The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Pumpkin Carving

On Monday night, we went up to The Club for the pumpkin carving night of fun! It was so nice…they had tons of pumpkins all scooped out and ready to be carved with plenty of carving knives and stencils for you to use.  Seeing as our two assistants had very short attention spans when it came to carving, I went with something super simple…

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I think Spencey approved! (and, for the record, he ain’t afraid of no ghosts!)

Maxwell and Robert tried to get a little more involved…

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pumpkin

While they were a more creative than me, simplicity ultimately won out on their pumpkin too!

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Maxwell kept asking where Mickey’s eyes were!  ha!  I tried to get a cute pumpkin pic of both boys but, well…

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A pumpkin picture of one boy will work fine for this year!

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We then stayed for dinner and the boys got to spend all night dancing to the DJ on the light up dance floor – their favorite!  Loving all these fun Halloween events!

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Boo!

Open House

Happy Monday!

Last week the boys’ school had their Open House night where we got go see their rooms and meet their teachers again. I basically do that every time I take them to school, but it was a treat for Robert to get to see it all. We stopped by Spencer’s room first and said “hi” to Ms. Alice and then headed over to Maxwell’s room with Ms. Kathy…

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She’s the sweetest, nicest lady and I’m so thankful Maxwell has her for his teacher! Same goes for Ms. Alice too!

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It was a fun night!

See you tomorrow!

Wilmington

As I mentioned earlier, Robert and I went out of town this past weekend…kid free!  whoa! We traveled to Wilmington, NC for the wedding of one of my good friends, Sara, from my Dallas days with Neiman Marcus.  It was a GORGEOUS weekend along the river and we had a blast. I loved getting to see some friends that I hadn’t seen in waaaaay too long!

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I laughed more on this trip than I have in a long time thanks to my always entertaining friend, Vicky. She’s the funniest and the best. And Nancy is one of my besties from college who now lives in San Fran so getting to be in the same city with her was a major treat.

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The wedding was beautiful and Sara was a gorgeous bride, of course!

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Robert was a great sport despite this during the reception…

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Yep, that’s him checking the score of the second half of the AL v. Ole Miss game that did not end the way we wanted. He was a trooper though and put on a smile and still hit the dance floor with me!

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He really is the best wedding date. I’m a lucky girl!

sara wedding

Meanwhile, back at home, the boys weren’t missing us at all because they got to spend the weekend with GJ.  They are lucky boys!

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As much fun as the weekend away was, I sure was glad to get back home where I belong!

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See you tomorrow!

Birthday celebration

We celebrated Robert’s birthday on Thursday of last week before we went out of town.  I had two little birthday superheroes helping me get everything ready…

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We made it a little festive for dinner…

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and then the boys hid so they could jump out and yell “SURPRISE!” when Robert got home from work.

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Surprise!

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We then had a great dinner with cupcakes from Olexa’s…

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They were most definitely a hit!

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Happy Birthday Robert!  We love you!

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ps – today is my birthday so Happy Birthday to me!  🙂

Birthday!!!

Saturday is going to be a good day – it’s Robert’s birthday!!!

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Happy, happy birthday Robert aka Soccer Coach, Dishwasher Unloader, Burger Griller, Light Bulb Changer, and Best Dad Ever.  Being you has to be exhausting some days….

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We’re so glad you make all the effort!  Hope it’s the BEST BIRTHDAY YET!

We love you!