kinda wish I could be this cool

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY FAVORITE PERSON!!!!

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH CHARLIE CROSE! YOU ARE THE BEST HUSBAND IN THE WORLD! HAPPY 25TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

It's only Tuesday

I wish I could go back to the weekend. It was the perfect weekend, and very much needed! Why you ask? 

I had a yummy dinner with the husband (see picture below). 

I was able to sleep in Saturday. 

Lounge around the house all day with Charlie. 

Play tennis. 

Organize our apartment (much much needed). 

Use my new ice cream maker for the first time. 

Had an amazing Sunday (all my sunday school kids were so great)! 

We celebrated my brother in law, Brian's birthday with my family! 

We hosted and ate some delicious chicken tacos (courtesy of Charlie--- he is by far the better cook). 

Yeah, so now you see what I mean. These past few work weeks have been crazy. Gotta enjoy the sweet sweet moments life brings you!

The cutest little restaurant with the yummiest mac & cheese and pork crepes. 

Not me, not Hermione, you HARRY!

THE WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER

We had such an AMAZING time at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter last Friday! It is a part of the Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida. We went with my sister whitney, and my mom. We are all big time Harry Potter fans- which made it that much more fun. Here are some things that we learned:

Get there right when it opens. (we were able to ride the dragon challenge twice in a row without lines... there are 2 dragon's you can ride too...we read previously on another blog to hit this up first and we totally agree)

Next hit up the  Hogwarts castle for the Forbidden Journey ride. This was our absolute favorite. The line goes quickly. Don't worry about the wait time. The castle is so much fun to look at you won't realize how long you have been standing in line for. (We ended up going on this ride twice)

Get your butterbeer in the three broom sticks and not the butterbeer stands that are located throughout the park. You will not have a line in the three broom sticks and you get to enjoy some good ole' air conditioning and the atmosphere of three broom sticks. It's a win win situation. We also ate the feast for 4 people in three broom sticks. It was delicious. It had chicken, ribs, corn on the cob, potatoes, and some more vegetables. I recommend it if you are with a group and are planning on eating in the park. 

Wait for Ollivanders wand shop show once the line is smaller (night time is best). The line is directly in the sun and only a few people get in for each show. The show is 7 minutes long. It was a cute show- I guess they normally always choose a little kid to test out the wands, so if you bring kids have them stand in the front row for a possibility to get picked.

We all loved the regular butterbeer, frozen butterbeer, and the pumpkin juice!!!!Frozen butterbeer was my favorite!! They taste so good y'all. And they are relatively cheap too. I ended up having 2 by the end of the day. 

If you want to hit up the rest of the park, I would suggest going to it very last. The last 2 hours of the park being open, we were able to walk right on to almost every line. We even rode the Hulk twice. The spiderman ride was my least favorite- long line! Maybe if we waited later to ride it when the line was shorter, I would have liked it more. All in all, we had the BEST time there! 

strawberry freezer jam

We have made this strawberry jam for the longest time. It has been a few years since we actually made it though... and boy was I craving it! Adams Farm is a self pick farm near my hometown. When my mom called me and said that they had their "ready to pick" strawberry sign up... I came down that weekend to make it with my momma. Precious huh?

So how do you make it? It's simple: strawberries(freshly picked preferred) + sugar + lemon juice + box of pectin(use it's instructions) = the most delicious strawberry jam ever

Oh, and if you're lucky like me you will have some left over strawberries to enjoy. mmm!

Stacey's Baby Shower

I promised that I would show more pictures of the baby shower I threw for my best friend Stacey. I wasn't lying:) Here are some pictures we snapped. 

pictures were taken via mine and stacey's camera

One year down!

This weekend Charlie and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary! It is beyond crazy that it has already been a year! Time is flying past us! However, a lot has happened for us during our first year of marriage. So I guess it all makes sense in the end. We celebrated by going downtown and staying at the Westin hotel. We also ate at The Sun Dial. It was awesome! It is located on one of the top floors of the westin. The floor slowly moves so you can get a 360 view of Atlanta. And the food was AMAZING!!!!

 our view from our room!

  a reflection of me from our bedroom window