Memorial Day

We had a great Memorial Day weekend--very spontaneous. I enjoyed making plans as we went--it was a nice change for my typical OCD scheduling! We started off the weekend heading to Booneville to spend a night with Scott's parents. It was very relaxing--an afternoon spent visiting and digging through family photographs and mementos. Scott collected several of his late grandfather's old tools to bring home with him. He was very close to his grandfather and was hoping to find a tool or two that immediately brought him back to his childhood when he would work alongside his grandfather in his shop. It made me happy to see his face light up when he found a couple of chalk plumb lines :)

Monday, after much talk all weekend long, we decided to go up to Memphis for the afternoon/night. Scott had an early flight out the next morning, so we thought it would be much more fun to head up early and make a trip of it. After the fact, I am thrilled that we did this--it would have been an awfully early morning to get him to the airport by 6 am driving from Oxford!

We caught a Memphis Redbirds baseball game--
Rocky the Redbird

The entertainment between innings was hysterical and non-stop. They had games and dances and tossed out t-shirts and hotdogs. Yes, I said hotdogs! Can you believe they loaded a hotdog in this "gun" and shot it into the stands? As if that wasn't funny enough, check out their costumes!

This is just a fun action shot. If you look closely you can find the ball.

Did you find it? It's to the left of the wire that is next to the WM Waste Management billboard/sign on the wall.

After the game, we strolled down Beale Street (which one should not do during daylight hours...especially sober)--

We weren't too impressed with the scenery, but we did tip the Beale Street Flippers--

We didn't quite see the exciting flips that were on America's Got Talent. Again, it was daylight and everyone was sober! I guess the "professionals" come out after dark when the tips are right. Look at this video--it's really cool!

After sampling a fancy beer (okay, I had Coors Light!) at The Flying Saucer, we met our friends Ian and Angela for a DELICIOUS dinner at Bar Dog Tavern. I mean, it was fantastic! Just what we wanted--good food, good atmosphere, good friends.