Troublemaker {book review}

Some of you might be confused as to why I read this book since I usually read Christian or faith based books.  I decided to read it because I really didn't know what Scientologists believe.  I knew Tom Cruise was one.  I knew L. Ron Hubbard started it.  I knew it was a cult.  But that is it.

In Troublemaker, Leah Remini tied in her life story with sharing about the church of Scientology so it actually was an interesting read.  I now have a better understanding of what they believe, so if I were to have a conversation with someone, I would know a little bit about it!  

P.S. She swears a lot in the book....FYI.

I give this book 4 stars!

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Here are the other books I have finished so far in 2016:

(18) Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay

(17) For the Love by Jen Hatmaker {audiobook}

(16) Almost Amish by Nancy Sleeth

(15) What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarity

(14) The Fringe Hours by Jessica N. Turner

(13) The Vow by Kim & Krickitt Carpenter

(12) Stranded by Dani Pettrey

(11) Shattered by Dani Pettrey

(10) Dancing Through Life by Candace Cameron Bure

(9) Undeniably Yours by Becky Wade

(8) That Certain Spark by Cathy Marie Hake

(7) In Between by Jenny B. Jones

(6) Baggage Claim by Amanda Tru

(5) Letter Perfect by Cathy Marie Hake

(4) Submerged by Dani Pettrey

(3) All is Grace by Brennan Manning

(2) Dear John by Nicholas Sparks

(1) Bridge to Haven by Francine Rivers

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Week #26 {2016} Whirlwind Week

Good grief Charlie Brown!  This week was crazy busy...but also super fun.

Sunday - I finished Dear Mr. Knightley on our way down to Florida.

Monday - We went to the beach, 

Tuesday - two days in a row - it was heavenly.

Wednesday - We headed back home early, because my sister & brother-in-law were coming to Nashville.

Thursday - They took Payton to get her ears pierced. And we ate...a ton of yummy things.

Friday - We hung out in Downtown Franklin.

Saturday - I dropped Unc & Auntie D off at the airport.

And I went home and crashed.  I slept for almost 3 hours!  We had such a great time and made some awesome memories!

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Later that afternoon, we dropped the littles off at Papa Nutt & Gigi's so we could do some shopping for the birthday girl! Gigi sent me this picture.

Downtown Franklin with Auntie D & Unc

I'm a dork and completely forgot to take pictures of our morning.

We drove the back road to eat at Martin's BBQ in Nolensville and then we all went and shared a hamburger {literally ONE} at Burger Shack.

Then we went to Downtown Franklin.

Ry asked me to take his picture {but of course!}

Anthropology had this amazing display.  It's balloons and cupcake liners.

Auntie treated the kids to frozen bananas at Kilwin's.

After some shopping we stopped at Franklin Mercantile for a snack.  The inside is too adorable!

My buddy.

Ry was losing steam so I gave him my phone and he {and Payton too} took pictures.

Later I found these on my phone.  When he saw them he laughed and said "I'm a turd." Thank you Dylan for teaching him that word!

Sweet moments.

Payton thought she was so grown up...wearing mold sunglasses and carrying Auntie's bag.

 

If you noticed, Dylan wasn't with us.  He opted to stay home and do this all. day. long.

We ended the night with lighting off fireworks again.

Here's some video for some giggles:

And my favorite:

Unc and Auntie are leaving super early tomorrow morning so the kids said their goodbyes tonight.