A perfectly lovely weekend

Some weekends outshine others.  Most of our weekends are good weekends; maybe we have a picked a super awesome spot for date night or get tons accomplished or something that makes it an excellent weekend.  But every now and then there is a weekend like this past one that is just fantastic... the kind where all four of us are completely tuckered out on Sunday night.

Friday kicked off the weekend with gorgeous sunlight, blossoms on the trees, and a crispy roasted chicken for dinner...

And then Saturday brought a neighborhood walk and computer time followed by a perfectly lovely visit to the Art Institute.  There was a photography exhibit for work from the early 1930's which I am so glad to have made time to see.  Dan's patience in waiting for spaces to clear out for just the shot I was hoping to get was rewarded with a trip to Macy's for new shirts.

And Sunday was the day of activity.  We got our behinds out on the lakefront path for an eight mile run and then made a completely delicious quiche (filled with bacon, leeks and gruyere cheese) before heading out to the Palos Sag Valley Forest Preserve for a three hour hike. 

A little bit of culture.  A little bit of nature.  A lot of activity with just enough relaxing time.  It was just what we needed to shake off the cabin fever from this slow start to spring.