Galu Tagovailoa likes to sit at the top of the bleachers during high school games. From up there, a devoted dad with a gift for teaching quarterbacks can survey the entire field.

Galu's sons, Tua and Taulia Tagovailoa, are the present and future of the quarterback position at Alabama. This weekend, Galu and his wife Diane will watch Taulia play in a high school game on Friday night, and then cheer on Alabama with Tua leading the Crimson Tide against Ole Miss.

For many Alabamians, that sounds a lot like a football fairytale. (Not the traveling through Mississippi bit, but everything else.)

Alabama coach Nick Saban likes to describe Tua as an instinctual quarterback, but a lot of his signature skills are actually learned. Guided by Galu, Tua has been practicing those spin moves inside the pocket for years. Last week against Hoover, Taulia led a touchdown drive against the state's best high school defense that spanned 80 yards, and only took three plays -- all beautiful passes.

Galu watched calmly from above the action as the Hoover Met buzzed with excitement.

From Hawaii, the Tagovailoas uprooted their lives last year and moved to Alabama so they could attend Tua's games. Taulia is a senior at Thompson High School in Alabaster, and if he remains committed to Alabama he'll enroll at the school in January and begin practicing with the team.

For now, though, the weekends are full. The ride started last fall with Taulia's junior season at Thompson, and reached an unimaginable level of success in January with Tua's national championship-winning touchdown throw for the University of Alabama. What's a typical football weekend like for Tagovailoas now that Tua is the star quarterback of the No.1 team in the country, and Taulia is the heir apparent?

Rewarding and fun, but also really busy. In addition to all the traveling and football, the Tagovailoas also have turned into some of the most gracious hosts in Alabama.

Last Friday, the family had relatives in town from Hawaii. Before that, they hosted relatives from Utah.

"It's every weekend," Diane Tagovailoa said. "[Galu] keeps inviting everyone."

The Tagovailoa family has a specific style of deadpan humor that takes getting used to. Pretty much everything is a joke, but sometimes it's hard to tell.

What's Galu's impression of Alabama high school football now that he's been here for a year?

"It's better in Hawaii," he said with a straight face.

Dramatic pause.

"I'm kidding," he said. "I'm kidding."

Thompson lost to Hoover 45-26 last Friday, but Taulia threw for 474 yards and four touchdowns. The next morning, the family drove to Tuscaloosa at 7:30 a.m. for a cookout with other families of Alabama football players. That afternoon, Tua matched his younger brother with four touchdowns, including three in the first quarter.

What's it like traveling around and watching your two sons competing at such a high level every Friday and Saturday?

"It just makes the weekend go by faster," Galu said, flatly.

There was a dramatic pause, and then a long smile.

"No, it's great," Galu said. "It's a blessing."

Faith is the most important part of the Tagovailoas lives, and they have instilled that value system into their family. After the loss to Hoover, Taulia called the defeat a blessing. Tua now draws crosses on his cheeks with eye black for each game.

Since moving from Hawaii, the Tagovailoas have immersed themselves in their church and school communities. With the Brothers Tagovailoa now starring quarterbacks at the college and high school levels, the family has become Alabaster famous.

What's Alabaster famous?

It's pretty similar to Pelham famous, just a little farther down the road.

There was fear of the unknown before the Tagovailoas moved to their Birmingham suburb. As a mother, Diane was just as concerned about how her sons would be accepted by their peers in school as she was about how their abilities would translate on the field. Not that anyone needs reminding, but Alabama's reputation abroad is a little sketchy.

Sit with the Tagovailoas for just five minutes at a Friday night football game, though, and it's clear they've been absorbed by the warm culture here. Everyone wants to be around them, and parents of other players cram into the bleachers to get close. When they're speaking with reporters, which is often these days, everyone gets quiet and listens. Of course, it seems like the Tagovailoas rarely speak during football games because they're always so nervous.

This Friday will be a special night for the Tagovailoas and their Alabaster community.

Taulia and Thompson host Oak Mountain for the first home game at Thompson's new football stadium. The Tagovailoas will watch that game and then travel to Oxford, Miss., for Tua's game against Ole Miss. It's the third start of Tua's career and he's already the betting favorite to win the Heisman Trophy.

Just another eventful two days in the lives of a family beginning a transformative journey.

The demands on their time will grow. The stage will get infinitely bigger. For now, though, Friday night football still feels like Friday night football with the Tagovailoas. Saturdays are about family more than anything.

For parents, it's the little things you remember and cherish years later.

Joseph Goodman is a columnist for Alabama Media Group. He's on Twitter @JoeGoodmanJr.