Weekend in Asheville

Dane and I went to Asheville this weekend with our friends Ryan and Meredith (and Savannah). :-) It was such an awesome, low-key weekend that went by too fast. We've actually been planning on going since last spring, but I'm so glad we waited until the fall. I've been to the mountains many many times (my grandparents had a cabin up there), but I have never been in the fall. It was worth the wait to see all the pretty leaves. The pain you may see in my face is because it was SO COLD! The temps were in the low 40s, but when the wind blew, it was awful! But still worth it. :-) Ryan's parents live there, so we had a wonderful place to stay AND home cooked meals. It just doesn't get any better than that. We left Friday late in the afternoon, so we just relaxed when we go there.

Saturday, we woke up and went to downtown Asheville. It wasn't like any other downtown that I have ever seen! It wasn't a downtown with skyscrapers, but a downtown that you would find in a small town- yet much bigger with several blocks of shops. It was bustling with lots of hippie folks playing their guitars or instruments of choice. I'd love to go back again some day because we probably just scratched the surface of everything it has to offer.

After we left downtown, we headed for the Blue Ridge Parkway to take a look at the mountains and the changing leaves. It was about as beautiful as I expected. :-) That night, we all went out to eat and I was so happy that my cousin L.T. and his long-time girlfriend Jennifer drove an hour and a half from Franklin to come eat with us. I haven't seen him in 2 years and this was the first time I met her. She was really sweet - i kinda forgot to get a pic with them. :-( Oh well.

So here are a few pics from the trip. Enjoy!

Sasha said she was SO OVER that car ride. :-)

ok, NOW Happy Fall!

Ok, the camera didn't fail me this time, so here is "Fall at Casa de Nelson."


The dishes have a raised leaf pattern and the napkins have an embroidered leaf- all courtesy of the $1 spot at Target last year!

In the pass-through going from the dining room to the kitchen...

Ok, the next 2 pics aren't fall, but I thought I'd share. I finally got new pillows for the sectional to match the rug. So here is the pattern/colors of the rug (excuse the Zoe hair...haven't vacuumed in awhile) :-)

And here are the pillows...I got 2 of each color.

And last, but most definitely not least, is T-man in his pumpkin collar (also courtesy of the Target $1 spot)! We laugh because his head looks just like the pumpkins. :-)

Happy Fall everyone!

Well darn.

I decorated for fall this weekend. So this morning I took a few pictures of everything with intentions to come into work and post them here. I even took a picture of Tyson in his pumpkin collar! I plugged in my memory card and they were gone! :-( I must of hit something weird because any pic that took after our Orlando trip was gone (which was really just the pictures of the new sectional and the pics I took this morning). It's not a big deal, but I have the whole office to myself today and that was what I was going to do this morning. Oh well....maybe tomorrow.