Who knew BIG Cleaning Jobs Could be Fun?

We went to Sherri's house today and helped scrub and ready the pool for the years new water. :) Madison did so much work! I was really impressed and shocked!

Mrs. Sherri took us in her car.

Carter had a little frog he had found in the pool and Remy of course fell in love!

I got my workout today and my talking...Matthew says FINALLY I got it all out! *laugh*

Remy enjoyed that empty pool.

Sherri's, Patrick is such a handsome young man. Sherri, you can snatch this photo or I can email the full sized file, let me know. :)

The kids were flopping around like a fish, Carter started it, and oh my gosh it was funny. Hee hee...

The crazy boy, Carter, who started the floppy fish! Sherri says he looks so much like she and Vicki, her twin sister, here. :)

My Madison!!! Sweetness never exsisted in the world without her here. :) She worked for her pool time, let me tell you!

Those frogs were the stars of the show today. Sherri finally had them all sit in a circle and allow the frogs to swim in the couple of inches of water we had in the pool. This went on for a very long time. ;)

I enjoyed my two days with the Sweetest family ever! I hope I can fall asleep tonight. Thankyou, Sherri, Madison, Patrick, and Carter! HUGS!

The Winter Clean Up Begins!

It started out nice enough...all three of my men working hard to clear away the TONS of leaves from all the trees on our property. We loved this house and it's many trees and it was a BIG selling point for us because it gave us a sense of seclusion. Yea...we didn't really think about the winter cleanup to come. And believe me folks the pool has been MORE work now that it is winter, in the summer it is a breeze! We are looking forward to the easier work in the yard during the summer. Hee hee...

Daddy went to getting the light leaf clutter up with the mower and bag. He left us to tackle the really deep areas with a rake and bag. This is what happened in a nut shell.

Eli and Remy jumped around in the piles of leaves that I worked so hard to put together.

Remy found some EGGS! I mean come on...this kid is a scientist 24/7! I love it. He promptly put them in one of his habitats. I sure hope they hatch for him and that they are something REALLY cool!

I got this really COOL picture of my Dewy Doggie! In the winter we stop cutting her hair so she is warmer. I wonder if Reese Bear covets her wooly coat? Hee hee... This photo is just the very essence of my Dewy Dog. I plan to order a good print of it and putting it up somewhere so I will remember my good old doggie when she decides to leave us one day.

So, we had LOTS of fun while we worked. And yes, it will take us MANY days of working and playing together to get our yard back into shape. But when your youngest looks up at you with the sun going down behind him and he tells you that this is the best fun he has ever had...you know it is all worth it! Man! We are teaching our boys to enjoy their work, to do it as if they were doing it unto the Lord! I think our school time this Sunday was well spent.

When it became too cold and we all were very hungry we put away our work and headed inside.

The boys have been promised 25cents a bag! I wonder how much they will save up?