The Tar Heel State...

We just got back from North Carolina which was so much fun. We went with my sister Amy, her husband Steve and their son Jason, and stayed at Steve's sister and brother-in-law's house near Brevard. The view was absolutely beautiful (as you can see!) We arrived on Friday, then after a quick stop at the house to drop off the bags, we got back in the car to drive to Asheville. We enjoyed a bit of window shopping, some really good Southern food and a seemingly city-wide drum concert. There are no pictures of that. I was entranced by the drumming. Or something. After we drove back to the house, we enjoyed some very distant, sort of cloudy fireworks.

On Saturday, we met up with Steve's parents, Roy and Carol. We ate at a very large Chinese buffet (which also included, among other things, pizza, hot wings and soft-serve ice cream... your guess is as good as mine), then headed home where we enjoyed relaxing next to the ultimate-sunset.

This morning, we got to have brunch at a restaurant called Hob Nob, which was really good. (On a side note: here's why I like brunch. I get to eat my favorite meal (breakfast) accompanied by alcohol (a bloody mary and/or mismosa), then it's acceptable to eat dessert! (In this case, we shared an apple and berry cobbler which was a little more cobblery than it was fruity.) All in all, a good meal.)

Jason did really well considering the fact that we dragged him around North Carolina all weekend. He got a little fussy when he was forced to sit in the "chair from hell" (AKA the carseat) for too long, but he was easily soothed by stepping outdoors.

On the way home, we stopped at the Feasting On Asphalt-famous Carolina Smokehouse BBQ. It was REALLY good. You'll notice that a lot of my posts focus on food. That's because it's very important to me. It lies somewhere between my husband and my favorite black and gray striped sweater on my list of favorite things. (For the record, my husband is at the top of that list... didn't want anyone getting the wrong impression.)

Since I only posted two of the two hundred pictures I took, you can catch a few others on our flickr site if you're interested.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

(P.S. You c an't see it in the picture, but my nephew is wearing a onesie that says "Chicks Dig Me." Such a stud...)