Friday Favorites: A Teasing of Spring

 We had some lovely spring-like weather this week and we tried to get outside as much as possible and enjoy it.  

As soon as I dropped Alec off at school on Friday, I went and waited for the blood lab to be open to get my blood work done.  I came home and the boys and I set right to work on their schooling. We were done by 11 and Ian headed out to work on moving more tree stumps.  I worked on getting the last of the bedding cleaned. 

After picking Alec up from school we also picked up a grocery order from Stop & Shop and picked up books from the library.  Evan and I went for walk just before dinner and he talked me into getting take out. 

My mother in law took Alec out to dinner and dropped off a puzzle for me! 

Alec had karate on Saturday. Two new students joined his class and the time just flew by.  Once home I spent my afternoon in my craftroom making cards.  I am loving playing around with these new sets.  We have a few birthdays coming up in our family so I made birthday cards too.

Sunday morning I headed out to the woodworking shop with my husband to work on the countertops.  We went to his machine shop to get a huge piece of metal to lay all the bits of boards out on so we could see what the countertop would look like before we glued it together... and I totally forgot to snap a photo of the 1/2 we laid out.  

Alec made some vanilla cupcakes for a Pinterest challenge post we're working on- we're going to make fairy garden cupcakes.  

I finished up my puzzle while making dinner and then my husband and I rented Coming 2 America.

Monday morning Alec had school and I headed to the grocery store on my way home to pick up some ingredients for making frosting.  As soon as I finished school with Evan and Ian I whipped up some frosting and got the cupcakes frosted.  I also made some banana bread. 

 After school Ian washed my car and then Alec and I settled down to make some fondant decorations for the cupcakes.  It was Alec's first time making fondant and he did a great job.  I have a full post about these coming up on Tuesday the 16th with even more pictures. 

With Alec off at school and Ian off at work on Tuesday, Evan and I flew through his schoolwork and then headed out on a hike.  We hiked for an hour and a half before heading home for some lunch. It was just SO beautiful out!!

I went for another short walk in the afternoon and I didn't even have to put on a coat.  

Wednesday morning we woke to a beautiful sunrise.  All three boys were home for school and were finished up by noon; which was perfect since Evan had an MRA scheduled for 12:30 at our local hospital.  (Just like an MRI but with focus on the veins).  Hopefully we'll get some answers next week about the ringing his ears. 

As soon as were done at the hospital we went to the local park to meet up with some friends.  It was chilly but it was so nice to see them.  

Ian headed off to work on Thursday and Alec settled himself in the living room for another day of virtual schooling.  Evan and I flew through his work and then headed out to find him some new sneakers.  We bought his current pair nearly a year ago and boy are they getting tight!  

I suggesting breaking in his new shoes with a nice hike when we were done.  It was 70 out; 70!  We were actually hot and sweaty by the time we finished but enjoyed nearly 2 hours out on the trails. 

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