New Glasses

Well when my sister was here visiting I had an eye appt and I finally got to get new frames (my old ones the paint was peeling off the metal). So we spent awhile figuring out which ones and finally narrowed it down. Then I waited and waited for them to come in. I got them today! I like them and M & E like them. M says he has to get a little use to them b/c they are not what I "normally" choose. :-) We shall see if N even notices when he gets home from school. :-)

The picture is not the greatest b/c it is really hard to take pics of yourself that you like. :-)

Fishing

Well as some of you know we have been getting into fishing in this household. 3 out of 4 of us have our own fishing rods. (And I will be having one soon) It all started with N getting a pole for his birthday from my parents. :-) Anyways, once M did it on our camping trip he was hooked. We do catch and release. Well so far non of us had really caught one yet. That changed this week. Wednesday evening we went to park (right next to our subdivision) and went fishing. N had his pole ready to go first so he casts in and I look over after sitting down and his bobber is gone! So I holler for him he has one and to pull on it and start reeling. I go running over and he had forgotten to "lock" his reel so here I was trying to pull on it and it kept going. :-) Anyways, the fish got away with the bait. :-( So then the rest of the time it was fun. We got alot of bites, N got his line stuck in a tree twice, E finally was convinced to use some bait/hook instead of using a weight, M caught 3 (only one got to shore on his line and one had the pole bent a ton but got away...would have been interesting to see what size it was), and S caught one after it had teased her in the same spot over and over. :-)

M's fish is the one "hanging" on the line. S's is the one in the water being ready to be released.

N First Day of School for 2nd Grade!

Well as most of you know N is in year round school (modified) and we love it. He started school this last Wednesday. Tuesday night we got to go meet his teacher and see his classroom. Then Wednesday we walked to the school (knew the parking situation would be awful) and I picked him up. Then since then we have been catching the school bus. This year so far he is loving school. He hasn't had any "issues" at home about saying he doesn't want to go and he actually talks more about school then he did last year. Now it might because it's all new but I am hoping not. His teacher this year so far is great. I have heard great things about her from neighbors and friends. She is a more "creative" teacher...not as much desk work which should be great for N.

Coupon and Sale Savings!

Okay I have been trying to be better about keeping an eye out for sales and using coupons on groceries. I have a few websites that I check out about 2-3x a week that a friends sent me the links too. So today after being gone for a week I needed to catch up. :-) Here is a picture and info that shows you what I am trying to do to stock up and save. I always check dates on items too since I don't want them to go out of expiration before I can use them. :-)

This pictures shows you my "loot" for this week from Albertson's. I paid $48.73 for all of it and saved $151.41 (love how the reciepts already add this up so you don't have to add all the coupons and such by yourself). So came out to 73 items that I bought which ended up being $0.66 each item.

I will have a posting up tomorrow about our camping trip...the computer is being very slow with the pictures. :-(

Camping Newberry Crater Oregon

Well last week we got to go camping with the kids and dog. We left on Tuesday afternoon and camped until Saturday morning. Then stayed Saturday evening in Bend before heading home. It was a lot of fun. We had no watches (not even cell phones) and no set things to do. Every night the kids slept great except for the first night E got up once and scared M and I. :-) After that they were asleep within a minute of their heads hitting the pillows and they actual slept until 7am (our guess). The dog even had fun but every night she had to be tossed into the lake so she was clean to go into the tent. :-) She even slept out of her kennel which the kids loved. She went back and forth between the kids sleeping bags/blankets. It was really warm up there...atleast to what we have done before. The first day we tried to take a nap and that just didn't work...it was cooler outside the tent then in the tent (our tent was a tadbit in the sun but not much). The kids got very dirty. Our campsite was mostly dirt and was huge! We had a duck that visited every night but we only fed him on the last night. Nimi wasn't too sure of that whole thing. Every day we tried fishing but didn't catch anything. Got a few nibbles but that was it. Some places you could see the fish in the water (water was very clear) and other times when fishing from in the water you couldn't. We all realized we liked it so M has decided that we need to get poles and license for us so we can all fish. N is very good at casting his own pole...E still needs work. N gets bored b/c he hasn't caught anything and seen what it is like. M and I had a relaxing time. I think two weekends from now we might go up to the Sawtooth to hike and fish...we shall see what my work schedule is like. M and N also played with the sling shot that has been sitting in our garage forever. Fun times.