Top of the Mornin' to Ya, Lassie!

I say that every time I walk into the room.  Partly because it's the perfect shade of Ireland green.  Also, because the paint color is called Blarney Stone so I feel like I have the right to.  Check out this drab dining room we used to have.

It's the same color as all the rooms.  Contractor paint, boring beige.  I had enough of it and added some color to our life.  It's beautiful.

The color isn't EXACTLY accurate in the photo, but it's pretty close.  I have to say - I suck at painting.  It took me forever, the painter's tape bled and we had to redo a lot of the trim and I'm not good at trim.  Totally worth it, though.  Now I get to finish decorating and we'll officially have one room completely done!

Christmas at the Happiest Place on Earth

We continued our tradition of going to Stone Mountain for Christmas again this year.  I love this tradition.  So many Christmas lights!  And it doesn't matter what your age - you can get excited about Christmas being just around the corner.  We tried to do the things this year that we weren't able to last year.  And here they are!


First was the Holly Jolly Caberet.  It was a little sing-a-long show.  It was funny and you got to sing Christmas carols.  Perfection.

This is the play The Christmas Story - Stone Mountain-style.   It was HILARIOUS.  Worth being drizzled on during it.

There were a few famous figures there, too.  Only half of us were excited about getting our picture taken with them:

 Matt does this every year.  He's very predictable:

 Here's a picture of Stone Mountain with some of the twinkle lights!

Back to Bethlehem

A church near us does an annual presentation of Back to Bethlehem that runs for two weeks during the evening.  It was awesome.  Basically what they do is recreate Bethlehem and you go experience the town, people, soldiers, etc. to get a better feel for life back in the day.  I would say it's probably more exciting for kids because they have to participate in the census, "purchase" beads, bread and other goods, but it's great for adults, too.  We went with our Sunday School class one night and checked out the sights.  If you want to see the actual event, you can go to this link:

http://www.backtobethlehem.com/b2b-video/b2b-video-for-pc.html

If you want to see someone super excited to pet a camel while at the event, look no further: