the road less traveled

I have been wanting to play w/ adding textures to my photos for a while and finally found the perfect photo. I just love this picture of our little boy walking out to the beach - he was determined not to walk on the little trail and wanted to forge his own path - I added a texture overlay that was a free download from Flickr and can be found here. I just found this one too and it looks like fun

if you want to add one to your picture in PSE just drag the texture layer over your picture - the select the overlay layer in your layers menu. Then you adjust the opacity to the level you want (b/t 25-50 %). You can use the eraser tool if you want to erase the layer over a subjects face.

hold my hand

the other day T-man tried to give his cousin a hug and they both totally fell over and crashed. So we were a little nervous when T-man was trying to hug his cousin again, but this time on concrete. So we said hold his hand - I just love his cousin's facial expression. I think it so adorably sweet to see the friendship coming out between these two. The other day they had their own little conversation of babbling sounds and would crack each other up. Was so adorable to see them both laughing at each other and playing together with one another.

rainy days

A really quick thundersorm this weekend left the best rain puddles for the boys to play in. So glad I had my camera handy







and some scrapping - one of my favorite LOs I've made lately

self portrait challange

Emily had a self portrait challange for NSD so here is mine that I took yesterday

shopping

I made a quick trip to pottery barn to pick up some pillows for my MIL and of course I couldn't leave with out getting something. I have been wanting to freshen up our house for spring for a while so I can't wait to get home and decorate a little.

I got one of these pillows



some of these pillows (they were on sale at least)



also picked up one of that were on sale - I'm also thinking they would be cute with some 4" plants



will try to take some pictures once I get everything put up

The red bud trees are blooming here and I just love them. I love seeing that hint of color coming out knowing that spring is right around the corner. I stopped yesterday and grabbed these quick shots.

Baby Session

my sister let me take some pictures of her family and here are some of the shots we got. It was so nice being able to hold a newborn and I'm so glad we have this sweet girl in our family now.