A - Camping We Will Go

A few weeks ago we went camping with our Sunday School class.  Have I ever mentioned how good for my soul these people are?  Life savers, I tell ya.  So we planned this AWHILE ago just so we could get everyone there since there are probably about 10-12 families.  That's a lot of people to coordinate - especially when some families have 4 kiddos.  We chose Stone Mountain as our camping location of choice.  Have I ever mentioned how much I love that place?  So though we planned this forever ago, we didn't anticipate the FREEZING cold temperatures.  And I'm not exaggerating.  It was literally below 32 degrees.  Doesn't matter.  It was so much fun.  Want to act like you were there?  Here you are!

 The view from our campsite during the day.

Dusk.

Sunrise.  Clearly, I didn't take this picture.

Do you see the cuteness we were camping with?! I had a conversation with Matt a few weeks ago that if I were to steal a child it would be one of these two.  I mean, seriously.  Look at the cheeks.  They're even cuter in person because their voices are all cute and they chubby and they want to hold your hand.  Adorbs.  P.S. I'm not stealing any children.  

Of course we had to go to the top of the mountain!

We've Got Pot(tery)

Way back when in the good 'ol days of grad school, my friend Holly and I went to a Paint Your Own Pottery studio.  We had a BLAST!  I painted a pitcher that's dark blue with yellow stars all over.  I would take a picture and show you, but I believe it's in storage right now.  While I lived in Indy, I took some foster kids to do it, too, but I never did my own piece because kids generally take 2.6 seconds to finish theirs and I wouldn't have time to do mine. 

Fast forward two years and I finally got Matt to take me.  We tried once in Charlottesville, but it was ridiculously expensive and I didn't want to pay that much.  I received a Groupon the other day for this so I thought that it was as good as a time as any.  It took us about 20 minutes on a project to complete - there were dishes, pots, vases, dog bowls, figurines, etc.  The problem with doing a piece together is that you have to agree on what to paint.  We eventually decided we wanted to do something seasonal and found a dish that had leaves circling it.  We chose to do it in fall colors and this is how the finished project turned out!...