last week in atlanta

we were in atlanta last week. and what a week we had. matt was presenting a paper at a conference in the city and a friend invited us to come to her parent's house and stay while he was gone.

the stringer family opened their home to us and i have to say, the hospitality and generosity was like nothing i've ever experienced before.


i am not a good receiver...and i got schooled this last week. home cooked meals, a beautiful home, specially planned events just for us, 20+ acres to explore, tractor rides and a cook out. yeah. it was pretty unbelievable.

we found a park on a lake one day...

alaythia took kubota rides just about every day around the 20 acres.

isaiah helped mr. stringer get the fire ready for the cook out.

to top it off, we got to see a great friend who was also in town for the conference. she extended her stay to hang out with us. we went to the georgia aquarium and coke museum and what a day we had. if you are ever in the area, those two things are a must.

we loved having aunt dana with us!

everyone was working hard...

the last room of the museum is a tasting room.
there are fountain machines everywhere with different coke products
from around the world. so you grabbed a cup and tried whatever you wanted.
the kids thought they were pretty cool....

as you left the museum you got to grab a bottle of coke.

in this picture, they are on a rush from bucket loads of HiC....

thanks again to the stringers for hosting us in your amazing home. and to aunt dana for staying to hang out with us!