The Hayes Homestead: Five on Friday!

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Five on Friday!

Hey everyone! Another week down - and it's officially SPRING!!!

*cue all the heart emojis*

I'm so excited for sunshine, gardening and playing outside. Even though our winter was incredibly mild, it still seemed verrrrrry loooooooong.

Anyhoo, here are five things going on in our world this week:

[one]

Redmond made the front page of the paper last week! Jason and his dad took the kids to a local event for Pirate Day. The kids had a blast. It was so fun hearing them tell me about it!

(If you look close, you can see Ashlyn's nose and (red) eye right behind Redmond's head)

(please ignore Redmond's choice of footwear along with his choice of foot to wear them on.....)

[two]

May I present to you possibly the most Pinterest-y thing I have ever done.
Veggie Flowers:

I wish I could take credit for coming up with these on my own, but I can't. Redmond found these in his Highlights magazine and asked for them for a snack. I was happy to oblige!

[three]

Remember that weight loss competition I started at the end of January? Well, this past Wednesday was my last weigh in. Guess what, y'all!?!? I'm down 17 lbs and lost almost a total of 10 inches! In 8 weeks!!!

I've still got a ways to go, but I am currently at my lowest adult weight ever!

I've been working out 5-6 days per week and have really cleaned up my eating. And, despite what this shirt says, I think I've only drank once in the past two months...

[four]

Have you ever tried hard boiling fresh eggs? I have and it didn't turn out too well. The secret is that you need to steam them instead of boil! Check out my post from earlier this week to see how I do it.