Lots to update!

Well, I feel like I've been doing generic posts lately. I should feel that way, because it's true! But I'm trying to increase readership of my blog with various different things, so I am hoping that this is going to help. I won a contest out of the deal too, which is nice - I won a free book that I can't wait to get! Sometimes this blogging thing is nice for getting free stuff!

Anyway, to play catch up:
I had a great Mothers Day yesterday! John and Hannah gave me some really sweet cards, and John bought me a new digital camera! Mine died about a month ago, and I've been camera-less since then, which has been really hard for me. Last year I took almost 1500 pictures, so I have really felt weird not having my camera!

We bought a Canon SX110 IS, and so far, the pictures have been looking really good! We still need to get a new memory card for it, because we just have the stock one it came with, and the older ones we had won't work in this camera.














Fortunately, the new card we'll need to get is really inexpensive, so it won't break us to buy a new one. So far the pictures I've taken with it are coming out really good, and it's almost easier to use than my old S1, which makes me really happy!

We went to my parents house for a cookout yesterday, since it was also my dads birthday, and my grandmothers 83rd birthday will be next Sunday. We always put all three celebrations together into one party. My parents are going away on a trip this spring and will be leaving on Friday, so it worked out well to do it yesterday. Next Saturday, my sister and I are taking my grandmother out to lunch as her birthday present. Since my parents will be away, we didn't want her to spend her birthday weekend alone, so we decided that it would be fun and a nice gift to take her out.

I was finally able to take some pictures of the sun hat I made for Hannah too:

That is the Adorabubble sunhat pattern. For some reason, I couldn't seem to make it work the first time I tried it about a year ago, but this time it worked fine. Maybe I've just gotten better since then. I used the Ecoknit yarn for it, so I made the 2T-3T size, and it fits her fine.

I think that's about it for now... Have to get showered and dressed - taking Hannah to the library today, and then we're going out to lunch with a friend. Yay!