Memphis, Son!

Soooo, I am really bad about posting timely blog posts about fun things that we do :) We were in Memphis 3 weeks ago, am I am just now getting this blog post up and running. I am working on it, I promise :)

We spent the following day in Memphis after Matthew and Jennifer's wedding and had a pretty killer time. As much as we love shooting weddings, there is something magical about the following day and not having any responsibilities. Weddings, especially for me, come with a lot of expectations; 'There is only one chance to capture everything going on, so don't blow it!' kind of pressure :) So, the thought of spending a whole day with my bride in a new city without the responsibility of being photographers OR parents was awesome! It was the first time for us to be away from the kids for so long, so of course we were missing them like crazy, but we still had a great time.

Check out our day...

I didn't know they had a ginormous pyramid in Memphis...

My hot wife :)

'Here comes the smolder'...

LOVE these yellow trees, which I recently found out are Ginkgo trees. (fact provided by Dr A. Osteen, MD)

Rendevouz... BBQ so good you'll slap your mamma :)

Old meets New

After much persistence, Emily did a 'leaves falling' portrait :)

One of my favorite parts of our day to Memphis was our spontaneous trip to the zoo. Memphis has a killer zoo! I had no idea, as I... well, I don't keep up to snuff on what zoos are out there :) Anyway, after a few minutes, I ran back to the car to get the camera because this was not your ordinary zoo... you could actually SEE the animals :) If you've been to the PHX zoo, you know what I mean.

I've decided this is my favorite monkey ever, the Langur. SO hilarious :)

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Much better view...

This one is my personal favorite photo I have ever taken of an animal...'There's a smile!' :)
Finally, when it was late, we headed downtown for some good Jazz music. I didn't take many photos here because the lighting was terrible, but here is one from Beale St. which is the place to be in Memphis on a weeknight.
So that was our trip... I promise that next time we go somewhere exciting I won't post 3 weeks after the fact :)