BenSpark Family Adventures

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01612 Tonight was Andy’s first school dance. Andy and Allison picked out a nice Hawaiian shirt from Savers and then Allison helped Andy take off the sleeves. Allison and I decided that Andy should be wearing some nice khaki shorts instead of gym shorts. Andy was against that but I picked up a nice pair of tech shorts and Andy tried them on and decided to wear them to the dance. I think that they looked really good on Andy. While Allison took Andy to a pre-dance party and the dance itself I went to America’s Best Defense. ABD was having a tie-dye night and I brought the three shirts to tie-dye. Eva was off to her first concert with Auntie Tara. They went to see a band called Lovejoy. Eva was thrilled to see it and spend the night hanging with auntie Tara and also see her two friends and see those two friends meet each other in person for the first time. When she came home she was all wound up and so excited. The best night of her life. Tonight was also Boot Camp a...

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01611 I had to take out everything from our krav bags and air them out on the driveway after the kids’ class. With the shift in weather and the trunk heating up it is more important to make sure I air everything out several times a week and also spray everything down. I had been using Hero Clean for deodorizing but I ran out of the stuff and you can’t find it anymore. I’m going to have to find a replacement. Dad came up again today and he finished laying the bathroom tile. So, now we are down to grouting the tile and putting back things like the medicine cabinet and putting up the light and towel rods and a few more things. I also have to touch up the paint and fill the nail holes in the baseboard and give them another coat of paint.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01610 Dad came up today to work on the tile floor. He also put in the baseboards and we put the vanity into place. The tiles were not all installed because for some reason we had two different types of tiles. The ones that we had picked up in individual form were the ones that Dad put down and were also the ones that Allison approved. We also lost some time because of the sewer line backup in the basement. Our plumber came over and snaked the house trap with a closet snake. It cleared right up but we have a new project to do after the bathroom is finished. We’ll have to dig up the floor in that part of the basement to fix the house trap.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01609 It is grilling season again and we realized that my grill had some rough grill plates on it. They were rusting and flaking and so not safe. I found some replacement stainless steel grill plates on Amazon.com that would fit our grill. Allison and the kids got them for me for Father’s Day. I’m looking forward to using them. Dad came up today and completed the tiles on the shower. They came out really nice. He’ll be moving on to the floor tomorrow.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01608 We got a lot of work done on the bathroom this week and now the walls, ceiling and trim are painted. I did pretty good with the paint but there are a few spots that I need to touch up because I accidentally hit the ceiling with the green paint. We are all very happy with how it looks and cannot wait for everything to be completed. Work is coming along very quickly and nicely.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01607 General Mills often sends me free samples of their new products so that I can try them out and let you know what I think. I’m a big fan of many of the fun products that they make. This time they sent me 5 new products to enjoy. I love the snack attack box that everything arrived in. Great fun packaging. Can’t wait to share with everyone what they sent.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01606 General Mills Cereal often sends me free samples of their new products. I got a very fun box of snacks and this new type of cereal bar was in the box. They were really good. I think they are too new though because I have not yet found them in stores. They will be coming soon.