Oh, Atlanta! I Hear You Callin'

After a year of planning an Eastman reunion, the time finally came to make it happen. Because the Eastmans are spread out all over the country (San Fran, Dallas, Richmond, Atlanta, Boise, SLC), it is a rare event that we are all gathered together. This was sure to be memorable. Matt and I had never been to Atlanta before, so we were excited to get to explore a new city, too. One of Matt's younger brothers lives in Atlanta with his family. They were so generous in letting us all stay in their lovely home. I wish I had taken a picture of it. I love colonial style homes. Here's the fam. We wish that Jeremy and Tyler, our BYU nephews, could have been there, too.

Some highlights of our trip... The world's largest aquarium is in Atlanta.

We went to The World of Coca Cola. Kinda fun to see all the memorabilia and to see the bottling process. The best part was the tasting room with over 60 sodas sold around the world made by Coca Cola. The most disgusting one was the italian one,"Beverly". Bitter nastiness.

One day we went to the CNN World Headquarters for a tour. That was really cool. We got to watch part of a live broadcast and see lots of behind the scenes action. Emma even got to demonstrate the green screen and the "invisibility cloak".

Uncle Ken taught us how to shoot. He took us to a shooting range and let us try some of his awesome guns.

The Atlanta History Center was interesting. It had several interesting exhibits that we went to like the 1996 Olympic Museum, a large collection of Civil War items, and a southern folk art gallery. The Center also had two historical homes and gardens. We toured the Swan House built in 1928. I just found out this will be the final destination (this Sunday) of my all-time favorite show... of course... The Amazing Race.

Another highlight of our Atlanta reunion... eating at Flip Burger with part of the gang. Oh yum. I should have stopped after the burger and sweet potato tots with chocolate marshmallow foam for dipping. But one more item looked so intriguing... the Krispy Kreme milk shake needed to be ordered. It was a bit over the top! Thankfully, it was shared among part of the group. Our first Eastman Iron Chef contest was a blast. The three ingredients randomly chosen were pomegranate, vanilla, and the one that proved to be a bit tricky to work into the trio was coriander. But we turned out some delicious food. The Eastman clan can cook! Of course Thanksgiving Day was wonderful. From the 5K race to the yummy dinner to the Girls' Favorite Things night. It was all so fun and so worth the time, effort, and money to go to Atlanta.