This has been a busy thread! I forgot all about it (shame on me). I'm back from my vacation and things didn't go as planned. I should have known better traveling with a 2 1/2 year old and a 10 month old. I got some ok beach shots. Unfortunatley didn't get to follow any of the great advice here. My kids weren't cooperating so I used P mode for the family shots when someone else was taking them. I did something else stupid. I left the flash open by mistake so all of my pictures got blown out. Luckily I had the camera set to RAW and jpg so I was able to save them for the most part.
I have a problem with blurry shots. I think it's mostly because I've been playing around with all the settings. I've been shooting in TV and AV and I can't remember which one is good for what. I thought TV was good for moving subjects and AV good for still. Am i completely off?
I'll post some pictures later. Right now, motherly duty calls