Wedding Venue

We decided to get married in the mountains for several reasons.  I have always wanted to have a destination wedding of some sort, but I also wanted it to be a place that was special to us and not just a random place we have never visited.  I have grown up going to the Boone area, as well as my dad, grandparents, and great-grandparents.  I loved how my sister Kris put it one time when talking about Blowing Rock and the park there...she said it was so special to her since all of our family has grown up in different places that this is the one playground our dad, uncle, all of us, and now her children will have grown up playing on.  Jimmy and I have made many trips to the area and are excited to have our wedding here!  We struggled finding a venue for the wedding at first, because I had originally wanted to get married at Banner Elk Winery and had intentions of booking them when I had my first appointment with them.  Oh how happy I am that we didn't!  Thank goodness the lady we met with was very unorganized and didn't make me feel very comfortable about having the wedding there.  So, long story short we decided to look at some different venues which really stressed me out!  Luckily, just like my sister Brooke told me, whenever we saw Eseeola we didn't even have to speak a word...we all knew it was the perfect spot!