New Camera Shots

I had a very good Christmas and received both a new netbook and also a Coolpix P100 camera.  The camera is a kind of "in the middle" camera that is more than a point and shoot but not as complex as a true professional camera.  It has lots of features for me to learn and hopefully I can get some decent pictures from it.  I haven't figured out most the features, but have just used what the automatic settings are and come up with a few pictures that turned out alright.

 This picture is a litle creepy now that I am really looking at it, but it was really cute this morning as the kids all climbed up on a single stool and started washing the windows together.

I will get better but it is a fun thing to play around with and learn about, plus I don't mind my subjects I get to practice on!

Christmas Pictures

It's been a great Christmas this year for our little family.  We had lots of family in town and enjoyed celebrating with loved ones that we don't get to see too often.  We still have family in town so I will spare some details.  We also had some pictures taken...these are not the professionals, but I think we have some good ones just from a regular hand-held.

As you can see.. we have made a few beautiful children...speaking of children, we found out that #4 is a boy!  We are stuck on names.  Dan likes the more traditional names and I like something a little less common.  So hopefully we figure out a name before too long.  We are excited to even up the numbers and have our two girls and two boys.