This makes me happy.

I saw this on Ali Edwards' blog, and it made me smile.



And I love what she said about it:

"It also totally reminds me to stop just going through the motions, or doing things just because that is the way they have always been done. What a tremendously wonderful celebration of life.

It seriously makes me want to get up and dance.

I want my life to be so joyously lived."

Me too. :)

Back to School

The PS Brush class continues to impress.  The last 2 days have been about creating frames using brushes.  Very fun.  

Here is today's assignment.  

Here Comes the Sun

I have had a request to finish the Anniversary Week Trip posts.  So here we go!

We got back to Houston on Thursday evening, and Friday we packed up the car again and headed to the Gulf of Mexico.  Dan's parents came along this time - and we had a great time!

First stop was Surfside Beach.

Aren't they so cute?

Well, until Brad tried to pull Debra into the ocean!

She is quick to forgive, evidently.  Hehe!

Here we are!

And here I am with the in-laws. :)

I like toes pictures.

I think Brad was tired of photos...

But we got him in the end!

This is one of my favorites of Dan and his dad.  

And we finally asked a stranger to take one of all of us together.  What a fun day at the beach!

More fun with PS Brushes!

Wowee!  I am learning so much in this class.  Look at these digital stickers I made from scratch!

Day 2 of Brush*Abilities

The fun continues...here is today's assignment.

Brush*Abilities

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you this update!

I started a new class at Jessica Sprague.com today.  It's called Brush*Abilities, and it is SO much fun!  I thought I knew everything there is to know about Photoshop brushes, but I was wrong.  It is only Day 1, and have already learned lots of cool tricks.  Here is my homework for today:

More Carlsbad Caverns

After the tour of the Left Hand Tunnel, we did a self-guided tour of the Big Room, which really is BIG!  The big room is the largest single underground chamber in the world.  It is about 2,000 feet long and an average of 600 feet wide, an average 200 feet high, and covers an area of 12 to 14 acres! 

I thought this would make a great texture shot!

After our self guided tour, we took one last ranger-guided tour of the Kings Palace, which gave us a lot of the history of the cave.

And that wraps up the cave photos.  Next up: Surf Side and Galveston beach.