Spring Cleaning....and cute pictures ;)

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We had lunch outside today...Yeah!! 

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Last week was Spring Break for us.  I wasn't really looking forward to it because Brandon had lots of school commitments he had to attend to over the break.  Yes, one more reason I hate New Jersey...the schools even take over your vacation days and require students to attend activities for the week even though there is no school - STUPID!!  I am pretty sure we are the only people here with a FAMILY LIFE!!  Anywho...I have to say that the week ended up being very relaxing, and fun.  We had days where we hung out inside, played Wii, and ate snacks ;).  We had days where we hung out outside, pulled weeds (I know most people would say ewe, but when you are doing it with your kids it's fun ;)), planted flowers and herbs, rode bikes, played ball, went to the park, and shot air soft guns.  We pulled "all nighters" every night and slept in the living room.  Jay and Ray LLLOOOVVVE  sleeping downstairs in the living room with everyone!!! 

We also had days - THANKFULLY - that Daddy stayed home and we got to go to the library, the book store (Daddy treated everyone to a book - thanks Daddy!!), the mall, out to eat, and we even went to a gooney golf place and the boys got to drive some golf balls and play gooney golf and play video games...fun, fun, fun!!!  The last two days of Spring Break turned into work days, and although there was A LOT of work involved, accomplishing all that we did ended up being great!!  Saturday morning, Trevor knocked on doors and mowed lawns for money, Joshua helped him.  I cleaned out the garage - swept, cleaned, sprayed for bugs ~ick~!!  And...Chris began the HUGE task of refinishing the deck!!  It was a GINORMOUS undertaking...our deck was in desperate need of some TLC.  It took Chris and Trevor (when he returned from mowing lawns - he actually had a customer - and she told him to come back again ;)) all day to power wash the deck.  Sunday was spent sanding it - Brandon got in on the action on Sunday, the schools have left Sunday alone - so far ;).  That too was an all day event.  It still needs to be sealed, but Chris will do that when he returns from a week of SWAT training in Virginia.  I managed to take a couple of pictures...

I am soooo impressed with how clean it is....unbelievable!!! 

 

I ended up doing lots of gardening while the boys worked on the deck...my rose bushes and hydrangeas are going to be amazing this year!!  I will take photos as soon as everything blooms and then you can see how beautiful it all is!! 

Don't forget to check out my Scentsy Sale ;)