New Camera!!!

Hubby finally got me one... That turns on and everything!!! It is a Samsung SL420. 10.2 MP, 5x optical zoom, and for the moment it makes me feel a little stupid trying to figure out the settings LOL. And the BEST part.. It was $88 woohoooo!!!! We managed not to break the bank!
Now I have managed to get some good pictures already

One of our neighborhood garbage men... seriously they are ALL out on trash day... It is creepy...

Hanging out at the library

I have also gotten some not good pictures....

I need to play with the settings some more hahahaha

Tune in next time for : Mouse paint. :)

Camera broke :(

Yesterday my Camera broke ... It stinks... I'm sure none of you could tell but my camera is like my BFF, baby, Ok maybe my arm. It feels like someone cut off my arm... Ackkkkk. It was a Nikon coolpix L18

 

All images courtesy of google images 

And it was RED! Yup it was my baby. I have had it for 2 years and in all that time it has treated me wonderfully, given me some great memories and super clear shots. Well apparently when I turned it off the last time The lens jumped off track. According to google this is a common problem. So I hopped on the phone and Called Target extended service warranty center. Oh did I forget to mention that this camera was a Christmas gift from my parents and that they were kind enough to also buy the 3 year extended service warranty at target! Well I get a real life human within minutes, (a record nowadays). But she doesn't have good news for me  Nope it couldn't be that easy EVER. Because the most common way for the lens to go off track is someone bumped into it Target is unable to fix it! AHHHH But she kindly connected me to Nikon so they could help me. So I get connected to Nikon and again get another very kind lady on the phone who tells me my only option is to send my camera into Nikon for service. AHHHHH... This is insane. I am NOT happy atm with either Target or Nikon.. :(
So I google the problem and my camera and find out the only thing Nikon is going to do is replace the lens and for that they will charge me $95-$119 plus shipping BOTH ways! That is the same price to just go buy a new camera! So I let Hubby know that my camera is dead and since he works at sears (DISCOUNT!!!) He found me a new camera!! It is a Samsung in a cool purplish pink color

Normally $119 on sale for $71 minus discount plus 2 year warranty  It totals in at $81  Woohoo! Right? He Brings it home we plug it in and let it charge all night...

Guess what.... It won't turn on!!!!Noooooooooooooooooo... Now I'm going to cry.. So hubby took the camera back with him today, That was the last samsung they had for that price so he will look around and see what he can find. I'm not getting my hopes up and I guess I will for the time being go back to using the dinosaur

My old Sony Cybershot from 2002, 3.2 Mp, Man I'm going to miss the extra 5MP I've gotten used to lately..

P.S. So if there are any Camera companies that want me to reveiw a brand new camera I'm ready and waiting hahahahhahaha...
 (It's worth a shot right????)

P.P.S. And if you want I will learn to use a digital SLR!! You could send me one of those!!!

How does your garden grow?

Ok since I seem to be doing this every Friday It is time to show our new growth in our garden!

We have MORE cucumbers sprouting.

Sorry it is so blurry but these are our first watermelon sprouts!!!!

Our blueberry bushes are growing well!

And our beans are still going at it! We had to give them some support.. Caitlynn decided to smack them... Not sure why? The first picture I tried to get a picture of how they are twisting together.

Pretty leaves!

They are growing BIG.

Mary Mary quite contrary 

How does your garden grow?

With silver bells, and cockle shells,

And pretty maids all in a row.

Do you have a garden? If so how is it growing??

Happy Happy Birthday Brianna!!!

Yesterday was Brianna's 5th Birthday! This is what she woke up to!!!

Waking up to presents is Soooo much fun!

A girl game for her Leapfrog Diji!!! Finally!!!!

She is holding the dress she ended up wearing yesterday... Needless to say she LOVES it :)

A watch of her very own!!!! Brianna was so cute after opening her presents she whispered "Oh these are wonderful, Thank you so much"

cupcakes... for BREAKFAST!!!! The angel food cake mix made to much batter for Brianna's cake... So I made cupcakes and called it breakfast (I figure it is no worse than doughnuts!). Caitlynn kept looking at me like "can I really eat this??"

Oranges too!

Nathaniel ended up at home with us all day... Allergies stink :(

Then we headed to the library!!! For story time yay! Even better Story time was about Birthdays!!! The Libraries 25 birthday was April 13th! So after the kids sang Happy Birthday to the Library They sang Happy Birthday to Brianna!!!!

Awwwwwwww!

If your happy and you know it shout hooray!

Dinner was pizza yummmm!

And Dessert... Dessert was a pink Castle shaped angel food cake filled with strawberries and topped with whipped cream!!!! 

I do sort of feel bad for Brianna alot of times by the time her birthday rolls around we are all tired of frosting covered cakes.. But she LOVED IT.

Here is something funny, When we have  a regular frosted and decorated cake, The kids eat a few bites and leave it at the table. This cake was DEMOLISHED! And they came asking for more ;)

So all in all Brianna had a  Wonderful day yesterday!

Happy Birthday baby girl!!! I can't believe you are 5 already!

Wordless Wednesday: Happy Birthday Brianna!

(I know I'm late,  really late LOL More to come tomorrow  She had a WONDERFUL day today!)

The art of happy 101!!!!!!

I was recently given my very first award!!!! woohooo!! The Drama mama at The scoop on poop Bestowed me with this Happy 101 award!!! Yayyyy! There are a few requirements that came with the reward.

Here are the rules:
1. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
2. List who gave the award to you and use a link to her blog (or hyperlink).
3. List 10 things that make you happy.
4. Pass the award on to other bloggers and visit their blog to let them know about the award.

So 10 things that make me happy... hmmm...

1. My children.They are my joy :)
2. My hubby... when he isn't bugging me LOL
3. Blogging I am loving getting comments and sharing a bit of our world!
4. Coffee.. I do not function with out it.. end of story..
5. Dark chocolate.. mmmmm... my thighs disagree though... hahahaha
6. A good book. I love to just get lost in a really good story. The library is my BFF!
7. Gifts from my children (that they make) I love it when they work so hard to make me something special!
8. Reading to my kids at bedtime. It is our special quiet time :)
9. The quiet time I get after the kids go to bed!
10. Anything crafty, painting, drawing, knitting sewing, even if the finished product is trash I enjoy the process LOL.

Now to bestow this wonderful award on other lucky bloggers!

1. Sew Not My Day!
2.Are Muffins Just Ugly Cupcakes?
3. Suburban Stereotype
4. Confessions of a Semi-slacker mom
5. Hissyfits & halos
6. I KNOW HOW BABY IS FORMED!
7.  I'm a full time mummy
8. I'm Living Proof that God has a Sense of Humor
9. JDaniel4's Mom
10. Kim's Korner

Now I gotta run and let everyone know! I hope everyone has a lovely week!!!

The view from the stroller: At the Zoo

Ok I mentioned before that we had gotten the girls some Disney micro pix cameras before our trip to the zoo.

These are tiny little digital cameras, no view screen, no flash, no zoom, and they only hold 40 pics. They aren't fancy at ALL. I probably wouldn't pay the $15 they usually cost. But we didn't pay that much. We actually found them on Kids.woot.com .  It is a great site for finding deals. well they had them one day for $0.01 + $5 shipping. which made them $2.51 each. For that price I was SOLD! LOL.  So It was interesting to see just what the girls took pictures of...

A wall..

Turtles

We apparently  really liked the bugs

And alpaca and the edge of Caitlynn's face LOL

Trees

Caitlynn took LOTS of pictures like this :)

Daddy showing her how to hold the camera.

Daddy taking a pic. LOL

And Caitlynn took a lot of these pictures too LOL.

So they don't take great pictures, but they were the right size for my 4 and 3 year old to carry around. They are easy to use, and fun. I wouldn't spend $15-$20 on them but If I saw them for a penny again I would grab a couple more as back ups for when these die LOL.