April has been a great month. We wrapped up tax season on the 18th this year, and I'm so pleased to say this has been my best season yet. It went as smoothly as I could possibly hope for, and I'm extremely grateful for that. I appreciate that Mom helps us celebrate at the office by providing lunch for us at the end. She picks up my favorite Chicken Salad Chick called Cranberry Kelly, gets croissants to put it on, provides the fabulous cheese ring and crackers, fruit, and brownies. It's such a great treat!
The girls have been making beaded bracelets because apparently it's a thing to trade these at Taylor Swift concerts. We'll see soon!
I love this picture of Mom and Dad! They were at Judy's house for Easter afternoon.
I wasn't able to make it to our small group the week before the deadline, so Ethan and Amanda Evans dropped off one of the homemade red velvet cinnamon rolls that Ethan had made that day. It was so delicious! Lily has started collecting Buccee's holiday t-shirts, so she and Ryan drove up one day to get their Easter one. It made me laugh as it says "I've got my mind on the bunny and the bunny on my mind" with Buccee dressed up as a bunny.
Our niece, Molly, had her last lacrosse game before she graduates. This season runs completely during tax season, so I've unfortunately never been to her games before. I was thrilled that Ryan and I were able to go for Senior Day where she was recognizing (walking with Wayne, Dianne, and Zac) with the other seniors before the game. She played great, and it was so fun to watch! What a fun game! After the game, Ryan and I met up with Jeff and Elizabeth Smith at the Anchor Bar for dinner; what a wonderful evening all around.
Lily and a few other varsity volleyball players helped lead a clinic for 4-6 grade girls who are interested in playing volleyball. They had a lot of fun with this, and I loved that it helped connected the younger and older girls.
Ryan and I were very excited to participate in this year's Secret Church. We broadcast at our house, and Josh and Anna Plotner joined in. It was an in-depth study of Jonah, and it was absolutely fantastic. We both agree it may be the best one yet as it focused on this book of the Bible instead of a topic. We are thankful that God has blessed David Platt to teach His word so well.
It's Braves' season again! We so appreciated the Henderson family giving us their tickets for a game one evening. Mia wasn't able to go, so we were glad that Lily's friend, Lauren Martin, was able to join us. What a fun evening, and even better...Braves win!
Ryan and I were looking forward to an evening in Nashville together. We had great seats to see the band Nickle Creek at the Ryman. We left just after lunch on a Thursday, and just after Chattanooga we saw an Insta post that Nickle Creek was cancelling their shows for the next 6 weeks! Unfortunately, their lead singer was incredibly sick and needed to go on vocal rest. We were so disappointed but understand how out of anyone's control that is. Since we were already so far up the road and we couldn't cancel the hotel room at that point, we decided to go to Nashville. We decided we would just walk on Broadway until we found something interesting. We ended up at Robert's Western World which had a pretty good band playing in it. We found a spot at the bar and both ordered their "Recession Proof" meal for $6 - a friend bologna sandwich, chips (though we paid $2 to upgrade to sweet potato fries), a can of PBR beer, and a moon pie. It was an experience for sure!
Once this band finished, we decided to head out and see what else was available. We found our way to Alan Jackson's Good Time Bar where a new band was getting ready to start a set. We'll just go with they have a little bit more work to do. Even though they weren't great, they did play all prime country that we knew, so that was fun. After awhile we decided to head on back to the hotel. Not the evening we had planned, but still pretty fun. I'll always take a date night out with Ryan!
The next morning we decided to try Biscuit Love which we'd heard so much about. There was a line waiting outside, but it moved very quickly which was nice. We both tried different specialty biscuits which was really delicious. Their cheese grits were outstanding, and their spicy thick cut bacon stole the show. Ryan had a cup of hot chocolate which is always a treat, and I tried their brown sugar lemonade which was so yummy. This was definitely a great breakfast choice before we headed back to Atlanta!
Just a few of the little things we've been having fun with recently.
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