Railroad Park

Joel and I decided to forego going to the Auburn game yesterday so that we could relax for a weekend. We woke up yesterday morning to a beautiful day! Knowing that we would be home all afternoon watching the Auburn game, we headed down to check out the new Railroad Park in downtown Birmingham. I had heard great things about it so we wanted to see what the hype was. We looked on the website Friday night and saw that they were having "Get Crunk" in the park at 10. We had no idea what this was, and truth be told, we almost decided not to go because of it! Well, for your information, it is a workout class (we're probably the only ones that doesn't know what it means!), and it was hilarious to watch the people "getting crunk." They definitely had an audience of people! It was a pretty awesome place to work out.

Back to the park itself, it has a great view of downtown.

I think it would be a great place to go relax in the grassy area on a pretty day, and maybe do a little walking, but other than that, I'm not sure that we would go back. The play area for Hudson was pitiful. It was tiny and crowded and we didn't stay there long. I think it is a good thing for downtown Birmingham though. There's not anything really like it and we did feel really safe the entire time. There is also a skate park and a small lake, although you can't fish, and there are streams everywhere. It is all landscaped so well. There were several ice cream trucks parked on the outskirts, and I know that B&A also provides some food carts during the week.

I wasn't too pleased with the guy that we passed while walking that shouted out a Roll Tide to us. Seriously, yes we were all in our Auburn get-up, but that was just not necessary.

It sure was a beautiful day to be outdoors. We were able to successfully keep Hudson awake until around 2:15 that afternoon (not all at the park!) so that we could watch a good part of the Auburn game without any distractions. Whew, what a game! We beat LSU in a close one and it was awesome! We love Cam Newton! I'm finally starting to get on the Auburn bandwagon and believing that we might actually have something this year. I've been a little reserved this year because I just thought it was too good to be true. We still have some very difficult games left though! Hudson got to witness our jumping up and down and screaming at the TV and he got right into it! We had a wild man on our hands for sure and he was definitely doing the "Warrrr, hey!" He doesn't have "eagle" down yet.

Today was church and now nap time. Hudson looked precious this morning! And even better, he slept in until 8:30! Love that boy! Ha!

Hope everyone has a great week!