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.