During National Day "golden week" holiday in October, I finally went home to Alabama. It was the first time home in two years, and the first time to take my son Leo back. While it was not necessarily relaxing, it was great fun to see my family and introduce them all to Leo.

Highlights of the trip were watching my nephew play two football games (they won both), watching the Alabama football game (they lost, unfortunately, but Saban still rocks), going to the lake for a boat ride, and going to Vulcan (the largest iron cast statue in the world atop Birmingham's Red Mountain).

Below are some pics from my nephew Pete's football game as well as from Vulcan.