Birthday, Biltmore, & Thanksgiving

The end of November was a fun time for us. We got to celebrate Jason's birthday and travel to North Carolina for Thanksgiving. Jason enjoyed his cookie cake that I made him as well as the new additions to his wardrobe :-) I spared him and did not put 29 candles on the cake this year...I'm almost certain that last year I put on 28 haha. We left for North Carolina 2 days after his birthday.  When we arrived we rented a car and headed to Biltmore, which is near Asheville, NC. We stayed one night at the Inn on the Estate and were able to see the house with all the Christmas lights and decorations. We also went to dinner at the Inn. We got all dressed up and had a great time. It is probably one of the only times we will go to such a fancy place haha. The food was amazing and the service was wonderful! We counted it as a mini honeymoon along with our trip to Jackson we took earlier in the month. We also went on a tour of the winery and were able to walk around the gardens. After Biltmore we went back to Raleigh to have Thanksgiving with my sister. It was nice and relaxing. The trees were colorful and it was pretty warm out compared to Idaho. We went hiking and enjoyed the weather. Thanksgiving was full of yummy food. Everyone ate too much as usual and enjoyed some football and dominoes.  We also got to go see the Rockettes. I thought it was a great show. I think Jason enjoyed parts of it. He is always a good sport! And you can't go to Raleigh without going to the Farmer's Market restaurant for breakfast!  That is one thing that Jason misses from Raleigh. He had a couple waitresses come over and ask how he has been.  (I think that means he went too much...) He said it meant he was a loyal customer haha.  We left the day after Thanksgiving and didn't get to do any black Friday shopping (one of the few years I haven't gone.)    

Below are some pictures. Although for some reason I didn't take any on Thanksgiving :-( 

Jason and his cookie cake (see only 10 candles)

4 new shirts - super exciting bday gifts!

my attempt to write happy birthday...

Jason in front of Biltmore

Entrance of Biltmore

Biltmore - so pretty and amazing

Biltmore at night

pretty tree outside Biltmore

Trying to take some pictures of ourselves

Jason studying the beauty

One view of the Inn where we stayed

Picture of the clock at the winery

Another view of the Inn

We walked around outside and then rested in the chairs haha

And me resting

View from our chairs

This was where they had a blacksmith and some old farming equipment. 

More of Biltmore at night (you couldn't take pictures inside but  we got to walk
through 42 rooms and it took us 2-3 hours to see everything )

The gardens. Not much growing at this time but it was still pretty

We walked to the bass pond and little waterfall

The water was so flat and pretty

poinsettia tree in the greenhouse.