Visiting Olivia and Jim in Alabama

We spent Father's Day Weekend in Birmingham, Alabama, visiting Olivia and Jim. (Olivia is Amanda's mom's cousin). It took us 4 years to get over there for a visit but we finally made it!! Alabama is really quite beautiful - trees, valleys, mountains, lakes and rivers. We went to the Barber Motorsports Museum for an insider tour (Jim works there - a dream job for anyone interested in any kind of racing - Mark was drooling over the Porsches). We hiked down to a creek and caught tadpoles. We had dinner with Josh and Marie (Olivia's son and his wife) and played with Cutie Pie (she was our cat for a little while until Olivia and Jim graciously adopted her and gave her a home in cat paradise - she has the run of the neighborhood and lots of little animals to catch!!). It was a lovely visit and hopefully it won't take another 4 years before we go back :)