We had such a fun weekend with family in town!!!!!!! I don't think I can overstate that! We loved every second that Tom and Katie were here. We had a blast showing them around the city we love and showing them all the things that we love about Alabama. Also, family is the best. We love having big families with lots of fun siblings. It was so so great to spend some quality time with them...thanks for such a fun visit T & K!!!! We love you lots! (And Alabama misses you so you should come back soon!) ;) We did so many things while they were here that there is not enough time to elaborate on it all BUT here are some of the pictures that we took during their visit!
First stop: Bass Pro Shop (duh!) and guess who was there.....SANTA!!!! (I KNOW HIM!!) And the best part? Free pics! He was a quality Santa too! He looked at G and exclaimed, "Well I haven't seen you since you were 5! You didn't get the truck you wanted that year because you were naughty!" And when we asked for a picture, he insisted we sit on his lap. haha. Then Santa told me to tell G that he needs to be extra good and listen to his wife or he won't get any presents this year! What a good Santa! :)
^^ Santa specifically told Katie to stand up so he could take this pic with Tom. hahaha ^^
We went to the Civil Rights Institute which was really great! I encourage everyone to go to it. It is especially interesting because Birmingham was so involved in this part of our Nation's history. This is the 16th Street Baptist Church pictured above and below. History sometimes breaks my heart but it's so important that we learn about it.
^^ People didn't think they were brothers and I'm like
are you kidding me, they look like twins! ^^
^^ The view of Birmingham from the Vulcan!
We sure do love this city. ^^
^^ We somehow didn't take a pic of the Vulcan,
but here is its foot in comparison to these guys! ^^
^^ A truly Southern meal at Niki's West. This place is amazing!!!Pictured: catfish (with the best tartar sauce ever!), fried green tomatoes, greens, sweet potatoes and cornbread. GET IN MA BELLY!!! Oh and don't forget to try some banana pudding...it's the best that I've had in Alabama yet! ^^
^^ We went and explored Sloss Furnaces. It's an awesome place!
It would have been cool to see this in full swing back in the day! ^^
^^ Bye bye Tom.... parts of it were kind of eerie...
but of course the boys wanted to go exploring! ^^
^^ Gordy made us walk down into this huge tunnel that was dripping with water and super scary!! And when he jumped at us, you bet that Katie and I screamed and clung to each other! haha^^
^^We went to Tom's first parade! They do Christmas parades here and I absolutely love it!!
My favorite part is when they throw ice cream sandwiches off of the fire trucks. We are not ashamed to jump up and down for some candy, that's for sure! ^^
^^ Beignets!!!! So good! ^^
And then this happened and the boys left. They had a fun day despite not shooting anything! Katie and I took a tour of the Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens. This house is from pre-civil war era and was beautiful! My favorite was the square piano! We did some window shopping and had some quality girl time. I loved having a sister around!!
^^ We also felt like kids ringing the bell! haha. People thought we were sisters and I was like I'm toooootally okay with that because Katie's the cutest! ^^
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