Memphis

Our trip to Memphis (two weeks ago) was so much fun. We were anxious about the 13 hour drive, but everybody did so well! To break up the trip, we spent the night in Johnson City, Tennessee with Jake's cousin Arjuna. It was the perfect rest stop - the kids got to play, and we got to hang out with Kerry and Mike and Carol.

Here's Jake in Memphis, right outside of Deni and Patrick's restaurant, the Majestic Grille, standing on the trolley tracks. The trolley was a big hit with the kids.


Mike and Pat (aka Gram and Poppy) drove down separately, and gave us a mini-vacation by taking care of the kids for two nights. I wasn't too worried about Jake handling the craziness of the trip, but Sadie really surprised me with how well she did with sleeping in three different places, and with all the driving. Here are Jake and Sadie with Gram and Poppy on their secret late-night excursion:

We had such a great fun-filled week in Memphis. We saw the Pink Palace, a Red Birds game, took trolley rides, went out to great restaurants, explored the River Walk, ate all kinds of BBQ at Memphis in May, went to the zoo, and went to the children's museum. Here are Jake and Sadie playing dress up, and Deni taking Sadie down a slide:


We also did some relaxing at Deni and Patrick's, and here is Sadie having fun brushing my hair:


One night we grilled out on Deni and Patrick's lovely patio:


Sunset on the Mississippi. What you can't see is the organized chaos directly behind us which was the national BBQ championships held during Memphis in May. Patrick's team was competing and cooked something like 400 lbs of pork, not to mention chicken, lamb and Spam.


It was a great vacation, and I think we may make an annual excursion out of it. More pictures here.