The Lewis Family

Thursday, August 24, 2017

The Goodbye Bride {review}

If it can be made into a Hallmark Movie...I'm probably gonna like the book. Funny enough though, I don't watch too many Hallmark Movies! The Goodbye Bride is another, cute, clean and lighthearted romance novel by Denise Hunter. I read through this one quickly!

I give this book 5 stars!

Here is the other books I have finished so far in 2017:

(13) Dangerous Depths by Colleen Coble

(12) The Magnolia Story by Chip and Joanna Gaines

(11) Bittersweet by Cathy Marie Hake

(10) Lost in NashVegas by Rachel Hauck

(9) Surrender Bay by Denise Hunter

(8) Reshaping It All by Candace Cameron Bure

(7) Giddy Up Eunice by Sophie Hudson

(6) The Accidental Empress by Allison Pataki

(5) Wonder by R.J. Palacio

(4) Sabotaged by Dani Pettrey

(3) Black Sands by Colleen Coble

(2) The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian

(1) Desperate by Sarah Mae & Sally Clarkson

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Monday, August 21, 2017

Eclipse 2017

The Solar Eclipse was a pretty big deal around here. Just 25 minutes North of us was the path of totality. Nashville was anticipating hundreds of thousands of people coming into the area just to watch it. So while it would have been fun to go up and see it, we decided to stay home and not fight the traffic and crowds {which ended up being just awful!}.

Also, they ended up canceling school so we got to hang out as a family and watch it!

In the morning, we were hanging around {lazily} when I saw Rylan walk up to Dylan, put his arms up for him to hold him. Dylan picked him up and I got to capture this sweet moment. {Yes, my heart melted a bit.}

We had our glasses and kept going out to check on the eclipse.

Dylan's school had made eclipse viewers which worked pretty well.

And yes, EVERYONE's social media pictures looked just like these...

Although we didn't have a FULL eclipse, it was still amazing to see how it affected everything. It got super dark. And it was kinda eerie.

Then when the sun was coming back, everything had an orange haze to it. It was a fun thing to experience as a family!

Saturday, August 19, 2017

Week #33 {2017} Bombi Gets Fixed

You Sunday - We started attending the early service {8am!} at church and this right here is what gets the kids motivated to get there on time. They hand out {free!} donuts as you walk in the door. And while I am not a fan of donuts... {Seriously! I can turn them down, all day long.} This ONE donut gets me every time. It's a Blueberry from Dunkin Donuts.

That afternoon, Chris started working on making the kids hallway pretty.

While Payton and Rylan played Monopoly.

And Bombi sat at the door waiting for Chris to walk back in.

This guy....he had mountain biking practice this evening and ate a little bit of dinner before he left. When he got home, he ate MORE dinner, a bagel with cream cheese, Chipotle Black Bean Burger, and then he finished off some blueberry waffles!!!

Monday morning, I found out that I had won a giveaway from the Trek Store in Downtown Columbia!

So we headed out to pick up the shirt and have a bite to eat at a new restaurant.

It's fun having a day date with this guy.

We took a long way home, finding a new {to us} country back road.

Oh, and this is the shirt I won!

Tuesday morning, I was getting ready to workout when Bombi plopped himself down on my mat and wouldn't budge. Booger!

Then Ry had his first Juniors class!

Wednesday morning, Chris too this guy to get fixed.

It was weird not having him around the house...even though his has been a booger lately. We went to pick him up and he sat in my lap the whole way home.

As soon as we got out of the car he had to go potty, but he did it like this. We were crying we were laughing so hard. I guess he wasn't fully out of anesthesia yet.