Mitch's grandparents live in Memphis and that is about 5 1/2 hours away from us and about 3 hours from Nashville. So we thought that would be a good place to stop and visit so we wouldn't have to drive the whole 9 hours at once. His grandparents live right outside of Memphis on a farm, so its nice to be able to visit downtown Memphis, but also get away from the big city when you want. We got to their house Thursday morning around 11:30. We had lunch and just spent the day visiting with family.
Mitch's aunt, uncle, and cousins also live on the farm just right across the pond. It was nice to get to spend some time with them!
While we are they, we stay in the cabin. It is just right by his grandparents house, but is nice and relaxing to have our own place when we go visit. It looks right over the pond and it is such a pretty view. I don't know how I would like living out in the country, but every time I go here, it makes me want to!
That night, they took me to Mitch's old house. He was born in Memphis, but didn't live their long. It was neat to see his first house. After that we went to the square and it was all lit up with Christmas light. I didn't have my camera, or I would have taken a ton of pics. There were so many lights!! We walked around the square and went to some local shops before heading to dinner. We went to Corkey's BBQ and it was delicious! If you are ever in Memphis, you must make a stop to eat there! Best BBQ ever!
We both love BBQ and so this was a great dinner for us! Its crazy how good Memphis BBQ is.... I could eat it everyday! Mitch and I split the ribs and it came with baked beans and coleslaw. Yum!!
After dinner, we went back to the house and had our Christmas with his grandparents and cousins. We won't get to see them on Christmas, so we celebrated a little early. We gave Mitch's grandparents their calendar and they loved it!! We also gave the girls their presents. We all got matching watches!!
I have a white watch like this that Mitch got me this past summer, and I love it and wear it all the time. I have been wanting a black one so bad and I got it from Mitch's grandparents! They have them in every color imaginable... Lindi got a pink one and Emma got a blue one. We were all very excited!
Mitch's aunt and uncle also got us a pretty cool present!
Mitch's uncle made this for us!! It is so cute and is already up in our yard! Thank you so much! We love it! After we opened all the presents, we went over to his cousins house and watched A Christmas Carol.
The next day we just spent relaxing. It was Mitch's cousin Emma's last day of school and they were having a Christmas party, so Mitch and I went up to see her. After that we just relaxed and hung around the house. That night for dinner, we went to a local place called Wolf River Cafe, and it was good too! Mitch and I both got catfish and hushpuppies.
After dinner, Mitch and I were planning on going down to Beale St. but we were tired, and had to get up really early the next morning. We had also been down there several times and ended up deciding just to go to bed. We left for Nashville at 6:30a.m. the next morning!! We were so ready to be there!!
We always love going back to Memphis and can't wait for our next visit! We had such a good time! These are just a few of our pics.... the rest of them are all on facebook! Since this post is already long and I have so many more stories and pictures from Nashville and the concert I will post that tomorrow.
Have a good week... Christmas is almost here!!!
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