MOM, What Were You Thinking???

So I am going through my mom's pics, which have tape and labels all over them, and are/were in those old photo albums that turn the photos weird colors!!! I am trying to find toddler pics of myself for another "book about me" challenge over at AMR.

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Check out how red this one is....

This is the best I can do to try to fix it....
I can't get this one right either....
I think my scanner isn't very good, the colors are not coming out right...
No matter how many times I clean the glass on my scanner, I still get all these little white dots...
I want to be able to scan all my mom's pics, then make discs for her, me and my 2 bros, but with this quality, I don't think I want to. I heard there are places who will scan for you, but I can't even image how much that will cost!!! I am sure their scans would be better than mine though, so I am still considering it. Have you ever had that done? If so, what can you tell me about it?

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Mom does not want me to scrapbook the originals (why, when sitting in those crappy albums and loose in a box is so much better?), so I need to invest in some good albums where I can just slide the pics in. What would I do with the tiny pics, and the larger pics? I know I will figure it out. Thanks for the vent opportunity!