Friday Favorites: The Week of the April Snowstorm

 It was such a weird week weather-wise.  We had snow, warm sunny days in the 70's, and one day that was so windy it flipped over a small table we had out on our patio.  

We woke to SNOW on Friday!  (That exclamation point is more for shock than joy)... And not just a small little flurry either.  By 9:00 we had quite the ground covering and it just kept coming down until afternoon. 

I spent the day inside reading a few good books and washing/folding lots and lots of laundry.

The boys all headed off to work on Saturday with their grandfather.  The younger two boys were painting boards while Ian worked on other projects. 

I spent my morning in the kitchen whipping up a batch of cookies for my father in law's birthday dinner then worked on cleaning the house. We had a fabulous dinner together.  

I made oatmeal/raising/ walnut cookies he requested

And some plain oatmeal cookies I made into sandwich cookies with cream cheese frosting in the middle

We spent lots of time with family on Sunday!  My husband had to go work on his aunt and uncle's heat pump so the younger boy and I tagged along to visit.  They had some freshly made cinnamon buns and we all sat chatting for a good hour or two. 

On the way home we swung by another uncle & aunt's house and visited with them for a bit too before making our way home for lunch.  After lunch my parent's stopped by.  My mom and step father had been checking on their trailer and since they were in the neighborhood they popped in to say hi.  

Once they left my husband and I headed out for an hour or so hike before coming home to make dinner. 

We woke to a beautiful sunrise on Monday.  Alec had a day of virtual classes and the other two boys quickly worked their way through their own schoolwork.  I cleaned all the leaves out of two more gardens.

In the afternoon I took Alec to track practice and my mom and I walked around the cemetery again.  There was a plane that took off from the airstrip on the side of the school that kept circling overhead and we got to see two different groupings of people parachuting (and landing in a nearby field).

I love watching the mist on the lake in the mornings and Tuesday was a misty day until the sun came out.  Ian went to work and the other two boys settled in for a short day of school. Alec was once again learning remotely but only had a half- day of school.  I tackled my last garden and after an hour had only cleaned one tiny portion. 

Evan and I headed out on a nice hour long hike after lunch. 

Alec had his first track meet later that afternoon.  With his bum knee he couldn't do much but did decide to participate in the javelin throwing.  He even managed to run for just a few steps before throwing the javelin each of the three times and with is brace on said his knee wasn't hurting at all. 

We had a rainy day on Wednesday.  Alec had a half-day of online school and the other two boys were finished up with their schoolwork in record time.  Ian and I picked out all his curriculum for next year and I think he's got a great last year of learning planned. 

Alec had a short track practice; it kept raining off and on so they moved inside to the weight room and were finished up in just an hour.  When I got home Ian was already putting our kayak stand together for me!  He even loaded up the kayaks on it while I was out grocery shopping.

Alec had school IN THE BUILDING! On Thursday followed by a track meet that my mother in law offered to go to and bring him home from.  With Ian at work, Evan and I had an entire day to ourselves!  We quickly worked through his schooling and then I had a whole list of errands to run.

We had hoped to get a hike in but it was much too cold and windy.  I spent my afternoon working on the blog and trying to get some more photos transferred over into storage cases. 

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