The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Proof of life

So, camp posts photos online around noon each day. I might or might not start refreshing my screen over and over every day around 11:30!! It’s then a fun game of scrolling through 700+ photos to try and find one glimpse of Maxwell! This is what I’ve gotten so far…

Cabin 4!

cabin

cabin

They went on an overnight backpacking trip!

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Pics from drop off day…

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mob

mob

Getting crafty!!

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crafty

Football!! In a sweatshirt – he has to be loving that mountain air! Can you spot him?

football

football

football

Oh man I miss him but seeing him having so much fun is the very best!!

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mob

Then we got a letter in the mail yesterday!! Woohoo! He wrote it on his first full day there – he passed the swim test!  yay! He got blobbed “super high”! yay! And, not surprisingly, he misses Samantha the most. I love him as much as he loves Samantha.

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Have a great weekend!!

Summer Fun

Oh, to be one of my kids in the summer!

Golf!

golf

golf

Movies! The Lion King – in 3D!

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The playground!

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DeSoto Caverns!

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Paddle boating!

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boot

paddle boat

Even fun at “school”!

school

They are living the life!

Falling Creek

On Sunday morning we were walking out of the hotel by 7:15am to get to camp!! After a stop at the McDonald’s drive through we were 16th in the car line for camp!

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camp

We quickly moved up the hill, the trunk caddies took our trunk out of the car, and then we got the rest of the stuff to Cabin 4!!

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camp

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camp

It was a bluebird day in Tuxedo, NC!

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camp

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Samantha made a friend in Lulu the camp dog! Who woulda thought?!

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After a quick visit to talk to the nurse at the infirmary and a trip to the camp store to buy a t-shirt and a Crazy Creek chair, it was time for us to go.

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There were lots of hugs but no tears (I won’t mention the huge lump in my throat all day long.)

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I tried to get a cute pic of my 3 but then Spencer bumped his head trying to get to the picture and this is all I got! oh well…seems fitting! Please notice Samantha’s hand on Lulu the dog!

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Jack and Maxwell were then off to play games and have fun and we headed back to the car to head home…with a lump in my throat.

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Counting down the days to pickup!!

Camp

Well, we bought him all the gear…

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camp

We decorated his trunk…

trunk

and we took a road trip…

road trip

that included a stop at the Golden Arches…

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and some questionable drinks at the hotel bar in Greenville, SC!  😉

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And then we got up bright and early to drop him off for what we hope will be the most fun two weeks of his summer!! More tomorrow!

Tonsils gone!

Spencer is officially tonsil and adenoid free and doing great!! He made it through the surgery with no issues. They even pulled his loose tooth!

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spencer

spencer

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teeth

tonsils

Over the next week we just kept him on a steady rotation of Tylenol and Motrin with the Oxycodone mixed in when needed. He really had a very easy recovery. I’m sure ALL of the ice cream he ate helped too!!

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tonsils

tonsils

He hit another rough patch around day 6, just as expected, but overall did great. He’s now 2 weeks out from the surgery and back to normal! Hooray! Glad to have that behind us.