Earlier in the ice hockey season, we committed to a tournament in Ocean City. We figured it was close to our family and would be fun. Luckily, the tournament fell around Lauren's Spring Break, and was close to our first home in Cambridge, Maryland.
Right before the tournament, we decided to put our first home on the market, and knew it would take a lot of work to get it ready to sell. Thank goodness we were nearby, so we could do some major work.
The kids and I arrived in Salisbury on Thursday, April 6th. We initially stayed with Meemaw and Grandpa, and on Friday, we headed to Ocean City for Lauren's first hockey game, around 2:30 pm.
The tournament was held at the Carousel Hotel, where they have a little ice rink perfect for mini mite games. The whole family showed up, complete with signs, and Chad was coaching. Lauren volunteered to play goalie and we braced ourselves. She let in a lot of pucks, but she kept her chin on the puck and was mostly focused throughout the game. She even had a few good saves. The kids lost, but they had a fun time playing the game.
We stuck around until Lauren's second game, which was after dinner. Lauren skated out this game and played great! She went after the puck and the entire team played great. They still lost but we were so proud of those cute kiddos! Lauren had 2 more games, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. It was so much fun to watch her play and I think everyone had a great time, including her fan club...the Score34 Gang!!!
The rest of the weekend, and most of the following week (which was Spring Break, thank goodness), we spent time at the Cambridge house to get it ready for the market. We had to paint almost all of the walls and most of the ceilings, get a new microwave, caulk holes in the siding, repaint the entrance, change out the outdoor lights, have the entire house scrubbed/cleaned, change the locks, powerwash the fence, fix the outdoor water faucet, recaulk/grout the masterbath shower, and replace all of the carpets. It was quite an undertaking and would never have happened without the help of our amazing family. They came to work and also helped watch our kiddos while Chad and I worked. In fact, Lauren and Charlie stayed over at Grammy and Grumpa's house most of the week, and got to spend some quality time with their cousin Quinnie!
We can never THANK them enough!!
And while these are just a taste of the work that was done, here are some photos of what our house looked like this week...
(As a side note: I got to drive my old Jeep around that week. My parents have my "Pearl Turkey" and it was soooo much fun to drive her around the old hood, even if I had to get used to a 5 speed again!)
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