Smart Phones at Long Last

I've had my phone for 3 years and I love it.  I don't use it to take pictures that often because they are crap and I have far better cameras to take pictures with but it sends texts and makes phone calls and if I forget about it for a week, it isn't that big a deal.

Aaron has had his phone since our 1st anniversary (when he accidentally dropped his old one into a lake while we were jet skiing) so we were both due for new phones.

But I was avoiding getting a new phone for a year because I knew that when we made the jump, it was going to be a smart phone.

My fear was the same as an old woman.  I didn't want to learn new technology.  I didn't want to become dependent on my phone.  I don't like the change.

Here is the reason we finally went for it.   Our GPS needs updating because it is crap.  So....either spend the money updating that OR get phones with GPS.

On Monday we finally sucked it up and went to the Verizon store to see what we could get.



And I got a better camera on my phone than the one I had (still....not going to be the first or second camera that I grab) and I FINALLY have a way of sharing photos that have been on my phone for forever!  I never went to buy whatever I needed to get the pictures off so I've had some photos that have been trapped inside a cell phone of mine for 5 years!

Like these ones from almost 5 years ago at Christmas time when I went to visit my family in Thailand.

Markus grabbed my phone and I didn't see these pictures until I was back a BYU a couple weeks later.

Or pictures of my puppy dogs!

Like when we first got Pippen!

Or when a couple months later, we got Bambi!

One thing is for sure, you wonderful people are going to end up with even MORE photos of my life to look at.  You lucky lucky people.

And so far, I can see what a wonderful and useful tool it can be.

I will try and use my phone powers for good.