Why the Push for Digital??

I have had a bit of bad luck lately with electronics. Some of you may have read my birthday post about our digital camera failing at the moment we needed it. This is my third digital camera in three years. We called Kodak whose customer support determined that after a month of using it the mother board had fried (for no reason) and it would have to be replaced...I am beginning to wonder why I dont just stick with film cameras...

Yesterday I turned on my mac book and none of my files were there. I had no music in my iTunes, no photo booth pictures, no files saved anywhere (my talks/lessons for church, silly poems I have written, my portfolio and resume...all gone...) and worst of all no pictures in my iPhotos-- this includes all our pictures from our open house here in Utah and our honeymoon--our whole first year stuff together. EVERYTHING was gone.

Let's not forget the cell phone I had to replace last week. For no reason with a fully charged battery the thing would shut itself off--in the middle of a call, of a text, taking a picture it didn't matter. Luckily T-Mobile was more than friendly about replacing it and luckily that was under warranty...

Then the digital converter boxes for TV. Does anybody really know what the point of that was? I think I was the last person on the planet to use my coupons and get them. I bought two--one for our room and one for the living room. The one in the living room works. The one in the bedroom...not so much. All it does it produce static on our screen. We changed cords, unplugged it and didn't have the problem without it, but once it's plugged in all you get is static. We changed it to the living room to see if it was the box, and it was. Guess what? Target wouldn't let us return it.


I will be the first person to say I love the convenience that modern technology brings, but seriously?? How is it that one wrong click of a mouse can make you loose everything sentimental? How is that a camera can be fried after one month causing you to lose everything? How is it that when you buy something that is supposed to streamline your life and make it easier it only causes more headaches?? At this point I am wondering why we didn't just stick with handwritten letters and film cameras, regular TV, etc... You don't have to back those up to an external hard drive or worry about a crash losing everything. You wouldn't be in the middle of a power outage and have to start a letter or paper over because it wasn't saved. Why did we push for digital??

--Frustrated with Technology

Baby IS Real!

Today is the anniversary of the day we got engaged, and we spent the morning at the OBGYN for our first appointment! We met Dr. Later, and got many of our questions answered and got to see our baby's heart beat and get our first picture of baby! Right now it looks like a peanut. We are officially due August 15th and I am ten weeks along!

The first pictures of our baby

My first preggo picture at 9 weeks

Birthday Weekend

This was my first birthday as a married woman and so exciting! I have a husband who spoils me so we celebrated all weekend! Friday night we went to see "New Moon" of the Twilight series--I have wanted to see it since it came out, but we have not had a chance so Luke took me and he actually enjoyed it too! I thought they did a much better job than on the first movie, and now my husband is hooked too!

Saturday we got to sleep in (one of my favorite things these days!) and then went shopping for a new dress. I need some clothes that stretch with me as I get bigger and Luke found me a perfect dress. That night he took me on a horse drawn carriage ride downtown around temple square! I have wanted to do that for so long. It was freezing cold, but we took our own blankets and hot chocolate and made it through. We pulled out our camera to take a picture when the ride was over and it was frozen. I have the worst luck with digital cameras! (This is the one we got for Christmas--and is my third in about two years!) That night we went to The Mayan for dinner with some friends of ours.

THEN... on Sunday, my mother-in-law had everyone over for dinner for a party for me. We had cake and ice cream and played games. It was a nice weekend. The actual birthday was Monday, but I had to work so it was kinda lame. I was really glas I had a fun weekend to make up for it! Monday night Luke was working when I got home so I went to dinner with a mission companion whose birthday was Friday and we celebrated together. Overall, it wasa great birthday, but the day after is what we were more excited for--the first baby doc appt!

Cookie College 101

Last Friday was our kickoff to the new year at work. We discussed our goals for this year, accomplishments from last year and even played "Deal or No Deal" for cash! We had a lot of fun and even got half a day off! After "working" half a day I went down to Alpine for the afternoon--I hadn't seen Ahser and Jaman since before Christmas! Gardner Village Bakery sponsored a Cookie College for kids--they got to tour the bakery, cut out their own sugar cookies, eat a small meal and then decorate the cookies! The kids had so much fun! Here are a few highlights:

The eager faces of children as they learned about how rolls are made

Asher is very protective of Jaman and took him by the hand to lead him around the bakery! So cute! The "big" sister

Asher & Jaman busy at work

Playing peek a boo with the cookie dough? Asher was being a stinker and wouldn't let me get pictures of her face

Frosting--the best part!

Jaman enjoyed it just as much

The finished product!

"Graduation" with Mrs. H