Rachel thought she was just being taken out to lunch for her birthday and was asked to find a babysitter for a couple of hours. Little did she know that I had already coordinated with her friend who offered to watch her kids to keep them through the weekend. The 4 adults piled in the car and took off towards Memphis. On the way is a state park that is known for its dinosaur bones. Reed particularly likes this park but it is not what Rachel would consider a fitting "special birthday surprise". So when we pull up to this park and were headed in to the visitor's center she tried to put on a happy face. As we were about to go in Ryan turns to the group and Rachel says, "Oh great, are we going to have one of your awkward speeches?"(which would be entirely fitting). Instead Ryan says, "This is lame! I don't want to go to the park. Let's go to Graceland!!!" Rachel was stunned! It was great. We piled back in the car, ate snacks on the way to pig out at Lambert's: Home of the Throw'd Rolls, and then on to Memphis. We had a blast, and it was a great trip for all of us!
Happy 30th Birthday Rachel!
In front of the famous front gate of Graceland.
The home of Blue music.
Classic street performer/dirty old man.
Our home away from home.
Love the decor.
Home of The King!
The royal family, Lisa Marie and Priscilla.
The Jungle Room aka: Ryan's Future Man Cave
The Gold Lame suit.
From Jail House Rock.
Tha Capes.
As is custom we all signed the wall outside of Graceland.
3 comments:
That is an awesome birthday!
Looks like a great trip! Why are celebrities such characters?!
What a fun surprise! This is a bday Rachel will remember forever- so nice you guys did this! Fun!
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