Got me a new camera... woo, hoo!

I've been wanting a new camera for a long time. I've tried & tried to convince Corby to let me get one, but he always kept telling me I had to save my money & buy it. Well, I had most of the $$$, so he let me go ahead & get it since we are going to the beach this weekend & our camera is doing loopy things these days. I always get lots of pictures of the family because I do a calendar for each of our parents every year. I need something dependable. I LOVE this camera! There are still so many functions/buttons/etc on this thing & it will take me a while to get the hang of it, but here's a few pics that I've managed to capture the past few days.


This is a really cool feature that I'm totally digging... it's called color accent. You focus in on one color & all the rest is in black & white.

The first day of school

It's officially a new school year. The boys started back today, much to their dislike... but you gotta send them anyway or the police will come & get Mommy & Daddy... (that's what we always tell them). It was a struggle getting them up this morning but we all manage to roll out of bed & get ourselves ready. I thought things were going pretty smooth until the initial separation happened... for both boys. Carter shed many tears & had lots of hugs and we left him crying. I gave Chandler a hug & walked him to right outside his room & then Corby took him on in. He had to come back for one more hug & was a little teary. Oh, I hope this isn't a sign for the coming months... they are going to be LONG if it keeps up. They had an okay day when they got home. I guess as good as can be after having the whole summer free.


Here's some pictures of my big boys sporting their new monogrammed backpacks this morning.



Chandler is in 3rd grade & Carter is in 1st