New Purchase

I finally received my video camera!  I originally purchased the Flip camera, but found one that I figured we would be able to use more.  We decided on the:

Kodak Playsport Video Camera

Why did we choose this one, you might ask?  Well, we wanted to be able to use more than 120mins of video.  This one can hold as much as your memory card holds.  We also liked the added feature of being able to take it in the water with us.  I know this won't happen often, but how cool to be able to take it snorkeling or to the pool and not worry about it getting wet??  

I've only used it once so far, but I'm pretty happy with it overall.  I got it off Amazon, so it wasn't quite as expensive as at the regular Kodak Website.

New Camera

I posted before Christmas about our new camera purchase.  I'm very happy with what we ended up getting, but I still have a LOT to learn about the camera.  As of right now, I'm still mastering the art of learning how to take a damn picture! :-)

Anyway, here are a few pictures I snapped after we opened the camera.

Christmas 2009 (obviously!)

The in-laws

Out at my parents house

Parents house again

Bear & his cousin, Addie, "fighting" over a treat

My Parents dog, Samantha

Playing in the snow

And again....

Needless to say, Bear slept pretty well on the 1.5 hour drive home! :-)

These are just a few of the pictures I took, but there will be more to come.... Have a wonderful Tuesday! :-)

Suggestions Please...

We just bought this camera: a Canon - EOS Digital Rebel T1i 15.1-Megapixel Digital SLR.

I'm looking for ideas for software to purchase in order to edit my photos..... Know that I have never in my life edited a photo and so I know nothing about this kind of software.

Does anyone have suggestions on something that would be good software, easy to use for a beginner, but good enough to produce great photos?  And all fairly inexpensive?

Thanks much and enjoy your weekend!  I'll be back next week with a weekend update and hopefully a giveaway to post about! :-)

I did say I'd give you a clue, didn't I?  Well, the product hasn't been completely okayed yet, but lets just say that if you have one, you love it and if you don't, you want one!  It's something that will make meal time a whole lot happier :-)

Merry "early" Christmas to me!

Remember, here, I talked about getting a new camera.  Well, my parents gave us some money early for Christmas (to put towards a camera and we took care of the rest) and on Black Friday, we ventured out (at the ripe hour of 1:00 pm :-)  )  and ordered it online at the sale price from Best Buy!  I know, we're die-hard...

We also snagged this beauty for a very very nice deal. 

 What do you all think?  Think I'll be able to take some fancy pictures with this bad boy??  I'm pretty excited! Any suggestions on other things we'll need for it?  We also got a carrying bag for it, but what size SD HD card do you think we should get?  Is there a smaller lens than the 18-55mm?  It seems like we'll always have to take the lens off to store it and won't be able to just take it out and snap a picture real quick.  Any suggestions?

I'll also need to figure out how to use it! haha It may take me years months, but I have faith! :-)

I'm pretty excited!  However, since it is partly a gift from my parents, my mom is making us wrap it and open it for Christmas at their house! Which means, I don't get to use it until the 19th!  Sad, I know! 

Calling all you professional photographers!

Alright all you photographers out there!  We're wanting to get a really good camera for Christmas and I was looking into this one.... Does anyone have it?  What do you suggest?  What do you think about this one?  Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated! (if you do like it, what would you suggest buying with it so that we are ready to go?)

It's a Canon - EOS Digital Rebel T1i 15.1-Megapixel Digital SLR Camera

 Help!! :-) 

Catching up.....

So, I have a lot of pictures to take from my good friend, Katie's wedding that was on May 9th... I'm terrible at posting pics on here, because for some reason it takes me forever! Anyway, this past weekend was another eventful weekend!

Friday night, Jesse and I finally got to have a night in. I actually did some shopping while he worked a few hours of overtime and when he got home, we ordered pizza for dinner and plopped in front of our ginormous tv (READ: 93" of tv....) I can't even remember what we watched, but since our PS3 is on the fritz and is our only Bluray player, we cannot watch our Netflix.... My hubby decided that we needed to order all of them in Blu Ray because it's better picture quality.... Yada yada yada.... Well I say DVD's are better than no movie at all! Anyway, I fell asleep pretty early, so I suppose putting in a movie wouldn't have helped me any...

Saturday, I left bright and early for my friend Bri's wedding shower. It was about an hour & 1/2 drive back home for her shower. It was so good to see her as I haven't seen her since October and she recently had a little baby girl named, Quinn, who is the cutest thing you've ever seen!! (sorry, I'm a bad photographer, no pictures.... Maybe I'll find one and put it up here) Then I did a bit of shopping with my mom and bought this and this for our trip to Vegas in July!

*Side story: My grandma turns 79 this July and said to my mom "I'd like to go to Vegas one last time before I die..." I thought it was the most morbid thing she's ever seen, given that she looks to be about 55 and is healthier than any other 79 year old out there..... But I suppose she thinks a lot differently than I do. Back in her day, it was a miracle if people lived to their 60's so I'm sure she thinks she's doing quite well! Anyway, my mom has 6 sisters and 2 brothers, so it's a big family. I have about 30 cousins and about 20 second cousins..... So, with that being said we are getting a big group of my aunts and girl cousins to go. I think we've mustered up about 20 girls to go already! I'm so excited, I've never been to Vegas, but I hear it's amazing... I'm not a huge gambeler, so I'm not even sure how much money to take.... We're staying here, which I've heard is very nice. Needless to say, I'm pretty darn excited! If all goes well, the hubby and I might plan a New Years Eve trip there!

Ok back to my weekend! :-)

After shopping, I headed back to my parents to get ready for my friend Molly's wedding. Hubby couldn't come with me because he was putting in some serious overtime hours, and well I figure a lot of people are getting laid off, we better take advantage of the overtime pay while we can! Molly's wedding was so beautiful! She was such a beautiful bride and once again, I forgot my camera! Sorry guys.... Don't hate me! I'll get better! We've been talking about getting a really nice camera, one that takes great pictures inside and out. Our current camera, a Cannon SD450 is quite outdated.... I believe my husband bought it in 05.... So it's time for a new one!

Ok So after the wedding, I headed back out to my parents. We watched a movie, and I fell asleep, what a surprise.

Sunday, my mom and I went to breakfast, then to Target to do some last minute shopping. I was home in enough time to get ready to go play sand v-ball with some friends. We played for a few hours and then we made dinner and I crashed right away....

I'm so ready for a weekend at home! Next weekend we'll be in Indiana and then finally we'll get to spend some time at home. So, I hope to get all of my planting done before my classes start on June 4th!!

What did you guys do? Any suggestions on nice camera's or things to do while we are in Vegas? I'm sure I'll talk more about the trip when it gets closer!