The Brown Brick Road

Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...

Last game

Maxwell’s last game of the season was an exciting one at home – and they won! Now that’s the very best way to end the season!!

A great season worth celebrating!

The DB coach – Coach Robinson…

I’m so proud of my #20!

Special shout out to Samantha the super fan. Spencer somehow ended up having his own football practice every Thursday night so didn’t make it to any of Maxwell’s games but Samantha got dragged along to almost all of them! She was mostly a good sport about it – and definitely liked watching the cheerleaders!

Awesome season, Maxwell! You should be proud of yourself!

Go Spartans!

Spartans

Maxwell played football for the 8th grade Spartans this year and had a really great season! He played cornerback and started every game and played the majority of every game. Pretty fantastic! He rarely let up a play on his side and had some great tackles.

Of course, Maxwell was all about the drip each week – the turf tape, the scrunch socks, the eye black – it was all perfectly thought out each week! No surprise there.

He did get injured one game – his hand got caught and the trainer was afraid his thumb was broken. They got us set up to see Dr. Ortega at Andrews next morning to get it x-rayed. Thankfully it wasn’t broken but he did get to wear a brace for two weeks.

Love all these boys.

Maxwell even got to be captain for two games which was awesome.

The Spartans didn’t win much but that didn’t really matter – what mattered was that #20 played well! Hard to beat those Thursday night lights!

I sure am proud of this kid and I sure do love to watch him play!

Go Spartans!

Titans

As we all know, sports can bring some high highs and some low lows. After an awesome season last year making to the Super Bowl with the Raiders, this season was a little different. The Titans didn’t make it to the Super Bowl…in fact, they didn’t win a game all season. Whomp whomp. While they might not have brought home any Ws, they played their hearts out, had some really close games, and held their heads up high. Spencer again showed leadership and poise as the quarterback and made some fantastic plays throughout the season. They played well but games just never seemed to go our way in the end.

titans

titans

The playoff game was a heartbreaker. The Titans were leading for a while and then it was tied up until the very end. Unfortunately, Spencer took a cleat to the face – literally his teammates cleat went through his facemask and cleated him in the face! He took another hard hit to the head and the trainer pulled him from the game. I hate that he didn’t get to finish out the 4th quarter on the field. The game ended up going into overtime and the Titans lost. But, they gave it their all. Most importantly, Spencer didn’t have a concussion and the cut on his face healed up fine.

There’s plenty to learn in losing. While I wish the season had gone differently, I’m incredibly proud of how Spencer handled himself as well as the heart and hustle he put into each game. I love to watch him play!

You win some, you lose some. Or maybe you don’t win any at all some seasons!

Go Titans!

Veterans Day

How about some red, white and blue for Veterans Day?

Patriotic and cute!

God bless the USA and those that serve our country!

bible club

That’s a wrap on Bible Club for the fall! We had 6th grade boys on Tuesday mornings and 4th grade girls on Wednesday mornings. That was a lot of early trip to Chick-Fil-A for me! I did get Krispy Kreme delivered for a few of the weeks. I do love getting to see all of the kids in the grade and learn a little bit about how they all interact. The mornings are early but it’s worth it.

This morning, the bible clubs from 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th all met in our front yard and made a giant circle to say the Lord’s Prayer. Pretty neat!

Make it a great weekend!