Thankful for Another Happy Thanksgiving!!

Let me just start by acknowledging how late I am to get to this post and since we’re on the topic of thankfulness I blame my tardiness on all the cherished company I have had in the last few weeks since Thanksgiving that kept me was to entertained and distracted to spend time blogging!

I have SO much to be thankful for this year…. including this family and the time we all got to spend away together for Thanksgiving!!

Asheville bound!

Billy, Angela and Bat girl (Angela’s niece Natalie)arrived an hour or so after we did and she was quite possibly the cutest thing ever and loves and goes to everyone!

She is also quite handy in the kitchen (with the help of Alex’s head lamp of course)… Her and Angela made pumpkin pie the night before Thanksgiving and believe me, she did not forget about it the next day when it was time to eat!  

How yummy does that look!

Night one Tucker knew right where to go, it’s nite nite time! I caught Tucker and Lou having goodnight and good morning cuddles and I couldn’t resist these snaps since the camera rarely left my side the whole weekend anyway! 

Bat girl woke up the next day screaming for the pie! Technically she was right “we have to wait until Thanksgiving day to eat it”….

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

After years and years of Angela and Billy being two peas in a pod Tara, Alex and I finally got to meet the rest of Angela’s family and share thanksgiving dinner with them!

Including meeting this bundle of Joy'; Valery… the first thing she did when she saw me and my babied was “waddle” over to me with her arms up so i could pick her up to go see “the dog”.

Yes, I felt super special!!

Tucker was so curious about her….

Milly wasn’t though, she was to focused on guarding the food…   Lou and Milly kind of had the same role that day.. guard, watch, monitor and protect the food until it gets in their belly!

     Come and  get it!! 

      Don’t you just love our Vegan labels! Angela says the turkey is happy because it wasn’t sacrificed in that particular meal!

Agreed!

Phoeberlicious was ready to fix her plate!!      Tucker had worn himself out just from thinking of all the things he is thankful for…. what a sweetie! Thanksgiving done right!!  Notice we all made a run for stretchy pants after scarfing down way too much food… Tara and Angela don’t understand this problem us chunky people have…. ugh!  The boys say they have to watch the game….. with their eyes closed i guess?       Time for games!    Somebody loves their Uncle Billy!   Card games!

Lou was no fun even without internet connection.. he will find something nerdy to do or read!

He also came prepared with multiple reads downloaded to the computer so he wouldn’t have to play with us… stinker!

We didn’t last long… Pooped out! Tucker and Milly were exhausted from all the begging! 

Friday was full of sight seeing and a scenic drive up Blue Ridge Parkway to Mt. Mitchel!

Look what we saw… twice!

I think this one is my favorite… look at that smerk!   Phoeberlicious was so excited to get her picture taken and what’s even more exciting than that? Finding every word that ryhmes with phoeberlicious, duh.The scenery is just too much, i love it!

Can we say mom’s Christmas present ;) 

Did you know the rotted tree’s in the mountains really are from acid rain… I had actually just asked Lou on the way up why they all looked like they got struck by lightening and thats what he told me but i thought he pulled it out his ass…  and then i saw this sign!

Our first sight of Snow! Tallest peak!!   We were a bit under dressed.. thankfully billy brought his robber mask and super thankfully he let me borrow it!

Poor Lou, Did I mention it was freezing and the wind at the peak was insane!

Cuties! As always they win most photogenic!!

on our way back down… we literally passed this “pack” of trail riders on the way to and from Mt. Mitchel!

Climbing to the top of Mt. Mitchel must have gotten Alex warmed up for what he had been waiting to do since last time we visited the cabin… repel down to the water!

A cold, cold day and what do we come home too, wet fire wood that made a fire impossible to start!

No worries we are some cuddling people with cuddling pups that love to help keep us warm!!

Tucker Jones, always telling a story with those sweet eyes!

The next morning we explored a bit before heading to Asheville for mom, Billy and I’s first time at the Biltmore!

We arrived and I was in love with all the “over the top-ness”!

We got to the Biltmore with some time to spare so we helped our selves to the Wine tasting room and basically told our sweet bar tender “just go right down the list, we will try them all!”

Lou was more of a sniff, chug,  repeat connoisseur!

It was overwhelmingly beautiful and I am so happy the first time I went was during Christmas time! I believe mom and I bought about 6 bottles of the Biltmore Christmas wine and then came home to find it’s being sold at World market.. go figure!

My favorite part was imagining what the parties and entertaining must have been like in that house! There is actually a room called the planning room where she sat with the maitre d’ and planned the guest’ activities for the day!

We got back from the Biltmore just in time to see the last half of the Clemson game… but if i remember correctly… we don’t want to talk about that….

Mom knew just how to make lou smile anyway though; hot tortellini!     Guess what we found on the last day…

A BAR= no not that kind of bar, a cell phone tower bar!

oh well, at that point it was time to pack up and head home to civilization!

What an amazing time we had, as expected we had way toooo much food, desserts and perhaps at times too much wine but never too much time all being off work and together!

Happy belated Thanksgiving everyone!