Day 3--8/13/07

From today...zoo pics and other pics.

    We went to the zoo this morning.  Saw loads of animals...they were awesome!  Then to the fire museum, where the kids got to play on the fire trucks!  After that we walked over to the fountains on Union Square.  Cool--I mean that literally, since it was about 105 degrees.  Went for lunch at a little known place called Westy's.  They had some good food there, and cheap!  We paid about $10 per person...not bad.  Then we did some more driving around, seeing Elvis' high school, St. Jude's Research Hospital, and the Lorraine Hotel, where Martin Luther King was shot (National Civil Rights Museum). 
Soon after, we dropped off my father-in-law and headed up to Graceland.  Saw some more impersonators...a local news crew was there filming some of them along with the fans who were watching, including our kids.  Turns out they were on local TV here too!!! We also looked in the gift shops at the visitors center, and stared in awe of all the people lining up at the gates for the vigil, which was two days away!  Stayed up there a few hours, then went back downtown, and got some awesome sunset pics, looking across the Mississippi River.  We also went back to the fountains we saw earlier...the kids got wet this time!!!  Then back to the hotel for a good night's sleep.

til next time...=)

Day 2--8/12/07

Here's the pics for the day...here.

    Today we drove from Knoxville (where we stopped for the night) to Nashville and picked up my in-laws at the airport.  Then all eight of us (me, Joey, the two kids, his mom, his dad, his brother, and his brother's friend) all squished into a 7 passenger minivan and drove to Memphis (about 2 hours).  On the way, we stopped in Cordova (1/2 hour from Memphis) for lunch at CiCi's...we don't have one of those at home...I wish we'd get one.  Pizza, salad, and pasta....all you can eat, cheap! 
    Back on the road, we drove a little through Memphis, then went to our hotel--across the Mississippi in West Memphis, AR.  We unpacked, showered, and off we went...we ended up on Beale St., where we walked around, listened to music, and took some pictures.  Then we went to Peabody Place, where the kids got to play some video games at Jillian's.  Then we got back in the van and drove up to Graceland.  We caught some performances from Elvis impersonators (some good, some bad).  After all this, we went back to the hotel and called it a night.

til next time...=)

Day 1--8/11/07

    First day!  The drive was long, but not bad.  The kids were unusually good the whole way down.  Traffic wasn't bad at all...boring, but not bad.  Made three stops total--one at a rest area for lunch, one pee break, and dinner at Iron Skillet (Petro) for dinner (which took an hour).  Twelve hours, two highways, and four states later, here we are at a hotel in Knoxville.  Gotta get up early to drive to Nashville.  Woohoo!

til next time...=)

i'm back y'all

    Yes, I'm back from vacation.  Been back since EARLY Monday morning--2:30am, actually.  It's just taking sooooooooo long uploading all the pictures I took.  Been at it for the past two days (taking a break for food, smoking, and work...of course), and I'm still not done.  It takes time to upload about 235 pics, you know.  Sigh.  And I did take notes during my vacation...so once I get all the photos done, I'll be sure to link it here (no, I'm not putting them all here...duh), then I'll be telling about what I did on my summer vacation...hee hee hee.

til next time...=)

some like it hot...

Yay.

til next time...=)

one more thing

Oh yeah...something I forgot to mention yesterday.  We're moving.  Again.  Across the street.  In three weeks.  Yay.

til next time...=)

just in time

Just in time for vacation--in two days!



There.  Much better.  I've had them for a week, and it's coming along--they feel weird, but I'm starting to eat, I smile more, etc.  Yay!

til next time...=)