Last night (wednesday) was our preschoolers’ choir concert. I was pulling double duty of running MediaShout and videoing (like any good parent) … so, the creaks and pops you hear are from me trying to maneuver the personal grade tripod. Looking back, I should have just taken it off the tripod, i only need one hand for MediaShout anyway!
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FHCC … that’s Forest Hills Community Church (for those of you playing at home). FHCC is located in a Memphis suburb called Eads, which is in the mix of Cordova, Collierville, Germantown and maybe some more.
I just setup the camera and hit record for the night … after watching the video, I probably should have put it on the other side so we could get more of my guitar and less of my 50lb gut (man, that thing needs to go!)
First song is one of mine called “Alter of Praise.” Second is from Nickel & Dime and John Shirley called “Ultimate Man.” Sounded so, so, so, so, so much better live, but what do you expect from a $130 junk-ola Canon video camera from Woot.com?
I’ve also got Rayden’s message rendering, so once that’s ready, up we go with it. It’s really good. Standby.
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The ride home. It was smooth, easy travel. We had fun in Memphis, would do it again if we could … only this time we would do something like an Extended Stay America or something like that. We rolled into our hotel on the first day and saw a sign for a joint like that saying “$179 weekly rates.” PLUS, at our place, we had 2 double beds for the four of us … but, as we were pulling out to head home, I noticed the sign said “Hotel and SUITES!!!” seriously?! oh well, it was fun.
Jordan was SO off his sleep schedule he just crashed almost immediately when we hit the road. We decided to stop by Lambert’s in Sikeston on the way home. It was just a few blocks off I-55. we’ve always gone to the one near Springfield since that’s where I grew up. This one was a bit different, and as you can see we let the boys burn off whatever energy they had left outside on the wooden train set.
I’m surprised he’s not drooling in this photo. Earlier in the week he was leaning the other way, and had a nice big drool spot on his seatbelt.
Our last full day in Memphis was reserved for day 1 of the Memphis in May BBQ Festival. We walked around and saw some great setups and team names (see below), we got a “Cooker’s Caravan” tour of some of the team tents and we participated in the People’s Choice tasting contest. It was all a lot of fun, and right in the middle of it all … a massive downpour for about 20 – 30 minutes which the boys just couldn’t stay out of (again, see below). I’ve also got some great video of them inching out the tent and into the rain.
Before we hit the festival today, we stopped by the Fire Museum of Memphis. They’ve got some cool interactive exhibits – trucks and ambulance to play in and on, an animated fire horse that tells the story of the Memphis FD in its early days (Jordan was amazed at the talking horse), and they have a crawl-through exhibit where it’s dark and a fire alarm is going off and you have to crawl through and feel the doors to see if they are hot or cool, then open the right door … open the wrong door and there is a loud blaring (scary) siren that goes off. This was definitely not something fun for little kids. But, the boys had a fun time crawling and playing all over the fire trucks and putting on the firefighters’ suits and helmets.
Memphis dinner #5 – Memphis in May World Championships Barbecue Cooking Contest
