Messing around in Photoshop

I realize that I get obsessed with things for a bit and go crazy. Latest obsession has been Photoshop. This is our family pic. for 2010. I have been wanting to edit it for months. I also bought Photoshop elements 8 last Dec. It has been sitting untouched until now. I asked a friend (thank you Sarah) to come and help me figure some of it out. I have had so much fun the last couple of days messing around.

This is a color pop action. I haven't really figured out how to make all of the layers work along with the tools, but still fun.

I tried to burn the edges. Got to carried away. Couldn't figure out how to undo it. Like I said I have been really excited about it.

Oh my baby Lilly.

I know this is really not anything to those of you who do the editing all of the time, but I feel like a whole new world has been opened up with just the few things that I have learned. Loving it...

Mason's BIG Fish!

Mason got to go on a Father, Son fishing trip with Jeff and one of his fishing buddies who also brought his son. They had a great time.

Is that the biggest smile you have ever seen or what? I think that it may also be "Take the picture Dad this fish is heavy," smile through his teeth. It is a 12lb. Rainbow trout. Like the ones Jeff caught this winter. Way to go Mason!

Mason and Dean. By the end of the trip these boys were good buddies.

And good climbers too. They did lots of great hiking along with the fishing. What fun!

Home Grown Eggs

Okay, I admit it, my hubby has some great ideas sometimes. It is just really hard for me to say yes if I think that I am going to be the one doing all of the work. Chicks, aren't they darling? They are quite a bit bigger now. They are in their coop that Jeff built ( he really is so good at building stuff). I am so excited to have eggs. We have been talking about a whole mini-farm idea for the last 10 years. We have finally taken the plunge. I don't know if any of you watched that show on PBS a few weeks ago, "Food Inc." http://video.pbs.org/video/1402965302/ it really makes us want to sell our house and buy a few acres and raise all of our own food. If you get a minute you sould really watch it. P.S. I really haven't done hardly any of the work.