Thanksgiving in Boone

Ever since Philip & I have owned our own home we make a trip to Boone, NC Thanksgiving weekend.  The primary purpose is to visit a local tree farm, enjoy the beautiful scenery & pick out our Christmas tree.  This year was the first year I didn't have to work Thanksgiving day, eve or any day surrounding the holiday, so instead of packing up the day after Thanksgiving (like we usually do), we spent Thanksgiving day in the mountains.  It was a little weird not being with our immediate families, the laughter, the tension, the sinful desserts, amazing aroma & all the things that traditionally come with Thanksgiving.  I am so thankful that We decided to spend Thanksgiving the way we did this year.  We ate a Thanksgiving lunch at Whole Foods with turkey, sweet potatoes, salad, roasted squash & kale...it was SO good.  That evening we another Thanksgiving-ish meal at Cracker Barrel: turkey, turnip greens, salad....it was actually rather boring. 

 We drove around Boone & did a little bit of Thanksgiving night shopping. Michaels was having an awesome sale on frames so I picked up a new frame for the living room & some burlap ribbon. The rest of the night was rather uneventful...it was so nice.

We got up in the morning & had breakfast at Melanie's (our favorite fresh/local/organic paleo friendly) spot in Boone.  We did a little black Friday shopping; mostly browsing & we explored with Addison. We spent some time in Blowing Rock & ate at an awesome little restaurant. I could kick myself because I can't remember the name.

 We found this little waterfall right outside of Blowing Rock.  We also came across a cute little stream with TONS of ducks.

 Addison was in heaven.  She ran around yelling "duck, duck", "quack-quack".  I think it made her day.

 From there we headed to get our tree.  We walked around for quite some time. Between Addison's hat & Hampton we were bombarded with people.  They were a hit.

We picked out our tree & just enjoyed the rest of our time.  It was a pretty short trip. My sister was visiting from PA so we wanted to spend a little bit of time with her.  I love making memories & new family traditions.