Braves Game!

The Bennetts visit Memphis!

My parents at the Dixon Gardens

It has been a busy month! Zach finished out his first year of optometry school on May 2nd!! He did awesome his second semester of school and I am so proud of him! Now, we just get to enjoy the summer! On May 1st my parents flew into Memphis and were able to stay with us for a week. I was able to take 2 1/2 days off work while they were here so I didn't miss out on too much of the fun! It was great to be able to spend time with them and show them all the sights of Memphis. My mom and I were able to make strawberry jam, which is necessary for our survival here in the South. :) We were able to show them where I used to work, where I work currently, where Zach goes to school, etc. My dad enjoyed having the Sports South Network to watch all the Braves games!


They spent their 34th Wedding Anniversary with us...Dixon Gardens. Later that day we ate at Texas de Brazil. It was amazing!


We took them to Mud Island....



We went to Beale Street during the music festival...we live in a very religious city. ha ha!

This is how my parents felt about Beale Street...I promise it's not always this crazy!


Zach got my dad hooked on the Wii.


My mom and I at Collierville's town square...such fun shops here!

Of course we went to Graceland!


One of Elvis' planes at Graceland...my dad is happy, it just doesn't look like it. :)



My mom at I at the Dixon.


We had so much fun while they were here! It was a great way to end the first year of school. It was so nice to just relax and spend lots of time with them. We also went to the National Civil Rights Museum (well, everyone but me) and ate at Corky's twice (we have them hooked on Memphis BBQ!). My dad and Zach played frisbee golf at Shelby Farms and when they came back they were soaking wet and short 2 discs...they only had 2 discs to start out with! ha ha, but they enjoyed themselves! Thanks mom and dad! We love you guys and miss ya lots!!!

"I'm not gonna lie..."

Yesterday, Zach and I were able to have lunch with one of our favorite old friend/co-worker/mission buddy of Zachs. We were so excited to have our first Idaho visitor! Okay, so he really wasn't in Memphis to see us, but we can pretend. It was awesome to see Steve and to meet his sweet girlfriend, Whitney. We are hoping that since Whitney is from Memphis that he will come to visit more often! :) It was great to reminisce about all the fun times back in the "cave" at Melaleuca, hear some wonderful mission stories, and laugh about all the crazy things in Memphis.

Steve and Whitney


Zach and Steve...and some crazy guy chopping weeds in a random field?

The 4 of us at Steak and Shake :)

Video

We had an exciting day in our office on Monday. News Channel 5 came in with a homeless man that had been firebombed. Don't know what that is? Neither did I, so I will try to explain. Someone threw a beer bottle full of gasoline and lit it on fire at this man which gave him third degree burns. His glasses were destroyed in this process and that is how he came to be in our office on Monday. Both Katie and I have been trying to figure out for two days now how to post the video on our blogs but we haven't had any success. So, here is the link and you may need to scroll down to find the video named, "Road to Recovery."

http://www.wmctv.com/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp?vt1=v&clipFormat=flv&clipId1=2367253&at1=News&h1=Road To Recovery (4-8-08)