Family Christmas Date--- Asheville, NC 2010

Being that Claire is an only child and grand child, she is really blessed with gifts at Christmas time. We thought it would be fun to have a Family Christmas Date rather than spend money on toys that she doesn't need. Not to mention we have been in North Carolina for almost 8 months now and still have not seen the sights, so we wanted to check out Asheville, NC before we left.

Asheville is about 2 hours north of Charlotte and is a charming little mountain town. Apparently everyone there is really health conscious as there are health food stores and restaurants everywhere! We were so jealous. In a town of 70,000 people there are like 4 health food supermarkets!

The first day we took Claire on the Rocky Mountain Railroad "Polar Express" tour, for a trip to the North Pole. Claire absolutely LOVES trains so we knew this would be her favorite part of the trip.















The next day we went to the Biltmore Estate which is a huge castle that George Vanderbilt built in the 1800's. We heard that it was amazing to see at Christmas time, with lots of stuff to do. Claire wasn't too crazy about the tour of the house, but she had a blast at the barn and petting zoo. Mommy had a blast at the Winery Tasting and Tour :)








Now off to our next adventure in Florida. Can't wait to post pictures of the beach and Disney World this coming year!