Thursday, April 16, 2009

Biltmore House















The following is a handy little update on our mountain trip, written by my adorable husband to his family:

Hello Family. A vacation update.
Delete if sleepy because this will most likely put you over the top. We went to the Biltmore Estate today. It was absolutely gorgeous. The tour of the Biltmore Castle took about 2 hours. Then we spent another three hours walking around the breathtaking gardens and forest.
The kids were amazing. Sayde and Connor walked all day without complaining at all. We arrived at Biltmore around 11 and didn't leave the grounds until after 6. Ella, on the other hand was surprisingly stubborn. She did not nap at all and I had to carry her in the baby bjorn for 7 hours. She will hopefully sleep until Friday.

We ended the trip at the Biltmore Winery. It was a small winery but Katie and I found some nice bottles of wine. For dinner I found the #1 rated kid friendly restaurant in Asheville. It was in the heart of the city. Unfortunately I did not check the menu. After being seated we discovered that it was an international vegetarian restaurant. Katie and I loved it, Connor was not convinced that "tofu sloppy joe's" really was hamburger meat....

When asked what their favorite part of the day was, Connor replied "The Dead Moose." We should thank the taxidermist. Love to all.

5 comments:

Susan said...

Great pictures!! And that weather looks amazing - we're finally getting warmer temps into the upper 60's here in Upstate NY. Thank friggin' god. Oops, is god supposed to be capitalized? Not sure. Anyway, your family is just beautiful.... now go make your kid a real sloppy joe, would ya?!

ModernMom said...

Your pictures are gorgeous. Sounds like a great adventure!

Casey said...

Those pictures were beautiful. Sorry about the non-napping kid, that must have been stressful. Dead animals are always cool, even if you can't eat them later at the restaurant.

Dr Zibbs said...

Great pics!

Susana (OK, so it's Sue-Lyn) said...

i love the bangs!