My New Camera!!!

Ladies and Gentleman, I am now the proud new owner of a Canon 60D!!!  I cannot tell you how excited I am!  I have wanted a nice DSLR camera for years and have been saving up for quite a long time.  I kept stashing away money from sewing jobs and babysitting, and when my grandparents would ask me what I wanted for the last few Christmases and birthdays, I promptly replied, "money for my camera!"  They contributed generous amounts to the cause, and this summer I finally had enough saved up to make the big purchase!  It was a long, arduous journey to figure out which camera I should buy, and what lenses I should get, and where I should buy it from, and what accessories were essential...etc...  Whew, I'm so glad all of that is over!

Yesterday morning was quite a circus, actually!  Daniel is leading worship team this Sunday, so he had scheduled a practice session at our house at 10:30 (which only consisted of my two brothers and I, plus a girl from church who was going to play the piano).  Meanwhile, the men showed up at 10:00 to deliver Mom's new refrigerator (our old one had decided it was time to retire after 19 years of service).  So they're coming in and out of the house and trying to communicate through the floor to each other as they're getting it installed, while we're in the next room making all sorts of racket singing and playing on the piano and guitar (we closed the french doors between the kitchen and family room to try and reduce the noise factor for them).  Mom and Mrs. Moser (the pianists' mom) were also in the family room, talking.

Sooooooo, when the UPS man arrived to deliver the big box containing my camera and all of its accessories, he sized up the situation and just walked right in the front door and came into the kitchen.  Stephen noticed him standing there, so he told Mom, who went to meet him and sign for the package.  That was the end of practice for me!  I had to tear into the box and look at everything!

Here are some pictures of the camera and some things that came in the kit:

My very first picture with my new camera was of my precious little Buttercup:

Doesn't it look like she's smiling?  :-)

And then Daisy:

And Buttercup again, with her pretty new collar.  :-)

I can't wait to keep playing around with it and read the manual so I can learn how to make the most of all its features!