Christmas 2012

We spent the last few days of our Christmas vacation at Lake Lure, which is in mountains in western North Carolina.  Lure is approximately one hour (on very curvy and hilly roads) from Asheville.  Grandi and Gigi were anxious to spend more time with Colby before he returned home so Ashley and I left him with them and we ventured off to the Biltmore estate, the fabulous home of the Vanderbilt's, which was nicely decorated for Christmas.  Here are a few pictures of what we saw.

Bar-B-Que

Ashley must have bar-b-que when she visits North Carolina. She found a good one in Marion --- Countryside Bar-B-Que -- on our way to Lake Lure. Colby loved their hush puppies and was entertained by the two pigs near the front entrance.

More holiday smiles

Christmas

Colby had a very nice Christmas.   We are each enjoying spending time together following a pretty busy year.  Colby opened gifts in three different locations:

At his home:

While visiting Ashley's grandmother, uncles, aunts and cousins on her father's side in Wilson, NC.  And finally, in Hickory NC at the home of Gigi and Grandy where he enjoyed several days in the company of his cousins Max and Maren.

Science fun

Colby enjoyed his recent trip to the Stepping Stones children's museum.

Assembling Christmas Presents

The first of Colby's Christmas presents is now assembled!!! Santa found this one in the Munich airport.

A weekend of hugging

Colby had a terrific time at Tumble Jungle Saturday afternoon.  Ashley and I have been hugging him almost non-stop since Friday evening.