Spring cleaning

The flowers aren't the only sign that spring is springing around our place! I've got spring cleaning on my mind!! One day last week, Michael asked me to have the boys "straighten up the garage". Yes, that alone sounded like a monumental task. Very amibiguous as well. I mean, straighten the garage. What exactly does that mean? Move the piles of junk around so one can walk? Sweep the floor that can be spotted? Find a place for everything? a place for anything??Here's what we were looking at...

Junk, and lots of it! I told the boys we were just going to spend a few mintues straightening the garage. One of them said "Wow, wouldn't it be great if we could clean it out so daddy can fit his car in??!!". That was all it took! We were all on board with a mission. Let daddy do what he hasn't been able to do in 12 years....put his car in the garage! So, after two hours, a trip to the food bank, Goodwill and the recycle center, here's what we had....

The van is parked on the side of the garage that has always had boxes of stuff. Notice the curious look by the goats. They thought we had cleaned out a special place just for them! NOT!!

This part of the garage is where I used to park the van. Now it is where Michael can park his car!!!!

WE CAN'T WAIT FOR DADDY TO COME HOME!!!!

We really were all sooooo excited for Michael to get home and show him what we did! I thought he might cry when he saw it! He did tell me that he thought about sleeping outside in the garage that night. We totally understood b/c many times during the afternoon, Jonathan and I would walk out to the garage, just to look at it! And now one week later, it's still clean!