Asheville Trip

Grandma Neubauer came to visit last week. For this special occassion, we decided to go to Asheville.

On the way into town, we stopped for a hike to Catawba Falls. It was crazy beautiful and my favorite part of the entire trip.

It's so much more fun to hike when you get to see a big waterfall at the end of the trail.

This was the deepest part of the creek we had to cross. Go Grandma!

Josh must climb to the top of all places.

During the car ride, Addy pulled out Aaron's first loose tooth.

We walked around downtown Asheville. There were street musicians everywhere. I wish I got more pictures of my favorites.

Aaron thought this guy was a real statue. So I had him drop some money in his bucket to make him move. He still was not convinced.

We ate Carolina BBQ for dinner, went to the Asheville Botanical Gardens, and stayed in a hotel. Then off to the North Carolina Arboretum the next day.

We ate breakfast at the Asheville Farmers Market Restaurant. They brought fresh biskets and apple butter to the table...yum.

These yellow butterflies are so common around here. But I still get excited everytime I see one.

The kids all fell right to sleep when we got in the car so it was a peaceful drive home to Charlotte.

Springtime in our backyard.

A giant azela bush.

Closeup of the flowers.

These fancy flowers fall far from the top of a really tall tree.

More azelas from the front yard.