A Wonderful Weekend In The Mountains

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We have been away this weekend. By ourselves! We took our firstborn to school Friday and headed west on Interstate 40. We stopped on the way to ride through several quaint little towns. We love doing this. We even found several shops that interested us. So, the Christmas shopping began. We found several boutiques that were a treasure trove for Christmas gifts.


We then checked in to our hotel. They had reserved 2 rooms for us! So funny. We had dinner at the Stable Cafe. It was delicious! The portions were perfect. The food was mouth-watering. Hard to articulate how good it was!


Then we toured the Biltmore House in candlelight. Spectacular! Beautiful! I could not get over all of the fresh flowers. They were in every room!

You must know that the State Convention for the Red Hat Society was meeting at our hotel. This was so funny to us. Seeing women dressed in red & purple was hilarious. These ladies must have a competition to see who can be the most decked out in red & purple. One lady wore Christmas ornaments as earrings. Two ladies had what appeared to be a ladies' undergarment on their heads. One lady had on purple satin pajama pants with a red t-shirt. Yes, that was her outfit for the day.


Now we are home and happy to be snuggling with our babies.


A huge thank you to Nana for keeping the little Fullers so we could get away for these 2 days. They had a great time. Nana took the children to eat at Chick-fil-A and they went to the neighborhood park twice. And Triad Park twice. They are still talking about all the fun they had while we were away.

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