Busy Mother's Day Weekend

Hi Everyone! Hope you had a great Mother's Day weekend if it applied. We were very busy. Saturday and Sunday we were on the go. I'll start with Sunday. The Biltmore Estate in Asheville is how we spent the day. All mom's got in free, kids got in free and if you bought tickets on-line you got $10 off. What a deal! We went there 3 years ago, right before we moved to Sicily and Jacob was only 6 months old. So, it was nice to go back. They were celebrating the "Festival of Flowers" the gardens were beautiful! We ended the day with a trip to the winery to purchase some special ed. "Festival of Flowers" Rose and White wine and ice cream. They also have a small petting zoo and Jacob thought that was great to pet the goats and chickens.

A Rose in the Biltmore garden

Jacob and I under a tree in the garden. Excuse his new picture smile. Looks like it hurts.

The smokey mountains. What a beautiful day.

The Biltmore Estate

Me and my baby


Saturday found us at the Carolina Raptor Center in Huntersville. About 45 minutes away north of Charlotte. A very nice area around Lake Norman. You can go horseback riding, kyaking, hike trails, picnic, etc. We did the Raptor center. Jacob enjoyed looking at all the owls, hawks, eagles. Most are there due to gun shot wounds and car accidents that caused wing damage or blindness. It reminded me of the places we used to go to for field trips in elementary school.