peppermintbark

I can’t believe I went to camp meeting.  I remember being so excited to go back when I was in jr high/high school.  After going to school there I thought I’d never go back to camp meeting.  That is, until it was our turn to host and agreed to be in charge of garden cafe.  There was no such thing as garden cafe when I went to camp meeting so I really had no idea what it was.  Garden cafe is a late night snack shop that people (mostly kids) come to and hang out at.  It was fun, but let me tell you, it was HARD work!  Imagine 100 plus jr/high school kids swarming you all at once.  How hard could it be?  I distinctively remember one night not being able to fall asleep because our feet were so hot, feverish and throbby.  In hindsight, I’m truly glad that I was a part of this project.  I’m proud and really do believe we succeeded.  I was so impressed with everyone’s effort into making this thing a success.  The people seemed to love the food and most of all each others company.  But I appreciated coming back to my job, working in a neat and orderly environment where people have appointments.  Throughout the week we did find sometime to hang out with the vbs kids and go to town and enjoy being in napa valley.  I don’t have as many pictures as I could have because quite frankly, taking pictures were not on my mind.  This had to be one of the longest weeks ever.

we practically lived in this kitchen.

the ever so popular macho nacho man

smoothie makers!

carnival

i even made a new friend

bottega louie…where my ‘friend’ works

goosecross wine

jullie is behind ben’s big face

i didn’t want him in the picture for obvious reasons but he can never take a hint our last picture before they’re off to europe for 5 months!!  you guys will be missed