We have been excited to be on vacation in Asheville, NC. We were able to do the candlelight tour of the Biltmore Estate on Friday night - WOW is all I can say! That is a BIG BIG house! 250 rooms and 43 bathrooms ... but Jonathan and I decided that most of them were for the servents. We loved the indoor pool ... and all of the pantries! Think about how much food storage you could have! The house was beautiful --but I told Jonathan - that's what our mansion in heaven will be like ... except BIGGER and BETTER and hopefully not so many tourist!
These are a few pictures that we took at the Biltmore ... you will notice Benjamin's "BANDAID" ... well it's a BIG bandaid! Saturday morning after Jonathan ironed his clothes - he set the iron on the table at the hotel - and Benjamin went over to iron - needless to say- we couldn't get to him before his left hand was grasping the front of the iron. We rushed into the bathroom ... with Jonathan's pants around his ankles ... that was probably the only thing fun about the whole experience. Benjamin cried for more than 2 hours - he has one BIG blister - and lots of burns on his hand. I tried everything - as Jonathan went to get gauze and antibiotic cream -- we finally just had to put him in his carseat and he FINALLY fell asleep! When he woke up -- he was "BETTER" ... except for his hand - but he hasn't cried since! He had done pretty well with keeping his bandaid on and didn't cry when we had to wash his hand today.
We did get to do more touring yesterday at the Biltmore - which may have kept Benjamin's mind off of his hand. As you will see he LOVED the animals and walking to the bass pond. A really neat place to visit if you get a chance to go to North Carolina.
We LOVE the mountains! I'm planning to post Christmas pictures ... probably with New Year's! We did have a great Christmas - just haven't gotten my Christmas pictures edited :) 
9 comments:
Oh poor Benjamin. I hope his hand heals quickly. That is not fun at all.
I love Ashville! We went to Ashville on our honeymoon. We are only a hour and a half away from there now and I really want to visit again after reading your post. Poor Benjamin! I hope his hand heals quickly. Hugs and kisses for him!
Oh Benjamin! Didn't your mother teach you not to touch the hot iron?? =) Just kidding. I'm sorry he has a club hand now! I'm glad you had so much fun. I have missed you- seriously!
Poor Kid, glad Benjamin is o.k! We love you guys, hope all is well. Thank you for your nice card.
Love, The Sharps
fun fun and more fun! also..i just love the red hair - so bright!!!
Sad! I hope Benjamin's hand gets feeling better! I love the pictures! You guys are so cute!!!
okay, i think i love north caroline!...the polar express (looks so real life and magical!) and that amazing mansion with lights (i can only imagine!)... i'm glad you have been busy with fun!
my heart goes out to that little guy and his burned hand!...and my heart goes out to YOU! it is so hard to watch your child hurt and know there is just nothing you can do to "fix" it...
What a beautiful place! It looks like you had a great time on your trip! Reading about Benjamin's hand brought back memories of when we had to nurse a burned little toddler hand back to health -- that's got to be the hardest part of being a parent. He's such a tough little guy, I'm sure he'll be fine in no time.
hey, i remember that blue vest!
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