The Brown Brick Road

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Super Bowl! Game 1

Super Bowl Sunday sure was super!! It was a beautiful day for some football and what fun for both boys to get to play in the championship game for their grade. Spencer’s game was at 1:00 and we had a minor balloon fiasco that morning involving a popped T and some bum helium tanks, but we worked it out and had the field looking ready for the Saints! Let’s Geaux!

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I also had these fatheads made for both boys’ teams…they crack me up!

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They introduce each boy before the game starts…

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and then it’s time for the run through… (I love the pic of Spence!)

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and then it’s time to play some football! We were ready!

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Spencer played great. He had some good runs and good tackles. Unfortunately they came up short and lost to the Falcons 6 to 12. It was disappointing but, man, what a season this team had! I am so proud of all of them, especially my #7!!

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Spencer went to the team after party (we stayed at the field for Maxwell’s game) and his awesome coaches gave him the Archie Manning “Mr. Saint” award! I don’t know what it’s supposed to mean but I’m going to say he got it because he embodied the heart of the team with his positive attitude, support of his teammates, and his ability to play any position they threw him into!

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Coming in 2nd place in your first year of tackle football is something to be proud of! I sure do love to watch him play!

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Geaux Saints! Geaux Spencer!!

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Who Dat?! What a season the Saints had! Spencer could not have had a better experience for his first year of tackle football! He worked hard, earned more playing time as the season went on, and proved himself at every game! I am so so proud of his hard work and hustle!!

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Spencer got to be team captain a few times and also earned player of the game twice!

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Spencer primarily played cornerback on defense and rarely let anyone get past his side. He made monster tackle after tackle and loved every second of it! He was also the backup QB for the year and got to go on on some big plays…like this end of game hail Mary pass! It wasn’t caught but it was a great pass!

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As the season went on, Spencer got to get in on more and more offensive plays. Whenever anyone would get injured, they threw Spencer in and he always took the opportunity to make something happen! I am so proud of how flexible he was to play any position asked – and to play it well! By the end of the season, it was obvious Spencer should be playing more QB and running back! They started giving him the ball and he had a handful of TDs by the season end!

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Playing at the high school stadium under the lights is pretty cool!

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Player of the game!

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They ended the regular season in second place. First round of the playoffs and they beat the Cowboys in a great game.

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Spencer got to be team captain again…

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and he showed up and showed out!! He scored an awesome TD  and would have had a second if there hadn’t been a holding call. It was an awesome game and Saints won 22-6!! Spencer played so well he even got player of the game! Whoop whoop!

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Second round of the playoffs and they faced the Packers. No problem for these guys though! Spencer showed up and showed out yet again scoring an awesome TD and great tackles on defense. He did have a fumble at the goal line but the Saints held the other team and pulled out a 14-0 victory!

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That win secured their trip to the Super Bowl! I am so proud of my Saint and how hard he has worked all season!!

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What a team, what a player!! Geaux Saints! Who Dat?!

More halloween

On Halloween our neighborhood got together on the corner with a bunch of friends to pre-party before the bigger neighborhood party! We were supposed to get 12 pizzas delivered but Papa John’s decided to just not deliver our order and not let me know! Awesome. We had plenty of food though and we made it work!

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food

We had so much fun being all dressed up with our friends!!

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Oh behave!

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What a crew!

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We made our way to the party at the Zanaty’s trick-or-treating along the way. They had a band, food truck, and face paint! You know this girl got her face painted!

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face paint

Maxwell met up with a big group of friends and trick-or-treated around before heading over to Colonial Hills to meet up with an even bigger group!

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Spencer hung with Penton and they made the loop to get candy by themselves.

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Samantha took off with Frances and trick-or-treated the whole loop without me! The kids were very self sufficient this year and I’m not complaining one bit!

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We all gathered back at the party…

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before heading home with the Robisons and the Andersons for some chili, football and baseball…and candy sorting!

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Maxwell and crew finally made it back to the house about 9:15…though curfew was 9:00! Overall it was a fantastic night with perfect weather, great friends, and lots and lots of candy!! Happy Halloween!

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It was a beautiful sunny day on Halloween and we were ready for fun!! Costumes were looking sharp and excitement was high!!

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My little cheshire cat was really getting into cat mode! ha!

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Dr. Evil’s bald cap was spot on in my opinion! I think Maxwell was hoping we could have done a pro level makeup job to blend it all in but I can only do so much!

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Love this crew!!

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We were all ready!

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Let the Halloween fun begin!!

Finger Lickin’ Good

On Thursday, Robert and I got to get in on the Halloween fun! We had a tennis mixer for his dogfight up at the club and I put together some pretty clever costumes if I do say so myself!

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Where’s the beef?! Finger Licking’ Good! haha! I got pretty much everything off of Amazon and made the name tags and stuff myself after a fast food run.

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We started the night at Robert’s office Halloween party. Maxwell had tennis so wasn’t there and the other two didn’t want to go full costume. That was ok though because Robert and I brought the spirit!

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We then headed over to the tennis mixer where we had lots of fun and played some pretty bad tennis! Robert was a trooper carrying his bucket around all night and keeping that beard on – until he laughed so hard it popped off! ha!

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I do love an excuse to get dressed up!! Fun night!