My guy

My guy and my oldest baby boy are taking off for Texas this weekend...to do a little work around the farm and a little at Saddie's.

I came across the photo and thought I'd play around with it a bit in PSE9. Photos of my guy and I don't make it here on the JohnstonChronicles too often!

My best friend....

My precious ones in black and white

Thalia

Playing with PSE9, I have been playing with converting pictures into black and white, then slightly adding a little color back in...
Emerson

This one of Emerson also has texture added to it...

and the rounded corner frame...
Benjamin

I put a white frame around Benjamin's because the black didn't show since the edges are already dark.

Can you tell I added the color back in to their eyes?

I love my little men and my precious granddaughter!

Benjamin at Great America

Benjamin had a great time at Great America...

Benjamin and his little friend!
Lindsey told me he rode some rides with her or Donnie...

but some wouldn't let an adult ride...
so Benjamin and his little friend rode together...
Lindsey told me that every time the rides stopped, Benjamin would said, "Again!"
I would have loved to seen him there...
riding the rides...
with his little friend!
You're growing up so fast, Little Man!

Skyping with the injured

My poor baby ... Thalia was injured in a mean game of basketball today...
Thalia has a swollen eye...and Erica has a bump on the back of her head...

and Joshua is in the doghouse for laughing...
Here's my one eyed granddaughter holding little cute Cookie...

who isn't potty trained...
Here's Blu...

He doesn't know what to think!

Giving Kisses!

Playing around with PSE9, I was practicing making a collage...having the pictures "snap" into place. Not sure what made me think about kisses...maybe it was my guy just walking through and kissing me .... so I went through some of my files looking for photos of kissing...

thus, the kisses collage!

My boys on my 600th post!

My little men... I miss them like crazy! Having so many great pictures of them just doubles my fun with PSE9! These were taken March 12 or 13th.

The font of 'Benjamin' is my new font...Remington or something like that... I love it! Then the black border/rounded corners of Benjamin and the brown strip at the bottom of Emerson's are both what I've downloaded.

I can hardly believe this is my 600th post here on the JohnstonChronicles!

Time to go eat Mexican Food...

Wednesday's lesson

Today was day 3 of my new online class...it's through Kim Klassen, a photographer and photoshop enthusiast in Canada.

I just love the addition of text...and textures!

Strength

I've been loving adding text to photos...as you may have noticed in previous posts. I just started my first online class today...it's a class combining photography and photoshop...just my cup of tea!

I thought it a bit...ironic, maybe...that the first lesson was on doing this daisy with the word 'strength'!
This was the original photo we started from...cropping it to a 5 x 5 and then adding text. I also added a texture to it...because that's something else I've learned and am having fun with it.

My new class...another toy!

Natalie

Sweet little Natalie is Emerson's cousin... Natalie's mama is Emily's cousin...so I guess technically, she's Emerson's 2nd cousin?

Regardless, she's a little sweetheart and I loved playing around with PSE9 and this picture of her! I'm loving putting names along the side of the pictures!
Here's the before and after shots...

Thank you for the sweet smile, Natalie!

My boys at 21.5 and 22 months

This past weekend, when I got to see my little men, it had been nearly 2 months since I had seen them...too, too long! I think I took 348 photos, something like that.

With the addition of PSE9, I don't just merely put the photos into the blog SOOC (Straight Out Of the Camera)...no, I have to play with them first.
My little Emerson King...
My little Benjamin...
They had so much fun together...playing and chattering to each other...
"Hi!"
"Hi!"

and this...hugging each other!
I pray for my little men, for so many things, but also that they will grow up loving each other, loving to hang out together, to play together...

I love these little guys!