The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Archives for April 2023

Easter

Sunday morning we were happy to see the Easter Bunny had brought some goodies! He also hid some eggs inside the house. Fun for all.

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easter

We then put on our Easter best and started the process of trying to get a good photo! ha! The kids love this part of Easter.

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easter

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Family timer selfie!

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This one never has an issue posing for photos!

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easter

We got to church plenty early – just more time for more photos!

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photos

Maxwell acolyted during the very busy and long 9:00 service and did a great job!

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We put flowers on the cross…

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flowers

and then made the drive to Montgomery for more pictures!

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To me this was the winning family photo of the day!

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We didn’t just take pictures in Montgomery, we also saw Lulu and Granddaddy and all of the cousins! But we took pictures with them too!

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We then had a nice visit and the kids learned to play Old Maid.

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easter

A very happy Easter all around!

Egg hunt

We didn’t all make it up to the egg hunt at the club but Samantha did! Robert and I were at Spencer’s basketball tournament and Maxwell was with some friends, so Samantha went up to the club with her buddies to see the bunny! Unfortunately the rain kept them from being able to hunt eggs but they still had fun together.

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eggs

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Hippity hoppity!

checkup

Last week I took Samantha in for her 8 year checkup and got a great report all around! She is 49 inches and 56 lbs. That is 25th % for height and 50th % for weight. She’s grown 1.75 inches and gained 6 lbs since her 7 year old visit. Dr. Crum said her BMI is perfect and she’s a healthy, growing girl!

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Spencer at 8 was 51 inches tall (50th %) and 58.2 lbs (55th %). Maxwell at age 8 was 50 inches tall and 52.4 lbs.

She did have to get her finger pricked which she REALLY doesn’t like but she handled it so got some C is for Cookie ice cream after!

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Unfortunately, my healthy girl didn’t stay healthy long! As soon as we got into the car after her appointment she said, “my throat kinda hurts!” Not sure why she didn’t mention that while we were actually in the doctor’s office but we got to go back up there the next day to get a positive strep test. No fun at all. She was pretty miserable for a day but then the antibiotics did her job and she was back to her normal, healthy self!

Thankful for antibiotics and good doctor reports!

photog

Who’s the better photog? Samantha…

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or Spencer?

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I’d say it a tie! Gotta love a good upward angle shot!

Snowmass

Skiing day 4! Last day, best day!

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Bluebird skies, decent temps, perfect conditions!

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Our only downside came late morning when Spencer had a collision! I was skiing behind them and watched it happen. Spencer had gone into a tree trail and came out of it onto the run just as an old man was coming down the far left side of the run. Spencer should have looked up and yielded but he was just going too fast and couldn’t stop. He skied on across while the man came down and they clipped skis and both went tumbling. Thankful no one was hurt. I got Spencer up and we skied down and apologized to the old man. He was skiing with what I assume were his two grown sons. They didn’t seem too happy with us but the old man said he was fine and so on we went. Spencer was not hurt but definitely shaken up. A good learning lesson for all!

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Lunch break!

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lunch break

Just a little worn out by our last afternoon on the slopes!

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But we still made it a full day and skied until the lifts closed!

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We grabbed dinner in the village that night and then it was time to head home the next morning!

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Thankfully our flights were on time. It was a little touch and go getting out of Aspen but, after de-icing the plane, we were able to take off and made it to Atlanta in plenty of time for our connection. Thankful for time away with my favorite people doing something we all enjoy! Best spring break ever!!