Elberta, Alabama

We took a vote and Alabama is by far our favorite "Deep South" state.  As Braden said, "The vibe here just feels better".  We all wholeheartedly agree!  Alabama is just more "us"...more so than Biloxi, Mississippi or New Orleans, Louisiana  anyway!     

Here's a glimpse of what we've been up to in Alabama

Hello, Yogi Bear!!!

Yogi has this great pond!

Our little piece of Jelly Stone - we even have the cool neon lights!

Yogi gives hayrides!

Never too old for a hayride!

Alabama has HOT doughnuts!

Hot off the press!  We saw the whole process!  Made us love doughnuts that much more!

O-M-Gosh!!!!!!  

Yeah, we made him wear the hat!

He WANTED to wear the hat! Lol!!!

We drank sweet tea!

We are major fans of the Waffle House!  Like we should have our picture on the wall... It's that serious!

(Yes, we did other things besides EAT!!!)

We visited the USS Alabama...

Aaron said, "I feel so small!"

Me & my boys!

It was amazing and we were able to explore the whole ship

There's Aaron walking confidently aboard the USS Alabama

Aaron trying out one of the guns

Do you see how GiNorMoUS this chain was???????

Aviation Museum within the park

Aaron Bear

Bezeel Bones

Visited the USS Drum Submarine

The boys "driving" the sub

Super close quarters!

Definitely NOT "Serta Perfect Sleepers"

Cool document from the USS Drum

The whole park was awesome!

View of the USS Alabama as we were driving away

We also visited the Alabama beach!

Ahhhhhh, the beach!!!!!

Aaron making a "sand angel"...he's an artist, really!

Bryan and Braden playing on the beach!

The best boys in the world!  (Lighting sucked, but I love this picture of them!)

Me & Bry

The whole damn family!

Don't forget Bodie!  He was back at camp, holding down the fort!  He's really enjoyed Alabama too!