Sweet Home Alabama

Boy, oh boy! What a trip! We have now been in Alabama for a little more than a month and truly I have intended to blog all about our trip getting here which was very long but not too painful, And then to write all about our adventures since we arrived. Alas however, the convenience of Facebook and Instagram have won out over blogging. But I feel kind of bad for my mom who does neither of those two social media outlets and so she has yet to see any of our  adventurous pictures. 

So, tonight as my whole family snoozes peacefully, I will take a minute to update this beautiful, yet very neglected blog. 

We found this ginormous statue of Superman in no other place than Metropolis, Metropolis, Illinois that is.

We found the coolest cave ever! Cathedral caverns and then we ate yummy BBQ at Budday's.

The kids and I explored the Huntsville gardens. They had huge displays of fun kid things, like the chairs, and also checkers, a sprinkler, water can, dog house, sand castle, you know all the cool kids stuff.

This lovely pig head is at the American Pickers store in Nashville.

This very cool aquarium restaurant is also in Nashville. We had fun exploring there and ended our trip at the zoo. Very cute zoo, but really when you have seen one elephant you've seen them all.

We hung out for the day, last Saturday, at the watermelon festival. Super fun and all the watermelon my boys could eat.

We just experienced the first day of school. I felt very protective of the kids as I left them in their classes. I would have stayed all day if I didn't have little Bean with me.

And last but not least of all the pictures, our walk through Old Town Huntsville today. So gorgeous! The top picture is of an old hardware store that is pretty much as it was the day it opened in the 1800's.  The family that now owns it left much of the old stuff out and has just added new merchandise to the shelves! Very cool if you ask me. And then we found this amazing spring and canal system. Crystal clear water with huge coy fish. We were all very tempted to jump in, it was very hot today.

So, in a nut shell this has been our journey. We have seen a few other things like the whimsical woods at Buritt on the Mountain and we have done our fair share of swimming at the pool. We are having a great time and are really loving Alabama. 

Night ya'll!