Easter weekend and Ben's 16th birthday

Once again, Ben's birthday fell on Easter weekend. Sam and I had the day off on Friday-it's the only day of the year that we are off and the kids are at school!!!!  I knew we were going to be busy, so I ran around and tried to get some of the usual weekend stuff done on Friday.
We went to see Sweeny Todd at Stray Dog Theater on Friday night.  They did a great job

We went to Arline's to dye eggs on Saturday afternoon.  Sam thinks this could be our last year as Ben will lose interest, but I'm not sure that is ever going to happen!!!!

We went to Jan and Julie's on Sunday for lunch.  Julie made hamburgers, it was a nice change from our usual ham.  Luckily, we had beautiful weather

Ben's birthday was on Monday.  He had quite a day since he had a presentation and a test at school and then an interview for an internship after school.  We went to Schlafly brewery for dinner with the Js and Arline.  It's been a long time since we've been there and they have cut the menu down considerably and now it's pretty much bar food.  That was a shame as they used to have some great food there and used a lot of local growers/farmers

They still had the sticky toffee pudding though and they brought Ben a huge slab of it for his birthday.  Luckily, there were 7 spoons!!!!

Happy Birthday Ben