good weekend

hey y'all. how are you? we're doing pretty good here. i tell you what, we had a BUSY week last week. like, so busy. jake worked a lot, i did lots of calls/worked a wedding, and it was just all around nuts. BUT yesterday and today made it totally worth it. i guess i'll back up a bit... there was a wedding friday night and then on saturday we had 2 weddings back to back, a morning and evening wedding. jake had worked so much all week that i wanted to work the saturday night wedding so he could get off earlier. we actually worked together for a couple hours that night, which was fun! joy watched the kids at our house so i could work until jake got off. it was fun working the wedding. always exhausting, but fun. 
so yesterday, we went to church and then stopped for lunch at steak n' shake (kids eat free sunday, score!) (and finley calls it steak sake :)) then we all took naps. after that we went to get me some new work shoes, because my TOMS just weren't cutting it for standing on my feet 8+ hours. i know, they work for some people for that long, just not me. i also happened to need running shoes... so we went to rack room shoes where they're always buy 1 get the 2nd half off, score again! i got 2 pairs of shoes, which was really fun. i don't shop very much so when i do, i get really excited :). then we stopped for sno cones, of course. i mean, we drove right by it. and they're so cheap and amazing. you remember. then my friend bekah, who i knew from capernwray 8 years ago, lives here in charlotte so she came over for a bit and it was fun seeing her. always a treat :) it was a good day, indeed.
then today the fun kept rolling. ha! we went to this place called darby acres, which is like a mini zoo. it's a petting zoo really, but they have pony rides and TONS of old tractors you can sit on (you know finley loved that!), and they have these big sand boxes full of trucks and shovels and toys. it's the coolest place. we went with josh and joy and their kids and really had fun. it's perfect for our kids' ages. it's cheap to get in and it just has a lot to do, but it's manageable. a total win in our book for kid fun. then we stopped at chipotle for lunch and took naps again! glorious naps. then we went to cici's for dinner! i know! the fun never stops :) we really haven't been eating out lately, so it was nice to not cook and splurge. yes, cici's is a splurge :) haha! and we ended the night with our booty's on the couch watching some 24. i'd say, a wonderful 2 days. i'm ready for another week and can't wait to break in my running shoes. 

here's a few pics for your viewing pleasure. 

i am so thankful for this rest we got as a family. 

hope all is well.

love to you.

mer