Merry Madagascar ICE in Nashville

A few months back, I told my parents to "save the date," for one of the days I would be back home.  Ben and I had went to ICE, and I wanted to share this experience with my parents.

They fly in forty artisans from China to create this massive artwork exhibit.

There is nothing that my parents would have gone to on their own.  They both had a great time.  We got a long time to talk in the car on the way down and back (three hours each way).  On the way back, I added about fifteen books to my dad's kindle app on his phone.  You can tell we are father daughter, because many of my "weird" book choices were exactly things that he was interested in. 

Until next year Nashville!

Sip n' Strokes Art Class with My Mom

I'm all about creating experiences with people, instead of just gifts.  This is especially true for my parents, because as they get older, there is not really a lot that I can "give" them.  To celebrate my mom's birthday, we went to a "Funky Circles" art class.

There were about forty people there, and the atmosphere was super laid back.  Here is my canvas and colors ready to go.

The studio:

Mom and Daughter picture! :)

A work in progress:

My mom's final piece:

Together with our completed work:

We had a blast together.  The people at our table were friendly, but I would like to consider brining a larger group to sit together in a class.  I defintely want to go back and do this again with my mom or maybe my brother this upcoming summer.