South Carolina

Easter Weekend we spent in South Carolina. The nuclear plant that Kim works at shut down on Thursday night in observance of Easter, so we thought it was a great time to hit the road. We left Wednesday night and made the four hour drive to Columbia. We stayed in a town just northwest of Columbia called Irmo. We had such a fun weekend. Our main purpose for going to SC was to check out the area due to a possible job opportunity Kim has in the area. We didn't fall in love with Columbia like we did with Knoxville but we know if the Lord wants us there, we will make the best of it! :) We spent most of Friday looking at houses. We tried to take a break at the hotel so Hailey could nap but she refused so we took a drive to the temple. The Columbia temple is beautiful (as is every temple). It was so nice to be on temple grounds again and to feel the peace that comes from the temple. The temple grounds were amazing and we took some time to explore the flowers and listen to the wildlife around us. With so much vegetation around, you don't have to go very far to feel like you are in the middle of nowhere here in the southeast. Which is really nice. :)

Jason playing hide-n-go seek. I found him in the closet and he wasn't happy that I had the camera in tow. 

 Hailey going for a horsey ride on her daddy's leg. 

Columbia, SC temple. 

After this point in the trip my camera battery died. But we spent Friday night swimming at the local YMCA. Saturday we woke up and headed to Asheville, North Carolina, which is a smaller town in the middle of the Great Smoky Mountains. It was gorgeous! We grabbed some lunch and the went to visit the famous Biltmore Estate, however due to time constraints we decided not to pay the $65 per person fee to visit the estate. The visitors center suggested taking a whole day to see the 8,000 acre estate and it was already 3:00pm. This site is now on my bucket list and will be seen before I leave the southeast.    

 

We came home Saturday night so we could attend church on Easter Sunday. After church we colored some eggs and enjoyed being together although we missed our family in Idaho and Utah.