Here are pictures from our trip.... (warning: this is a long post with lots of pictures)
Garrison is all ready to start the trip in our rental car (Thursday, May 7)
We drove the first day for 9 hours and stopped at a hotel in Bloomington, IL to spend the night. Garrison ran around the room trying to release all the energy from being couped up all day before crashing for the night.
Day 2 we drove for 7 hours through horrible storms, but finally arrived at our friends house at around 5 pm. We hung out and let Garrison and Isabel play for awhile (Thomas and James Alan have an arranged marriage all set up between these two.) Then they took us out to a nice Mexican restaurant. We wanted to go out to eat at places that we don't have here. It was really good food. Then we went back to their house, put the kids to bed and watched a movie.
Day 3 we headed off to Memphis...
Us at Mud Island
James Alan, Whitney and Isabel at Mud Island
These are two of my favorite pictures from Mud Island
After we hung out at Mud Island for awhile we went and took the monorail back over to Memphis and hopped on a trolley to go tour the Peabody Hotel. Our first trolley ride...
The Peabody Hotel is an incredible hotel, one you would see in a movie. For one night your room can cost anywhere from $209 to $345. In their lobby, however, there is a big marble fountain with live ducks. Everyday at two specific times they pull out a red carpet and the ducks "march". We didn't stay long enough to see the ducks "march", but Garrison was able to go stand by the fountain and watch the ducks swim around. He had a great time pointing and "uh-uhing" at them. (uh-uh is Garrisons language for anything that he can't express with words. Since he doesn't use his words yet, that's pretty much what he does for everything.)
Day 4 was Sunday, May 10... MOTHER'S DAY!! We went to James Alan and Whitney's church. After the service, Whitney and I were pampered with massages (back and hand), neck wraps and food as a special thanks to women from their church. It was awesome!
Monday was our last day in Memphis and we all planned to go to the zoo, but Isabel ended up getting really sick on Sunday and into Monday so it ended up being just us three. This was Garrison's second time at a zoo. The first time we just took him to the Duluth zoo for his first birthday. He wasn't that thrilled, but this time around he seemed to love it.
Sorry to stop my post suddenly, but my YouTube account isn't working. Therefore, I won't be able to post any videos right now. I'll try again tomorrow and hopefully I can add some videos. Stay tuned...
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