Side-by-Side

Here they are side-by-side for a better comparison - WOW!



Pretty close, I would say!
-Krista

Jake Look-a-like 2

So I was still in search of a Jake Picture and came across this while mom was cleaning out one of our closets for her new Staging class. It was in a collage frame that Jaana had made a long time ago titled "Families are Forever" - there are some good ones in here! But anywho, here's a pretty close one of Jake as Jorel

It came from this awesome picture:

haha

~Krista

Jake Look-A-Like

I don't know if anyone noticed this, but Paul actually pointed out to me how much Jorel looks like Jake! He is totally right. I get glimpses of all the Nugents when I look at Jorel from different angles. And as he gets older, he changes all the time. But this picture looks so similar to Jake in some of our family videos! I couldn't find a picture of Jake like this, but I think you will all agree with me that the facial expressions alone are reminiscent of his uncle!! Cute! Love, Jaana

IFR Update!

First, just let me say I had an awesome time in Utah over the past few days. Thank you, family! One of the highlights as usual was staying up late, talking nonsense on the couch. Your owl has such a large wingspan! But the whole trip really was great. Can't wait to get together again.

For the remainder of the family that lives far away, we finalized some details for the Immediate Family Reunion!! We actually have DATES set. Here is a rough itinerary:

Wednesday 9/3/08
Activities

(Traveling Day)
Bowling
Fire-Pit
Games

Thursday 9/4/08
Activities

Bryce Canyon
Golf Course

Friday 9/5/08
Activities

Sand Hollow
4-Wheeling
Fishing
Boating (Maybe)

Saturday 9/6/08
Activities

Free Day
(Traveling Day)

I will send out the itinerary over email as well - one that includes a menu - so you guys have all the details that are available as of now. We kind of decided we would split up the cost of the meals and I think it will be VERY VERY reasonable.

So there you have it. Pencil it in. September 3rd is right after labor day so some of you may even be able to take a longer weekend to visit us in California beforehand (hint, hint) or do whatever you want! Can't wait!

Love, Jaana

Another Week?!

I cannot believe another week has already gone by! That is crazy! Jorel is rolling over and laughing all the time now. He eats two servings of solids a day and is starting to consistently sleep all night! It is amazing. I even wake up before he does sometimes. He is so anxiously anticipating the arrival of his Aunt Jaana to come and visit! We can't wait!

-Krista and Jorel

Photoshop: Professional Alignment

Upon my many photoshop excavations I have discovered several ways to make my life, plagued with perfectionism, a little easier. The following tip I'm about to share with you I came across by complete accident.

I catch myself from time to time with a project I can't entirely finish, not because I'm missing something or stumped, but because I cannot decide where everything in my canvas should go, especially when it's made from scratch with no hints or contrast markers to help me determine where to put the text or graphic in which corner and so forth.

One day, I believe around the time of my infamous Bowlfest creation, I had the rulers enabled on my feeble Photoshop 5.5 (yes, five point five but hey it was free). I was dragging a layer when suddenly there was a blue line across my screen. These blue lines have proven to be my most useful tool, you may know them as Guides.

To enable Guides first you must enable Rulers.

Then click on the horizontal or vertical Ruler bar and drag one or numerous Guides into play.

You can hold ALT and left-click a Guide to switch it between straight and upright. If you have an active layer, you'll notice the Guide will snap to it on its corners or its center. This makes lining up multiple graphics and strings of text much easier. If you would rather have it exclusively for a judgment call, you can disable snapping via View in the upper toolbar. A guide annoying you? No problem. Press CTRL + ; to hide them or click and drag one back into the Ruler bar to get rid of it. I enjoy the simplicity of the guides but advanced users would probably feel more comfortable using the grid (CTRL + ').

No more guessing! I can finally rest easy knowing my pictures are mathematically balanced.

Jorel's Song

Jorel is so funny discovering all the sounds that he can make, this is one of his latest, i think that he is singing...

-Krista and Jorel