What a week!

At the entrance of the Biltmore, we went there on the 24th and 25th of July. It was a beautiful home owned by George Vanderbilt, originally built in the 1895 and is considered to be America's largest home. It has 252 rooms. I can't imagine what it would take to keep it up. It is amazing that we have a castle right here in the South.

The gardens were spectacular. Everything was in bloom and we wandered through the conservatory and the grounds. There was also a farm, winery and riding stables on the grounds. It took us over 4 hours to just go through the home and not the gardens. It took about 3 hours to drive there from Elberton. But it was beautiful. The day was terrific, only in the mid 80's which was cool for Ashville NC. The drive there was through trees, trees and forests lots of them. What a beautiful area this is. In the evening we attended a concert which was held out on the lawn of the estate, it was Abba, the tribute band. The highlight was that they had the original bass guitar player and the saxaphone player perform with them. The group was from Europe, and they sounded just like them. It was fun clapping and singing with the music. It was a great weekend.

Today being Sunday is the hardest day for me. I taught the Gospel Doctrine lesson it is Paul's turn next week and then we came home. We have lunch and then we use the computer, read or play cards. It is a long day. Oh well it is all good. When I went to RS today there was no President, lesson or teacher so we met with the Priesthood. Very small attendance today. It makes me sad. The missionaries work so hard as does all of the members.

Abba, the group fun, fun, fun. And good music.

The Biltmore the picture does it a huge injustice.

We are imaging books now and it is so confusing, I hope by the end of the week we get it together. We have 48 to do and we are hoping we will get them all done by the end of August, which will be here before we know it. Life is good! and as long as we keep busy the time flys by quickly.
We met the Carrigans and the Hamiltons in Athens on the Saturday before and toured the botanical gardens there at the University. After we went to a very interesting Mexican place, It actually was a little scarrey, but it had 5 stars out of 65 restaurants for places to eat in Athens. It was great, the cuban sandwiches and the burritos were to die for! We may go back. I actually need a picture the tables, were wood and falling apart, it was outside that you ate, but it was great, we like to call it a experience!! Well all goes well with us, another week begins and more blessings to come. The Lord watches over us daily and we love serving.