The Brown Brick Road

Alpine

May 18, 2026

At the end of April, Samantha and the entire 5th grade had a fun week at Camp Alpine! They learned all about nature and science, had a variety show, did the ropes course, dealt with lots of rain, and some of them even got hit with food poisoning! Oh yes and Oh no!! Thankfully Samantha was ok but it made for some memories for sure. I love that MBE does this for a full week and am very thankful for the teachers, staff and parents that are willing to go! I share the drop off pictures a few weeks ago and here are lots and lots of photos we were sent once they were back home!

More Alpine pics tomorrow!

TGIF

May 15, 2026

Ready for the weekend!

Make it a great one!

More Field Day

May 14, 2026

Samantha had a super fun day rotating all around the school to different activities. I went down to watch for the kickball game and – my favorite – tug of war!! These kids are competitive and it’s the BEST!

Sometimes you fall down…

but you gotta get back up!

and then you celebrate!

Mrs. Boyda’s class – Kickball and Tug of War CHAMPIONS!

Field Day, best day!

Field Day

May 13, 2026

We were up bright and early the day after the dance recital for Field Day! All of the 5th grade girls came to our house for donuts and flair…

More Field Day tomorrow!

Showcase

May 12, 2026

Samantha had her dance recital last week on Thursday night and I’m trying not to be sad that that is very likely her last recital ever! Dance is coming to an end and I sure am going to miss getting to see her smile on stage every year! She went out with a bang though…a neon green bang!

I was very proud of my bun again…her thick hair is a lot to manage but I think it was our best one yet!

Samantha also wanted some dramatic eye makeup and I think I did pretty good on that too!

My pretty, pretty girl!

Her class was not performing until the 3rd to last act of the second half of the show so we decided we had plenty of time to go to dinner before hand! What fun!