The Brown Brick Road

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Thanksgiving in the mountains

On Wednesday before Thanksgiving we made the drive up to Highlands, NC for another fantastic Thanksgiving in the mountains! The weather was chilly and windy but not too terribly cold and not raining so we made the most of it!

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highlands

highlands

On Thanksgiving morning we got up and hiked our favorite – Whiteside! We were out there by about 9:30 so we could get a parking place at the base of the mountain and sure were happy to get a good hike in and enjoy the beautiful views!

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whitside

whit side

The view from the top!

whit side

Framer!

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whit side

white side

white side

The perfect way to start Thanksgiving day!!

Happy Thanksgiving

So, so thankful for this crew.

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Taking a bit of a break to appreciate it all. Be back soon!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Campers

A few weeks ago Robert and Maxwell went on their cub scout campout and had to deal with some slightly frigid temps!! Despite the lows in the 30s overnight, these two made it all night in their tent and Maxwell earned his polar bear badge! Woohoo!

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They both looked like this by about 7:30pm the next night.

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Proud of my campers!

School Stuff

Some fun things going on at school for the boys…

Spencer was Astronaut of the week! He did a great job on his poster…

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and I got to come read some of our favorite books to the class!

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Spencer also got to be King last week!

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Maxwell made a turkey of someone he was thankful for and did it of his buddy, Jack…

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jack

Love it! I’m thankful for Jack too. 🙂

Maxwell also had a poetry reading up at school where he and his class all read poems they had written. Maxwell’s was about Highland and was terrific!

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mob

School days are the best days!

Time for your checkup!

I took the boys for their annual checkups last week and both look great and are growing big and strong!

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Maxwell is 52 inches tall and weighs 57.6 lbs. Maxwell grew two inches and gained 5 lbs since last year!

Spencer is 49 inches tall and weights 53 pounds. Spencer grew 3 inches and gained 4 lbs. He’s leaning out!

They are both steadily growing just was they should. Will be interesting to see who ends up taller!

Pictures through the years….
3 year checkup…

3 year checkup

4 year checkup…

4 year checkup

5 year checkup…

5 year checkup

and 6 year checkup…

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Spencer at 2 year checkup (no Dr. Walley pic!)….

2 year checkup

3 year checkup…
3 year checkup

and 4 year checkup!

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Spencer at 5, Maxwell at 7, and Samantha at 2.5…

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Maxwell at 8 and Spencer at 6…

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and now Maxwell at 9 and Spencer at 7!

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Always so thankful for good doctor reports.