Visit with the Pickles

Becky and Scott brought their family out to visit for a few days this week. We had so much fun, and Logan loved playing with his cousins! Dan and I loved having 3 kids around to entertain Logan so we could have a break. We went and stayed overnight in Memphis one night, sharing a room with Logan is not fun. Dan and I ended up sitting in the hallway for about 45 minutes while we waited for Logan to fall asleep. He is such an only child, he likes it really dark and quiet to fall asleep. What is he going to do when there is a baby around?!
On Monday I fulfilled a lifetime dream of going to visit Elvis' home known only as GRACELAND! I LOVED IT!!! I loved how everything was decorated (so gaudy), and how elaborate everything was. It was a little surprising that he house really isn't that huge by today's standards, but oh so amazing! It wasn't easy for me to walk around all of Graceland with only a few weeks left until we have our baby, but it was worth it! They wouldn't let you take pictures with your flash on, so a lot of our pictures didn't turn out great. His front room was all white with a 14 foot couchhis upstairs was always private to him, and still is.In the dining room. The chandelier in the back didn't help the no flash pictureI liked the sitting room downstairs with 3 TVs and sequin pillows (I also loved the pool room that was covered wall to wall and ceiling with busy fabric, but none of my pictures turned out). The jungle roomIn the backyard Dan and Logan next to Elvis' gold suit. I probably should have told Dan I was taking a picture!The fountain by the graves was iced over, it was SO cold!I guess people still send Elvis flowers and stuff for his grave. Some of the things had been sent for his birthday that had been a few days earlierThere are a bunch more pictures I would love to share, but I figured I should just add hi-lights!
We ate at this southern BBQ place in Memphis. It is one of those places that isn't very nice, not very good service, but the food is amazing! I will be craving it until we go back to eat there again. We also went to the National Civil Rights Museum located at the Loraine Hotel where Dr. Martin Luther King, JR. was assassinated. We didn't have a lot of time there because we got there at the end of the day, but I'm glad we made it. It was a really moving place to visit. There are 2 buildings, and we only made it through 1.
The Pickles came back to Little Rock with us. Logan loves having visitors! We mostly just played and hung out. I enjoyed eating out, I don't think we have eaten out since we got our kitchen settled after moving. On Wednesday we went to Lake Willastein park. Logan made Rilee follow him around and was able to demand which slide he wanted to go down. Hopefully she had fun, Logan was in heaven.
After the park we stopped at another authentic southern BBQ place just for the experience. We went to the Whole Hog Barbecue Cafe, but people here usually pronounce it "The Ho Hawg"! We had lots of people tell us to try it and it was amazing! Different than the place in Memphis, but very southern. There was a big old guy hanging out in the front wearing overalls. All the ladies inside asked me about me "baby". (People here call your kids "baby" until they are like 6 years old. I guess Logan is kind of still a baby, but he looks older than 2! They were a little curious about us having 2 babies, one right after another). It was a great southern experience to go!
It was so fun to have visitors, Thanks Becky and Scott for coming all the way here!