My little niece meets her new baby brother.

For the  I Heart Faces photo challenge.

“Play” is this week’s challenge over at I Heart Faces.

On Easter Sunday, we had a delicious lunch at my Uncle Ken & Aunt Becky’s house. Afterwards the menfolk headed outdoors to play a game of Bocce Ball.

Here Uncle Glen is poised, ready for the throw.

To see many more lovely entries related to “play” head over to I Heart Faces…

The photo challenge over at I ♥ Faces this week is “I Heart Desserts”.

My entry: Maple & Pecan Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. This cake was moist and flavorful and rose beautifully in the oven. It is a wonderful way to use up over-ripe bananas when you just don’t feel like making banana bread again.

To get the recipe, head over to my cooking blog.

To see many more delicious desserts, please stop by I ♥ Faces.

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This week’s photo for Fix-it-Friday was provided by Keli Hoskins. It is a photo of her daughter, Emma. Click here to see the original photo.

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My Edit: For my edit, I used Corel Paint Shop Pro. First, I cropped the photo closer, duplicated the layer, created a layer mask, and brightened the photo. The background was very bright so I erased that part of the photo using a soft black brush and merged the layers. I then turned the photo black & white and duplicated the layer. On the new layer, I ran a preset called Albumen, turned down the opacity and merged the layers. Next, I placed a texture called concrete over the photo, turned down the opacity, created a layer mask, and erased the texture on the girl with a soft black brush. I then merged the layers and placed a slight purple tinge over the photo. Lastly, I sharpened the image and made her pants, hair, and eyes especially sharp.

The End!

To see how others chose to edit this photo, please stop by I ♥ Faces

This week’s photo challenge from I ♥ Faces is “Sweet Dreams”.

I couldn’t remember any nice sleeping photos (I generally take them as a joke), but I knew that Judah would be the perfect subject. He seems to sleep through most of the day.

To see many more sleeping photos, stop by I ♥ Faces.
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