Memphis 2019

The crew is back together, this time in Memphis!

On our walk to the restaurant Ollie found some cool Autumn leaves

It was pretty short walk over to LOCAL On The Square

The first of many stops for some good Memphis food

Back at the house we rented Evie tried her best to make Harper (Bobo) play with her

It didn’t take long for all the kids to warm up to eachother

First night there we went to the big Bass Pro Pyramid

Wendell and Ollie noticed you could climb into these boats

So of course all the kids wanted to get in there

They had all kinds of vehicles for them to try and drive

A fun night for the kids to run around this giant place

After that we had to try some of that famous Memphis barbecue, so went downtown to Rendezvous, great ribs

Enjoying some breakfast on our first Memphis morning

The three girls decided to do their own brunch thing on the floor

In 37 degree weather we walked over to the Memphis Zoo, which was only 1 mile from the house

We saw lots of strange creatures, like this Aardvark

And there were these awesome bongo drums set up

We saw wolves, and got to see/hear them howl live in-person

These bald eagles were so huge

This polar bear kept faking us out, acting like he would jump in the water then backing out at the last second

They were very excited to see the giraffes

Bye Mr. Giraffe!

Next stop was the land of China

And they had pandas! This fella was covered in bamboo and just chowing down.

I suppose since we got there early and the weather was cold we were the only ones there looking at the pandas for a little bit, it was so great. This was the male panda, Le Le.

The smaller female panda, Ya Ya, must have thought it was too chilly outside so we got to watch her enjoy her bamboo in her cozy indoor habitat

Panda hugs!

We walked 5.3 miles that day. So we were glad to be back relaxing at the house, enjoying some outside time before the big LSU/Bama game.

We had so much fun watching LSU completely own that game and finally beat Alabama

Evie got to stay up past her bedtime and was delirious with excitement after the big win

The kids enjoying the front yard the next morning, before getting our day started

On Sunday we went over to the famous Beale Street

But first we wondered down Main Street for a bit

We found this cool alley, but nobody was brave enough to go walk in there

Ollie and Wendell found this crazy pyramid when we passed the Court Square

At first they tried to block the entrance

But eventually they let their little sisters come play in there

Ollie and Wendell gathered lots of “fire wood” so they could make a fire in the pyramid

Mommy taught Evie some chess strategies

Evie wanted to ride with her pal Bobo in the 2-seat stroller

The Civic Center Plaza had all of these flags from countries around the world

And there was this old bell

They had lots of fun playing there while we waited for the trolley

The parents got a much needed break, and the kids loved looking out the window

Our next stop was the Lorraine Motel

This is the balcony where Martin Luther King was shot, very surreal to see since it looks just like it did in 1968.

Passed by this huge Elvis statue so of course we had to take a photo with the King of Rock’N’Roll

Then it was back to actually go see Beale Street

We stopped for lunch at Silky O’Sullivan’s

This is a unique place because they have actual live goats!

Luckily there weren’t many other customers so the kids were able to have fun and play in the courtyard patio

Daddy’s next feat of strength was to pull all four kids in the wagon at the same time back to the car. We walked 5.3 miles again that day, we were feeling pretty whooped at this point

Our last dinner in Memphis was Central BBQ, the food was great, ribs and wings!

Wendell was very sweet to Ollie, sharing his video he was watching. After 3 days together in Memphis they were all best friends again, just like last time they saw eachother.

Always fun visiting new cities with the Crawfords, can’t wait till the next one!