The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

OBA

Over Memorial Day weekend we went down to Orange Beach for some fun and sun!

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They were loving the big waves!

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waves

A little trouble when Robert tried to drop the football down from the 4th balcony and it bounced and landed on the balcony of the first floor condo and we couldn’t get it off! Oops!

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Later that afternoon Samantha and I knocked on the door of that condo and…

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success! The kids and I hung at the condo with pizza while Robert went to the Phish show that night (and Saturday night too! I’m glad he had fun!

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The next morning we all got a Starbucks treat!

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starbucks

We then had another great day at the beach!

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beach

beach

I do enjoy a beach day…on the beach not in the water!  đź™‚

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beach

beach

We headed up the condo mid-day only to find out that despite being diligent with the sunscreen poor Spencer got totally sunburned. We need to be more careful! We took a sun break and went to The Gulf for lunch.

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Samantha also got some cute new sunglasses!

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Maxwell bought a kite!

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kite

kite

kite

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I love these beach babies…

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and they love the beach!

Off to FCC

Last weekend Samantha, Maxwell, and I drove to Greenville, SC to take Maxwell to camp! The whole family was supposed to go but Spencer ended up having a baseball game so he and Robert had to stay home. This was my first time doing the drive on my own but it wasn’t bad at all – especially with Maxwell as my navigation assistant! The other  hitch? I got a nail in my tire right before leaving! Uh oh!! Thankfully GJ’s car was still in Birmingham so we loaded that up and hit the road. We stopped for gas and somehow I got talked into these…

cheese balls

Why not?!

We hit the town that night with friends and tried a pizza place that was really good called Barley’s. There was also a sports bar next door with a huge arcade room for the kids so it was a win all around! It’s so pretty in downtown Greenville on the river walk.

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river walk

Love this crazy crew!

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That night I shared a bed with Samantha in the hotel and let’s just say it was not a quality night’s sleep! I was a little concerned about driving 5 hours the next day! But, we got up and going in time to make a Starbucks and McDonald’s stop on the way to Tuxedo, NC for drop off!

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FCC

It was a quick drop off. No nerves from Maxwell at all and the only goodbye wave I got was from the counselor! ha!

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I know he’s going to have the very best 3 weeks!

golf

Look who played some golf last week? This cute girl!

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golf

Samantha did a two day golf clinic with other girls and really enjoyed it!

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They were nice and hot after day 1…

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but nothing a dip in the pool in the can’t fix! She was excited for day 2…

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and had so much fun with her instructor, Mr. Scribbles (aka Trevor)!

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Maybe she’ll be the next PGA superstar!

School stuff

Just a few more pics from school that trickled in last minute…

Spencer’s animal project. The electric eel! He did a great job!

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school

Samantha’s class on the last day with Mr. Aaron who is leaving! He’s been the Assistant Principal for years and is now going to be the Principal at one of the other MB elementary schools. We are really going to miss him!

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Samantha with her awesome teacher, Mrs. Jones!

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A great year!

Jones’ Jaguars

One of the best parts of the last week of school? Field Day!! This year was extra big, extra over the top, and extra fun! I helped organize Spencer and Samantha’s classes and they all looked great. Samantha’s class was Jones’ Jaguars! Roar!

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jones

When no other mom stepped up to spearhead Field Day for the class, I took charge – which also meant Samantha got to pick the class color! Was there any question which color she would pick?! I also made a sign for them to carry onto the field and we had her class over to the house the that morning before school to get ready. I had Krispy Kremes and muffins and they all got decked out!

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jones

jones

They were pretty excited when they got onto the field!! Samantha’s competitive streak came out and she was taking those games pretty seriously. I love to see it!!

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field day

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jaguars

jaguars

Look at this tug of war effort!! Nothing better!!

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jaguars

tug war

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Tug of war champs!

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My favorite part of that picture are the pitiful neon girls in the background. Too funny!

Mrs. Jones’ class came in 3rd of 5 classes. They didn’t win the spirit award or the “Shield of Destiny” so it’s hard to win overall without winning either those because they give you 20 extra points. I personally think they were robbed but…no one asked me! ha! They were all pretty excited with 3rd though and, most importantly, they all had a really fun day!!

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Go Jones’ Jaguars!!