Tuesday, December 28, 2010

The end of 2010...

Hard to believe another year has come and gone. These last couple of months have flown...literally! I can't remember ever having been this busy. Hence the reason for very little blogging.

December was a great month! We've attended parties, had our Christmas concerts at church (which included lots of rehearsals), shopped, wrapped gifts, celebrated the birth of Christ, while still balancing job and home. I'm sure my schedule has been no busier than any of your's!

This year we were blessed, as most of you, of having a white Christmas. I can't remember ever having one here in the South. I've had the privilege of experiencing several of them when Scott and I used to travel to New York for Christmas when our children were small. Back then, there would be tons of snow and we would ice skate at his parent's house (they lived on a lake) and snow mobile through the woods. It was glorious!

We had a great time this past Sunday with snowball fights, sledding and even playing croquet. It was a very relaxing weekend and we are doing more of the same this week.
All that will come to an end soon when we head back to work and kids back to school/college...yuck!

I hope that all of you had a very Merry Christmas celebrating our Savior's birth!

Our 2010 Christmas picture
Christmas Eve Candlelight service @ church where over 10,000 attended. So hard to describe the beauty!
Heather still loves to put out cookies for "Santa"
Christmas morning!
Lindsay's gift to Max...his own hoodie!




Sunday, December 5, 2010

A day at the Biltmore...

This past Tuesday, I was able to take my first trip ever to the Biltmore Estates in Asheville. Heather surprised Scott and I with tickets about a month ago and also let us know that she would be going with us :)

We had such a great time! I could not believe my eyes when we drove up. We enjoyed touring the house...especially at Christmas-time. Who in the world needs 101 bedrooms and 65 bathrooms? And Mr. Vanderbilt himself was only 27 when he moved in...and single!
We went in to all the shops and really enjoyed every sampling of food they had out...some of them we enjoyed 2 and 3 times :)

That evening, we went back into the house where all the fireplaces were lit and candles everywhere. They had choirs singing and dancing groups dancing. It was wonderful!

Thank you, Heather, for allowing us to be a part of your "bucket list"! We love you.