"Yoshi Falls"

 
 
 
 


We went on a little nature hike today at Chalk Ridge Falls Park over by Stillhouse Hollow Dam and Ian and his friend Tommy had a great time on their quest to find "Yoshi Falls." Obviously, my 5 year old plays too much Mario Kart on Wii. But they insisted that they found it when we got to the little water fall and insist that it is indeed Yoshi Falls and the road that leads you there is Rainbow Road. We spent about 2 hours hiking with our friends and had a lovely time. We hiked up and enjoyed a picnic and just explored the park. We will definitely be going back.

Just in Case You Were Wondering

 


and here in Texas you can't use a sleigh! :)

You can enter the Christmas photo contest on Tutus and Sneakers HERE

Ian's School Christmas Program

 


Ian's school had their Christmas program for the K-3 through K-5 classes this past Wednesday. The kids were told to wear their Sunday finest instead of their regular uniform shirts and they all looked so cute. The kids were filed in and presented a pageant style program that was based on a Birthday Party for Jesus. They sang songs and there were little bits of skit performed by the K-5 kids. It lasted about 20 minutes and the kids did a great job. Ian sang his little heart out and would look over to Bill and me to get approving glances. :) 5 is such a great age!

Obsessed with Photoshop Elements

 
 


This online course has me trying so many new things. I just had to play this evening. Here's a before and after. Both okay in their own rights. Of course having a cute little subject doesn't hurt!

We Finally Have a Tree!

 

It's my first time having a live tree! Pine needles galore, but it smells lovely and is much nicer looking than the fake tree. I do understand why people want them. I do feel sad that a tree was chopped down and will become some sort of trash in a few weeks.

Simple Beauty: Simplicity Photo Challenge

 

I took this photo of my dear friend who is 37 weeks pregnant. She's simply beautiful!
 

Thinking Warm Thoughts

 


I've been working my way through an online photoshop course. The link to the instructors blog connected to the button to the right. If you are interested in learning a little bit about photoshop or photoshop elements and feel like you know next to nothing, I can't recommend this course enough. Though I will probably never be super savvy at it, just knowing how to do the basic fixes correctly has been super. I feel less frustrated than I ever have trying to learn this.

So in honor of the cold weather and to give way to daydreams and times less hectic, I leave you with one of my homework images from today. I took the photo in Hawaii in September and then just used PSE 8 to enhance it.