Loving the new lens!

I am so blessed to have gotten a new camera (I named her Nikki-for Nikon)! It came with a lens and I was thrilled to have it, but I kept reading about telephoto lenses. I'm new to all this camera talk, so I looked online at pictures taken with one. It was exactly what I had been looking for, but I REFUSE to pay $800-$900 for a lens-my conscience will not let me do it.
At my sons last basketball game, I came in a little late and slid into the nearest seat in the bleachers and there were two other moms with the exact camera I have. After chatting for a minute or two, they informed me that I could find pretty good lenses on Ebay and get a good deal. One said she purchased her's for about $30. I prayed. I told the Lord I wanted a telephoto lens and did not want to pay more than $30. When I got home, I went straight to Ebay to look- well, there was one for my camera and for only $20! There was one day left I was a little hesitant, until I realized this is what I have been praying for. I jumped in the bidding and no one else bid! I won it Sunday night and got it in the mail today. I was so clueless! I played around with it for a little while and really couldn't figure out what the difference was in this lens and the one I already had. It's manual lens and I had to use my camera on manual- (I normally use it on automatic, like a point and shoot) I gave myself a crash course, then everything I had read about aperture, and shutters and all that came back to me and things began to make a lot of sense! Ooooo, this was fun! I got all that figured out, and put the camera down, then picked it right back up. At that point something caught my eye, there were some lines going across the top of the lens with numbers. Hmmmm, what is this? I pulled the barrel of the lens towards me and to my surprise it moved!
Aggghhhhh!!!! I broke it! No, I didn't- that's what makes it telephoto! I went back outside (in our balmy 70 degree weather) and zoomed in one on thing, focused and shoot!
This is the lens I had been looking for and didn't know how to explain it to anyone. If you are not into cameras this may sound like gibberish, but if you get it, then you know what I mean! Anyway, here are some pictures and what the new lens can do...and to think, I used to think camera people were nerds!

I have been wanting pictures where the subject is in focus and the background is blurred:

I am excited with these pictures because my kids are moving and runnng and they are not blurred!

This one is my favorite for the day: