3 Year Anniversary

On Wednesday, June 16, John and I celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary. The past three years have gone by so quickly, but it is amazing to think of all that has changed for us and our family in that time. Last year we celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary by going to dinner at The Melting Pot. To do so we had to leave Dawson who was only one month old at the time, and after dinner we rushed back to pick up our little baby. This year John suggested that we take a small trip and leave Dawson with family since he's a year older.
Dawson's Grandad, Nana, Aunt Em, and Cousin Drew all came down to stay with him at his house Wednesday through Friday while we were gone. Dawson had a great time playing, showing off, and enjoying all the attention! We did not worry about him at all knowing he was in good hands, but we did, of course, miss him a lot!!
On Wednesday morning we drove to Tunica, Mississippi which is about four hours away. We stayed at the Gold Strike Resort and Casino by MGM Mirage which was very nice. While in Tunica we spent some time in the casino but with no big winnings to report. We did have a good time playing though. Blackjack ended up being our favorite. Wednesday night for dinner on our anniversary we had a great steak dinner at the Chicago Steakhouse at our resort.
Thursday we decided to drive to Memphis which was about 30 minutes away. Since neither of us have actually been to Memphis to do all of the tourist stuff before we went to Graceland and Beale Street. Graceland was neat, but we were surprised that Elivs' house was no larger than it was. All of the information about Elvis was interesting, and it was cool to see his planes sitting on the property across the street from his house.
We walked around Beale Street and decided to eat BBQ for lunch since we were in Memphis. We shared some ribs at a place on Beale Street called The Pig, and they were so good! After lunch we walked up to the Peabody where we saw the famous ducks. We also walked around in a few of the shops in the Peabody and downtown. After downtown we made a stop by the Pottery Barn outlet :) and then ran in one of the Target stores nearby where we happened to run into one of our friends from UT!
After our day in Memphis we headed back to Tunica where we spent some more time in the casino and relaxed in the pool.
On Friday we were sad that our trip had come to an end, but we couldn't wait to get back home to see Dawson! We had a great time, but we're glad to be back home playing with our baby!

Above: John reading up on Poker before heading

downstairs to the casino. Before we left for our trip

I checked some books out from the library on casino games. :)

Above: Beale Street.

Above: Beale Street.

Above: The yummy ribs we shared at The Pig!

Above: We couldn't get a picture of the Peabody Hotel

because we were too close, but we managed to get one of

Peabody Place shopping area downtown.

Above: Walking down Beale Street.

**I really wanted to take a picture of us in the casino, but it was not worth getting thrown out since cameras are not allowed. :)

***I think this is our first blog since Dawson was born with no pictures of him, but don't worry after we celebrate Father's Day this evening I hope to have some good photos of John and Dawson to share!