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Halloween

November 3, 2025

We had the best Halloween! Perfect weather, a Friday night, and more candy than we can eat. Check check!

I wasn’t sure I would see Maxwell again that day so I made him take a picture before he left for school at 6:45am!

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but I did get a picture of him with the pumpkin he carved the night before!

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I did manage to grab a porch pic of Samantha and Spencer before they went off in separate directions!

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Samantha was my glittering gold in her Laughs a Lot Care Bear fit!

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Spencer and Maxwell then went off to Crestline to watch the parade and meet up with friends for the night. Samantha and I went to meet up with the rest of the Care Bears and get a prime spot for the parade!

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These girls had full bags by the time the parade was over!

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They dumped their bags and headed to Kate’s for a quick bite to eat and then they trick-or-treated in our neighborhood and Colonial Hills all night. We grabbed a quick photo booth photo and then I didn’t see Samantha again until I picked her up at 8:30! She did manage to find the photo booth a few more times though!

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Spencer and Maxwell found crews of friends and had fun in Crestline…

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Robert and I walked around without kids, chatted with a few people and then realized we’d much rather be at home! ha!

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That night everyone (plus a few others) were home safe and sound with plenty of candy!

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A great Halloween of all treats, no tricks!

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Weekend fun

October 27, 2025

We had a winning weekend! Samantha’s soccer team played in a tournament and won, Alabama beat SC, and Vanderbilt beat Missouri! All my teams walked away with a W! Woohoo! In between all the winning we also had fun with friends!

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Cheers to a spooky week ahead!

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bama basketball

October 23, 2025

Spencer had even more Bama fun last week when he got to go see the basketball team play at Boutwell!

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Roll Tide!

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Bama birthday!

October 21, 2025

Robert went all out and got awesome tickets for the Bama TN game on Spencer’s birthday. No better place to celebrate 13 than in T-town cheering on the Tide! Before they left we had a birthday lunch and opened presents…

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The boys then headed to Tuscaloosa with some friends that had gotten a driver – which was super nice because it was a night game and a very late return!

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They got there way before kickoff so had lots of time to pre-game. I’m really glad Maxwell was there to force this birthday picture!!

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They also made it to the President’s mansion…

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and generally lived it up on campus…

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even getting a ride and police escort to the stadium…

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Thankfully the actual game lived up to the pre-game!! Amazing seats, a pick six, and a big Bama win!

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Spencer said it was his favorite live sporting event he’s ever been to! Now THAT is a good 13th birthday! Roll Tide!

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Celebrating 13!

October 20, 2025

We had a great weekend celebrating our new teenager! He had a little party on Friday night…a few friends came over to watch football, eat wings, and play on the new ping pong table! GJ and I had been working hard the past few weeks to get her backhouse all set up and now it’s a really cool hang out area for the kids!

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Spencer had quite a crew…

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and they ate plenty of Waldo’s wings…

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and Spencer made a wish on some brownies!

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It was a really fun night…and we only had one minor run-in with the police. Wish I was kidding but, nope!

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The boys were playing hide and seek in front of the school. The cop saw them all running around with flashlights and thought maybe someone was up to no good so he stopped them. Once I went outside and the cop saw they were not doing anything wrong and had adult supervision all was fine. But, it sure made for some excitement and a good story!!

Happy birthday Spencey!

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