For the first time in 15 years, I felt like it was finally ok for me to go on vacation for spring break. It really was more happenstance than anything else, I guess you could say. Adam and I were supposed to go to the castle for our 7th anniversary back in November, and it didn't work with his class schedule. We were so bummed that we couldn't go, but if you remember, we got to go to our Aunt's house in Granbury and had a blast. The castle was nice enough to let us reschedule our visit (huge sigh of relief since we'd already paid!). When we rescheduled we didn't do a set date necessarily, and then Adam and I realized that with him being in school full time now, we would really only be able to go when he had a break from school, so spring break it was. I have to admit, there was a big part of me that felt guilt, as since Dalton passed away that Saturday morning of spring break, it has always had a bad connotation to it. But, the other part of me said, you know what, it's time...he would be ok with it. The castle also agreed to let us bring Sadie along, so we had our first "real" family vacation where it was just the 3 of us without any family or friends to visit. The morning of March 10th, off we went to Greystone Castle. It was about a 3 hour drive from Tyler, so it was not too bad. Sadie got antsy about the last 45 minutes or so, and just kept asking if we were at the castle yet. When we got there, we learned that we would be the ONLY guests! How awesome is that?! They showed us to our area and said to just pick whatever room we wanted. We normally would have had to share the living room and bar area with the other guests in that area, but we had the whole thing to ourselves, so it was like having a giant private suite! We also had the chef come meet with us to make sure the menu he had sent over was good, etc. So, not only did we wind up with an entire castle to ourselves, we also basically had a private chef for 3 days. BEST TRIP-EVER. Enjoy these pics!
THE DRIVE INTO THE CASTLE!!!!
SADIE CHECKING OUT THE VIEW FROM OUR PORCH!
OUR LIVING ROOM!
THE OTHER PART OF THE LIVING ROOM/BAR
BEDROOM
TAKING A QUICK REST AFTER THE LONG DRIVE
OUR PORCH
SADIE AND I STARTED TO CHECK THINGS OUT!
THE DINING ROOM
SHE HAD SUCH A BLAST EXPLORING!
WE WERE PRETTY CERTAIN THIS IS THE OWNER'S AREA OF THE CASTLE
WE WENT INSIDE, MAYBE WE WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO, BUT AN UNLOCKED DOOR MEANS ENTER, RIGHT? :)
TRYING TO TAKE A NAP BY THE POOL AREA
FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE CASTLE
SHE HAD A BLAST JUST WALKING AROUND EXPLORING AND SANG AS SHE WENT
GOT BACK TO THE ROOM AND THEY HAD THIS WAITING FOR US. THEIR HOUSE RED IS A 2009 BORDEAUX. IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING.
TIME TO GO CHASE THE SUNSET!
THE NEXT DAY-BACK OUT EXPLORING AGAIN!
SHOWING DADDY AROUND!
TIME TO CHASE THE NIGHT TWO SUNSET!
What a great time we had! Such a relaxing vacation for all 3 of us. Much needed. We can't wait to go back when Adam graduates!
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