You should know....

..you should know that one of my favorite things we did this summer was to visit our great friends Kelly and John for a quick over night trip at the beach....

...that Kelly is expecting her 1st sweet baby, a baby girl, for whom we have prayed for for a VERY long time...

...and that I could not be more thrilled!!

You should also also know that our little boys are total beach bums...

....they love it....

.... and make it really easy to snap 100's of pictures in a matter of minutes...


...and that try as I may, I am no professional photographer and don't own a good photo editing program( nor would i know how to use it!!)...

...on the beach in particular, I tend to not get the lighting right, and it takes me a while to find the right setting(if I ever do!!)...

...which brings me to another thing that you should really know about...



A friend of ours has started an online photo editing service where Mom's like me can send pictures of our kids( or something else i guess, if you ever felt like it!) that we love but that just aren't quite right and he'll edit them for you. He also has a ton of great photo taking advice, tips, lessons, etc that are really easy to follow. You should check it out.

Here's a few examples of what he did for me and my beach pictures from our visit with Kelly and John:
(unfortunately, the pictures wouldn't post side by side!!)


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And my personal favorites..you know that great picture you have of your kids but he/she has food, dirt, or *gasp* snot all over their face? Here's you answer....

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Here's a hand full of other pictures from the beach that I didn't get edited....