Mightn't a 'soft flash', fill or low-light setting of your digi camera have helped? I've often found that it helps 'stops' the action and eliminates the fuzziness as well as brightening up these low-light, inside outdoor conditions like you were in. Is your camera fairly new? I know..I know, because I'm older than you and don't have all of the iSomething toys... just one more piece of today's technology to learn (its controls) but fortunately, the cameras designed in the past few years all have on-screen menus and the few commands we need to create and cover most situations are easy to learn and quickly access with the push of a button.