what I try it becomes the collection spot for just about any piece of paper I have and other items, including chocolate covered espresso beans I have had for months. They are still good don't freak out on me yet.
In all the paper I found a letter my allergist had sent to me but was written to my doctor. This confuses me every time I get one but I decided to read it to see if there may be some logic for it being sent to me also. It gave my history and signs and symptoms and new allergies etc. Near the end there were a few paragraphs that floored me. I did not remember talking with him about it. He mentioned the new allergies so I would have a new shot, I would have to build up on the shot, then he would combine the two...then he will probably make that extract even stronger, because I am just not really responding to it like I should. He wants to see me in 3-6 months and if I have not progressed we will talk about going off the shots. I don't remember that but ok, no shots ok.
I read on, I recalled him asking if I had a CT scan for my sinuses before, I said no and nothing more really was said about it. But in the letter he then wrote he thinks I have a non-allergic rhinitis component that is much stronger than my allergic one. Rhinitis is inflammation of the nose, which probably includes my sinuses. The sad part is I know what is next. If the shots don't work he is going to order a CT scan **wimper**. From the CT scan he can see if my sinuses are clogged or there is a lot of swelling or mucous etc trapped in there. I never really seem to feel totally well. Then if there is any of that stuff, I will be looking at surgery. Antibiotics and rest just don't ever seem to get rid of this stuff. Bad thing surgery, they cut me open and I will look like I have had plastic surgery for a few weeks, it is so expensive. On the flip side I will feel well again I won't have constant headaches or sinus pressure and this may relieve my so called allergy symptoms. Then again we never know what he will find.

So no more jokes about the cat. The one good thing from the shots is I am only a tiny bit allergic to her now. I can actually pet and hold her and not suffer the whole next day or two or three.

No matter what God is sovereign and in control.

See the Pretty Flowers

Life As Me

Can I get a sinusectomy or sinusoplasty, to fix the pain and misery most people call my sinuses? Ok threw a little medical terminology on you there. I am not so sure those procedures even exist but if they did I would be first in line I tell you. So for the past month, well really since I went to the allergist and he brought up the CT scan, I have been trying to keep track of the days my sinuses feel like they are 15 times their size and the pain radiates back causing a major headache. The sad news I can't recall a day that has gone by that I have not had some sort of pain for some amount of time. When it is at it's worst no amount of Naproxen will help and I am generally miserable most of the day. Is a CT scan truly imminent in my future? I am torn about the situation. I want this fixed and want to be healed of this pain, but I am claustrophobic, and I really think they picked the smallest hole to put you in so they could see how many people they can break during a medical procedure. It is all a big conspiracy. No I am not crazy. I know there are great pills out there, they can give me so I can endure the scan. I just hate to be incapacitated for a day or so.
I don't know how much longer I can handle this. It was a lot better when my sinuses just held that gunk up there and caused pain. But last night as I lay in bed peacefully asleep with humidifier humming, that gunk crept down and now has my nose totally plugged up and dripping at the same time. It started yesterday truly. I felt that mucus start to decend out the tiny little holes in the back of your throat that drain your nose. By the middle of the day they were inflamed and very sore. I guess they got so inflamed they shut up and everything accumulated in my nose. I really feel like that old commercial with the sick person with their head blown up and their nose enormous from their cold. I am not so sure I can make it through this day.
Ok enough complaining. And on to the things that make my painful days brighter. Yesterday we had our reception for our new dean. I am on the social affairs committee here at work. This means we plan and put on all the fun events within the College of Nursing. So I was on clean-up crew for the reception. Because it was for our new dean it was catered and we rented tables so really the only thing we were responsible for was the vases and easels. We had no use for the flowers that adorned the tables so we each took a few. I grabbed two one for the office and one for home. Since I am lacking opportunities to use my photography skills much to my dismay, I decided to have some fun taking portraits of the arrangement I took home. So here are some shots. It is so pretty.
Ok so I am going to try to get them on another post this one has an attitude.

FINALS

I took my first FINAL today and missed only 2 questions. Yeah! I am totally excited. The other two will be on Tuesday of next week. So from now until then I only have class on Tuesday and Thursday. This is all too exciting. I can't believe the semester is almost complete. One down 3 more to go.

More Air Show

This makes me think of space shuttles. At least that is what they look like to me.

These two are actually flying towards two others that are flying right side up, they barely miss each other.
After a tight formation they all shoot off in different directions.

Another shot of the fleur de les breaking up

A good close up so you can read it.
As they fly above us.

Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder Soaring High...

This weekend we went to see the Annual air show at the Air Force Base. Last year we were greatly entertained by the Thunderbirds. This year the Blue Angels came. Not only were they there but I was prepared with my Nikon D70, which made me giggle. Here are the Angels starting up on the runway.

I thought this was a fun shot. These pilots watched the show from the wing of this plane.

Here are four of the angels in a tight formation.
The two on the inside are upside down and they stayed in this formation for quite a while.
I like the clouds in this shot.

The noses of these two were almost completely vertical.
Here are all six on them with smoke trailing.
I think this was the beginning of fleur de les formation.
This was near the end of fleur de les
At the end they all circled around right over the audience.

It was awesome to say the least. Let me tell you this is only a TINY fraction of the shots I took. Just during their performance I took about 200+ pictures. I was able to use my multiple shots option so I took continuous pictures. Up to 3000 frames a minute. So I need to make a Power Point and then those who missed can see some of the show. I will post more pictures but it has never allowed me to upload more than 10 pictures a day.

Birthday Fun

Rachel was exstatic about being at Crazy Hibachi. Naw she really did love it, she just is hard-pressed to show it.

Oh yeah one of my FAVORITE restaurants.
Aww aren't we just so cute.
Our chef who was amazing and VERY entertaining.
Here is our little onion volcano. I love that part.
Not sure if he was warming his but here. Or was he showing he could be a part in kids books.
Here is a before picture. At this point he was entertaining for the camera mostly.
Here is the end result. The food was awesome as usual. We both had the Filet Mignon and Lobster. YUMMY
Back at home I got to open my presents.
Oh yeah I am all excited about my digital scrapbooking software.

Hanna's Party

Hanna's party was at the Little Gym here in Little Rock. She really enjoys it, all the other kids did too. Here is Armon acting like a monkey.

Armon impressed me with this jump, that kid can really get some air.
Here he is again playing on the parallel bars.
Hanna and her best friend, rocking. This is only half of the circle, they velcro them together and roll the kids on top of it.
Now this I loved as a child. The parachute. They went around in circles and then Hanna stood in the middle while they went around her.
Hanna is trying to sit down with it and I think it is more eating her. Later they all got under it and were hiding then they held out a birthday candle (their finger) and blew it out and the other worker pulled it off of them. They got a kick out of that.
Here is the princess cake for the princess.
The Princess of the Day.
Here is Hanna recieving her presents. I will have to post the cute one of her and I later. We have the same facial expression while she is opening her gift. This is Hanna and her dad. I caught them right after the hug.