new glasses

Paul has done very well in school. He makes friends, does his homework and does well on is tests. I hope our kids are just like him. Lately, he has been having headaches and migraines, obviously not good. We talked about a few things that could have caused these mishaps. One of them is reading and on the computer, which is doing lots of both of those in school and gets little headaches while doing school work. So we go get his eyes checked out! Paul has an astigmatism and the eye doc said glasses is a good idea for Paul, but he couldn't tell us that it would get rid if the headaches since there are lots of things that cause headaches. I think having glasses for reading will help Paul, his eyes will not have to strain to read or look at the computer any longer. He got some cool Guess glasses. The eye guy exclaimed to me many times about how much he liked the glasses Paul picked out. I like them too. As you can see he looks very sophisticated and cute:)

New Lamps!

I needed some new lamps in our new little living room! So what better place to go to than the DI right!? So we go, I found this lamp that was pretty ugly and outdated but defiantly had extreme potential. It didn't have a price tag on it, so at check out they lady gave it to us for 3 dollars! I was so excited!!!! After we left DI, I was so ecstatic that we had to go to Home Depot right then so I could pick out a spray paint color for the lamp. I picked a nice chocolate brown!

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The best part is that a couple days later we went to a different DI to find more awesome deals. I went by the lamps to see if there was anything better than what I got, and what I found was the same exact lamp that I had just bought a few days before! It was crazy! I couldn't believe it, I was really excited to have a matching lamp. When we brought it up to the register it was tagged for 5 bucks, and the guy said, "Eh, I'll give it to you for 3!" Awesome yeah!? I love finding good deals, it's rare for me.   

Summer Vacations!

We have had a very fun summer. A couple of weeks ago we got back from vacationing in Minnesota and Colorado! We had a really fun time! In Minnesota all the LaClaires went up a cabin in Hackensack. The cabin was right off a lake called Pleasant Lake. It was fantastic! We fished, boated, ate and partied all week! We love hanging out with everyone. I got to meet Paul's Grandpa Russ, Aunt Vicki and Uncle Pete. It was really cool to meet them.

Tubing was so much FUN!! Curtis has a cool boat and tube. We had such a blast being pulled and whipped around by Curtis. My stomach hurt from laughing so much, and I got blood blisters on my hands from holding on so tight. It was awesome!

We were up at the cabin for my birthday also! It was a really good day. Kim made a jell-o cake that was so so good! I got some great presents! I have such a great family:) Noelle and Josh announced that they are pregnant, due in March 2011! We are all very excited for them! 

We also got to visit Colorado. It was a very relaxing trip. I went through a lot of my old stuff from grade school, middle school and high school. Some of my work was so funny to read that I was crying I was laughing so hard! We also got to go a Rockies game! It was Paul's first time in an outdoor stadium. It was cool, and the Rockies won!!

Now Paul has started school and got back his old job at Dish One selling Dish Network (he is a very good salesman). I start school this coming monday, happy to get back in the swing of things even though my girls at school already graduated. We are excited to both be in our last semester of school! Yay us! :)
Tonight the Vikings play the Saints, and you guessed it, we will be watching it! GO VIKINGS!