We went to Laurens for the weekend to help Mom with little "jobs" around the house that she wanted done. Mom had several projects lined up for us to help her with when we got there, so we made sure we brought all the tools that she didn't have to get these done!! As an added bonus, Zach got to drive us all the way to Laurens!! He did really well!! Even Grandma was impressed when her took her out "cruising" around town this weekend!
We started on these projects almost as soon as we arrived! CJ trimmed some limbs off a tree in the backyard. These limbs were brushing up against and hanging over the top of the shed back there. While he was doing that, Mom and I found some old boards and made rail posts for her basement steps. They turned out nice! CJ then climbed up on top of the house and cleaned the leaves and debris out of all the gutters. While doing this, an idea for another project was born... putting a gutter on the back of the garage! Mom gets water in the basement in this area and the back of her garage is also starting to have a "wavy" look from the rainwater running down it. Dad had some gutters and downspouts laying around in the shed from previou
s roofing jobs he had, so we used those parts. We only had to run to Spencer to Menards for some connectors and brackets to hang it up. Since we went to Spencer, Mom took us out for supper to The Sports Page, which is where we went to eat for my birthday last month! The food there is delicious!! After Menards and a WalMart "pit stop", we headed back to Laurens and went up to the bowling alley. They had Cosmic Bowling, which is where the lights are turned off and everything glows under the black lights. Even some of the bowling balls were flourescent colored and glowing! The kids had a blast!
s roofing jobs he had, so we used those parts. We only had to run to Spencer to Menards for some connectors and brackets to hang it up. Since we went to Spencer, Mom took us out for supper to The Sports Page, which is where we went to eat for my birthday last month! The food there is delicious!! After Menards and a WalMart "pit stop", we headed back to Laurens and went up to the bowling alley. They had Cosmic Bowling, which is where the lights are turned off and everything glows under the black lights. Even some of the bowling balls were flourescent colored and glowing! The kids had a blast!On Sunday, we finished up the gutter on the back of the garage, then fixed the door to the shed. Mom made an awesome dinner for CJ's birthday, then she topped it off with an ice cream cake!!! (She always manages to spoil us when we come home!--Love you, Mom!!!) We stuck around until late afternoon because all the good food made us too lazy to get up and drive home!!!
All in all, the weekend was too short (as always!) but we got quite a bit done!! Hope CJ didn't mind all the work on his birthday!...
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