Thank You so much everyone for the advice. HM- I love the picture of the lab with the pink flowers
Pippen-Those are some VERY nice pics. But I think your right, no sense in getting a manual camera when all I would really want to use is the auto mode.
I am going to look into the Canon Cameras more, I have always heard that they are great cameras but never owned one. Like les strat said, maybe an elf, or something comparable. I really want to stay somewhere in the $400-$500 range.
Thanks again everyone for the camera advice though