The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

A little more Naples

When we weren’t at the beach or in the pool, we were playing with GJ, Daddo and the cousins!

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We were so glad that Jen was able to come over with Nate and Delaney so all the kiddos could hang out. Love these silly willies…

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Trying to get a picture of all 5 of them together was comical. We had them all lined up but Spencer was not a happy camper. Check out Nate’s face looking at him! ha!

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Poor Spencey just wanted Baby Mantha sitting next to him.

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So, he decided to scream about it. Please look at Delaney’s face! ha!

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We then moved Samantha and everyone was happy…even if they were more interested in looking at the tv than my camera!

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Then, miracle of miracles, we actually got a decent shot! Smiles all around!

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Well, except for Samantha who kinda looks like a blob, but that’s ok. 🙂

After a fun filled week it was sadly time to say goodbye to Daddo…

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and to GJ…

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No matter how long we stay, every visit is too short. We’re ready to go back!

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Thanks for everything GJ and Daddo! We love you!

More Naples

We were down in Naples for 5 days and when we weren’t at the beach, we were in the pool!

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Maxwell is definitely becoming a great swimmer. He’s getting so much better at taking a breath while swimming and can almost go the full length of the (long!) pool. He loves diving to to the bottom to pick up diving sticks and is always happy to show off his cannonball! Spencer is fearless. He can swim…but not long distances and can get himself into trouble very quickly. Too bad he doesn’t know that! ha! You have to watch him because he’ll just dive off those steps expecting someone to be there waiting for him. One thing is for sure, he loves loves loves the pool and would stay in there all day if we let him!

Samantha also got to take her first dip in the pool! Given how happy she is splashing in the bath every night, I was not surprised at all that she was just as happy splashing in the pool!

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What a crew!

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Naples

We headed down to Naples for a little vacation over the 4th of July. It was HOT HOT HOT and FUN FUN FUN with plenty of beach and pool time! The trip down was, thankfully, uneventful and I was glad to actually have Robert flying with us for this trip!

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Our days were spent playing at the beach, swimming in the pool and lounging around the house! Just perfect. These boys LOVED the beach – they dug in the sand, built castles, swam in the ocean, collected shells, got buried….they couldn’t get enough.

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Spencer’s belly in the top left pic! 🙂 We even got to see several dolphins swimming in the ocean!

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It was super hot while we were down there but, luckily, our guys are all about the morning beach trip! We would hit up the beach around 9:00 after Samantha went down for her nap, play for an hour or two and then be back home in time for lunch…and in time to miss the hottest part of the day!

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Love my little beach bums!

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More Naples to come tomorrow!

Father’s Day!

Wishing a very special Father’s Day this weekend to Granddaddy…

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and the awesome Daddo!

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We love you both very much and can’t wait to see you again soon!

Did we forget anyone? Oh yea, Granddaddy and Uncles John, Johnny, Keath, Ronnie and Holland – happy Father’s Day to you all too!  Yep, I guess that about covers it! Have a great weekend!  🙂

NOLA

Two weekends ago, Robert, Samantha and I traveled down to New Orleans for the wedding of Robert’s friend, Lem. It took a lot of coordination to get us out of town but I’m so glad we made the trip. The boys got to go have a fun weekend in Montgomery with Lulu, Granddaddy, Jenny, Ronnie and, of course, Katie and Anna! It was their first time to stay away from home without us and they did great. On Friday, Robert and I dropped Maxwell off at school and then hit the road to Nola. Spencer stayed with Susan who then picked Maxwell up from school. Lulu and Ronnie then drove up to get the boys and take them to Montgomery for the weekend. See, lots of coordinating going on! 🙂

When we got to Nola, we had the very best babysitter in the world waiting there to keep Samantha in the hotel all weekend…

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GJ’s the best.

Robert and I had fun at the party on Friday night…

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and then had more fun exploring Nola and being tourists on Saturday morning! Beignets = yum.

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Also, babies in hats = adorable.

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I hadn’t been to Nola in years and, while it’s a fun city, it’s pretty dirty and just not really my scene. It was also crazy humid all weekend. Apparently, it was also exhausting…

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Completely exhausting..

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Still, we loved getting to see good friends and explore the city a bit.

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Meanwhile, back in Montgomery… the boys weren’t missing us one bit! They were having too much fun eating at Moe’s, camping out in sleeping bags, and going to the zoo!

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A HUGE thank you to all the Mgm Browns for making the boys’ weekend SO fun!!

In Nola, Robert and I got all dolled up to go the wedding on Saturday night…

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where we had a great time and loved getting to celebrate Lem and Evie!

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We even made it to the after party where some people danced on top of a pool table!

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But, I don’t know much about that. 😉 Sunday morning came way too early and we hit the road. Robert and I were both wishing we could have been doing this on the drive…

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But, we made it to Montgomery and were so happy to get the boys and all be back together again!

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It was a super fun weekend that would not have been possible without the help of our awesome families! Thank you again!