SNOW DAY!

Yesterday Charlotte got 3 inches of snow which pretty much paralyzed the city, giving us the very best snow day. No seriously, it was the best! 

Matt must have made 40 snow balls for the kids to throw. There are snow angels all over our backyard. And a pile of soggy wet clothes by the back door. These are the days!

 

To thaw the kiddos out, I whipped up some hot chocolate with extra marshmallows, which I later regretted at nap time.

All day I slow cooked Chicken, Kale + Sweet Potato soup in the crock pot.   And I just got the text -- school is closed again today.

Books! Books! Books!

My GOODNESS, y'all came through with amazing book recommendations on my recent book request post! I literally requested EVERY single one of them from the library and am anywhere between #6 and #191 on the wait list line for ALL of them! However, since I'm impatient, I primed a handful of the books with the longest wait list. Also, I decided to compile and share the list of books that were recommended because they are ALL in the thriller/suspense/can't-turn-the-page-fast-enough category and those of you who left suggestions would probably like the others too!

BOOKS!

**The Last Mrs. Parrish

*The Woman in Cabin 10

*The Kind Worth Killing

*Big Little Lies

*The Couple Next Door

*The Good Daughter

*Luckiest Girl Alive

*The Husbands Secret

The Marriage Lie

The Woman in the Window

The Chemist

The Marriage Pact

The Perfect Stranger

The Woman in the Water

Sharp Objects

In A Dark, Dark Wood

All the Missing Girls

My Husbands Wife

*recommended more than once

The books en route to me are The Woman in Cabin 10, The Kind Worth Killing, Luckiest Girl Alive, The Husbands Secret, My Husaband's Wife, The Good Daughter, The Chemist and The Couple Next Door. I purchased all of them used on Amazon anywhere between .93 - $6 for hardbacks in excellent condition! I can't wait to report back with a review!

Happy reading, friends! 

Florida!

First Florida trip of the year in the books! We took advantage of the long MLK weekend and flew home for a few days. It was a quicker trip than normal but still SO great. Dad is feeling (and obviously looking fantastic) which is just such a blessing. In fact, Hospice is re-evaluating him to see if he's still a fit for their program. It's pretty unusual to get kicked out of Hospice but you know those insane stories of patients given up to 3 months to live...and living years? I'm hoping that's us. I am so thankful for every extra day we have!

Now for a few of my favorite pictures from the weekend (all from the same day -- church & lunch).

 

Before my Grandpa (one of my favorite people of all time) passed away, he would eat lunch every single day at his favorite restaurant, Grills Seafood Deck & Tiki Bar in Cocoa Beach. I can't tell you how many times we've eaten there. In fact, we surprised him on his 80th birthday when he walked in for his usual lunch and we were all there screaming SURPRISE! The waitresses knew him SO well and loved him fiercely. So you can imagine how special it was for us when Grills opened an Orlando location!!! It opened earlier this week so after church on Sunday we went for lunch and the mahi mahi is just as amazing as I always remembered it to be. 

Cheers to a great weekend!