Wow!!!!!!!!! Where to begin??? We had a great family vacation this summer!!! We were excited to do our vacation at the beginning of the summer this year instead of the end like last year! Starting off the summer with a bang! We got in the car and drove to Madison, Mississippi the first day where we stayed with my Grandma. The kids love their Great Grandma and love staying at her house! They loved that they got to sleep together, and I must say, they did great with sleeping in the same bed during our time in Arkansas also! The kids were great in the car! We watched movies, colored, sang songs, and played Toy Story! My grandma does everything for us when we are there, great food, great entertainment, and great just visiting until late at night! We went to the park the next day and it was HOT! The kids stayed for just a little while until we moved on! Thank you Grandma for a great time!
We then drove to Memphis where we stayed the longest on our trip! We stayed with my Uncle Frank and Aunt Susan! We got to see my cousins, Malorie and Madison and Malorie's hubby Neil! The kids LOVED staying there! We went to the Memphis Zoo which is ranked #1 in the US and is fabulous! Uncle Frank braved the heat with us and he was a trooper...it was a scorcher! The next day we did the Graceland tour and had a great time doing that! It is something neither of us had done even though I have been to Memphis all of my life! It was neat to see and I know the kids will appreciate it more as they get older! I got a chance to go visit with my Granny in her apartment...just the two of us! It was so cool to sit down and talk with her by ourselves...we have never been able to do that! She came over the next day and ate dinner with us and watched the kids swim and play the Wii! It was so great to see my Granny! Every day the kids went swimming in their back yard and just loved it! This is the place that Brooklyn truly clicked with how to swim! She is doing amazing now! I am so proud of her! Daddy was a great help in giving her some pointers that made it hit home! We went to Incredible Pizza one day which was a first for our kids also! It was very fun...thank you Neil for the tickets! The last day we went to The Peabody Hotel to watch the duck march! Sounds weird but they load the elevator on the rooftop, ride the elevator down, and walk on their red carpet out of the elevator into the fountain on the main floor. It is quite a tradition that has been done since the 1960s! Very neat! Great Memphis food, fabulous family, and even better memories of time spent together! Thank you Bridger family!!!!!!
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| Ready to go! |
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| And so the journey begins! |
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| 9 hours later we arrived to surprises from Grandma! |
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| They loved sleeping together! |
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| Typical of my son!!! |
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| I Love this pic of Brooklyn helping Grandma! |
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| Colson's surprise was a tent! |
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| Loving Grandma! |
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| It is one HOT DAY! |
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| Memphis Zoo |
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| Aweome pic!!!! He wanted to stay cool also! |
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| The Pandas were very active! |
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| The Grizzlies were playing chase! |
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| They were hilarious to watch!!!!! |
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| Brooklyn became a Wii fanatic! |
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| Graceland! |
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| This was his living room |
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| Mirrors on his basement ceiling?!? |
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| The jungle room...Priscilla's favorite room! |
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| Hall of records! |
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| Outside the mansion |
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| We went to his Automobile Museum |
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| His plane was toured also! |
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| Daddy is awesome! |
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| Brooklyn and Aunt Susan |
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| Colson and Aunt Susan |
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| Brooklyn and Uncle Frank |
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| Colson and Uncle Frank |
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| Malorie with the kids at the hotel |
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| No family gathering is complete without a game of Tripoley! |
