Walking in Memphis #2

Over spring break we took the boys and went with my mom and dad to Memphis to see family and play.

On the second day we were there Beth Ann and I were able to go downtown and hang out for a while. My parents kept the boys and we went a played for a bit. One very cool thing we did was to tour the Gibson Guitar Factory. Gibson has recently built a factory right off of Beale Street in downtown Memphis. They run 45-minute tours, so we signed up. It was awesome. They take you right through the factory where the guitars are built. We were able to see the process from beginning to end. The craftsmanship is incredible. We were both very impressed to see how the construction of guitar takes place and to realize the talent of each of those responsible for building. I don't know a thing about playing a guitar but seeing this process was inspiring.

If you ever go to Memphis or Nashville, find the Gibson Factory and take the tour.
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I AM BACK!

My blog has been recovered. Thanks to Danny Sims and his friend for the idea and help. I know all 3 of you have been concerned about my blog. Tonight you can rest, I AM BACK! Next more posts about the trip to Memphis...

Walking in Memphis #1

For spring break we went with my parents to Memphis for the week. We had a great time and my next few posts will be focused on some highlights from our trip.

One of the most important things to do when we go to Memphis is to eat some great barbecue. The kind of barbecue that I was raised on the kind we have in Texas are vastly different. They are both good but for me nothing compares to Memphis style barbecue. We were able to go to my favorite restaurant while we were there. Beth Ann and I ate there twice. There is nothing like Corky's. It was awesome. We even had dinner there on my parents' anniversary. The best dry ribs in the world. Great food, great service, good times.

Other highlights from the trip to come...

Spring Break

Spring break is upon us. I am in more need for spring break this year than any other year I can remember. Time to break the schedule and slow down some. Praise the Lord. Even Riley asked his mother last night, "Does daddy have to work over spring break?" She answered no and he was excited.

We are going to visit my grandmother and hang out in my old stomping grounds. We are hoping for the boys having a great time.

Are you doing something over spring break?

The Swarm

Some of you will chuckle at the title of this blog knowing how my life has been lately. Actually, this title is referring to a new experience at work that I had yesterday.

We have two playgrounds at school. The one that the EC-2nd grade uses had some bees on it yesterday morning. I went to check it out and found a big swarm of bees. I called out our pest control man but he did not feel comfortable treating them. My next call was to a bee specialist. The Bee Man came a little while later and began to remove the bees. He said the swarm was about 3,000 bees and that was very small. He normally deals with swarms of 20,000 and above. He got all his gear on and swept the swarm into a box. He made sure that the queen was in the box. The worker bees began to fly all around and he explained they want to get back to protecting the queen. They will fly into this box and surround her again and then he can remove the bees off of our property. It took about half an hour but eventually most flew into the box like he said. It was so neat to watch the Bee Man work and to watch the bees work. I even had some 5th graders out there watching as well.

It made me think maybe we need to be more like bees. Maybe we need to swarm together more with the same objective in mind. What would it be like if we protected God like they protected their queen? What would it be like if we all swarmed to Jesus like they swarmed the queen?