The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

NC

Last weekend we made the drive to NC again for some important camp stuff! First we took Samantha to visit Camp Greystone.

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It was a HIT! Samantha was all about it and wanted to just stay for the rest of the summer! I’m so glad it worked out for us to do a tour. Getting to actually see the camp is going to make her even more excited to go next summer. Sewing, jewelry making, gymnastics, giant water slides, an impressive ropes course – it was all pretty awesome. I think the cooking class where the girls were making homemade pasta was maybe the most awesome!

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We also got to see lots of the animals on the farm…

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camp

camp

and the puppy farm!

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Overall it was a great tour and the next morning we dropped Spencey off for two weeks of fun at Falling Creek!!

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camp

Miss him but know he’s having so much fun.

The very best

We had the very best GJ in the world in Birmingham for the past two weeks. We loved every second of having her here! She kept the kids while Robert and I went on a fun trip and they didn’t miss us one bit. Well, Samantha might have missed me a little bit but GJ handled my little drama queen with no issues! The kids spent every night at her house even after we got back. They obviously love having her around as much as I do! She might have even earned herself a new title while in town, Assistant to the President of the PTO! A very prestigious title indeed!!

She headed back to Florida yesterday and we’re already ready for her to come back! The President needs her right hand lady!

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Thanks for everything GJ. What would we do without you?!

Bobbseys

When big brother is away, the Bobbsey Twins get all dressed up to play!

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Or at least they get dressed up to go out to dinner. Looking sharp! They also got dressed up for church…

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Two cute blonde kiddos!

More Naples

Like I said yesterday, we did all of our favorite things in Naples…and plenty of adventures that the kids talked us into! Robert took Spencer and Samantha on the jet ski…

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Maxwell talked us into braving the heat for mini golf.

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golf

He and Robert both got a hole in one!

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golf

I’m not sure what happened here but GJ looks pretty pleased!

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The kids knew hot to cool off afterward!

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We also played tennis together for the first time down there. It ended about how I thought it would…

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ha! The rackets were old and the grips were disintegrating and Samantha’s turned her hands black! Combine that with a good ball to the face by Robert and she was done! But, Maxwell and I played again another day and had a lot of fun and then I took all 3 kids back out on our last day and it was an overall success!

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Of course we shot fireworks on the 4th…

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and made CCCs!

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We also took on another sand dollar project just liked we did in 2020…

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and saw lots of movies – Maverick, the Minions, and Lightyear! The kids drank a lot of Roy Rogers on the beach…

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and they all tried – and liked! – calamari!

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calamari

calamari

Of course, the only question is…

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when are we going back?!

Naples

The week of July 4th we took a trip down to Naples for some fun and sun! This motley crew was happy to be there!

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naples

naples

It was our first time down there without Daddo and…it was hard. It just didn’t seem right. But, Naples was his favorite place and we’re so glad he introduced it to us so it could become our favorite place too. We loved doing our usual favorite things like going to the beach, the movies, playing mini golf, making cookies….can’t beat it. We also tried some new restaurants, The Bay House and The Dock, and we went to eat at Swan River. Overall a great stay!

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naples

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beach

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We love Naples!

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