Grandbabies, you have to love them!!!

Tonight was a Cassidy night. Any one with a three year old understands that when they are in the house they are the center of attention. She came over to get her Zhu Zhu dress (a Zhu Zhu is a small mechanical hamster that is all the rage right now). After dressing up Zhu Zhu like a princess, then it was cooking with the play kitchen for everyone. Spaghetti for dinner and play dough with Matthew after dinner. Now that she has learned to coil the playdough, we made lots of snails of every color and design out of it.

Biltmore

Saturday the weather finally cleared up! We headed out for some family time at Biltmore, the largest home in America. It is over in Asheville, NC and was built in 1894 by the Vanderbuilts. The top picture is the house itself. Imagine having 43 bathrooms. The library was incredible. When you walk in there is a beautiful solarium with a fountain. It has tapastries from the 1500's and amazing furniture.

The lion we are standing in front of is on either side of the front steps. The "tree" Rebecca is standing by is actually a grape vine that they have trained to grow this way. They have a winery on side so there are tons of vines. Jennifer is standing on a sundial that is in the garden.

It took a while to go though the house, several hours but it was great. Jennie especally enjoyed the trip through. The boys enjoyed going to the farm section.

On the way home the adventure continued, we blew out a tire just north of JC and had to call Christopher to rescue us. He and Devin came and piled us all in the car and took us home. OUR HERO!!