The Brown Brick Road

doing good

Stephanie — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

While Spencer played baseball in Atlanta all weekend, these two had a fun weekend with no games and no responsiblities! They did volunteer Saturday morning though at the Portraits of Hope kids carnival…

Proud of them!

BFFs

Stephanie — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

We’re busier than ever but somehow I don’t have any good new pictures. So, I was scrolling through old pics and saw these from 2021…

and I’m so happy that all three of them still have the same best buds. They sure are good friend pickers!!

Make it a great weekend!

TBT

Stephanie — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Three years ago today we laid my dad to rest at Hendrix. I am so thankful we found such a special place for him to be.

Wish he could see how much these kids have grown in the past three years…I miss him.

Soccer

Stephanie — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Last weekend we drove up to Huntsville for a soccer tournament. The girls played hard but came up a goal short in the first game. We then headed to the mall to cool off! Nothing like lunch in the food court and a trip to Claire’s to pump you up!

The second game was exciting and ended with a last minute goal by Samantha to win the game! Woohoo!

We were supposed to have to drive back on Sunday to play another game but the other team forfeited. Score! Proud of these girls!

Saturday

Stephanie — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:14:00 +0000

Robert had plans with friends Saturday night and somehow none of the kids had plans with friends and they all agreed to go out to eat with me. After much “discussion” we ended up at Bricktops…

Best. Saturday. Night. Ever. I sure do love them and will take any chance I get to hang out with them!

Day off

Stephanie — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

The kids had the day off of school Friday and we took full advantage! We played some tennis…

Played some pickleball and had a ladies lunch…

Played some golf…

and yes, they let me go out with them for a bit because they wouldn’t let them tee off without me! Lucky me!

This one even played some golf too!

Maxwell ended the day at Widespread Panic…

Don’t worry – Spencer had the best day too running around the village with his friends and then playing two baseball games that night.

TGIF indeed!

Track Meet

Stephanie — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:04:00 +0000

The Foundation does a track meet each year for all of the elementary schools to compete against each other. This is the first year that Samantha decided she wanted to do it. I’m glad she did and I think she’s made she’s never done it before! She signed up for the 100m dash and the high jump…which she has never done before in her life! ha! Her friend Kate’s mom did track in high school she she volunteered to try and teach them a little form before the event…

They caught on pretty fast! The night of the meet was fun – and of course all the girls had their MBE flair! I spent the day searching for red and white ribbons…but they sure looked cute!

Love this sweet crew of buddies!

Samantha had been doing the high jump in her cheer shoes since they are lighter and then I realized she had gone over to line up for the 100m dash and didn’t have her running shoes. I had walked down to the track to try and get them to her and before I could get there I turned around and there she was coming toward me at full speed!

This girl turned on the gas!! She easily won her heat! Woohoo!!

She ended up 19th out of 100+ girls. I guess cheer shoes make pretty good running shoes too!!

She did great in the high jump too. She and Kate both cleared 3 feet, 6 inches which is awesome. They both narrowly knocked the bar down at 3 feet, 8 inches. Way to go girls!

Samantha also ran in a relay and they got second to last in their heat…but they had a lot of heart! It was a fun – and very, very long – night at the track!

TBT

Stephanie — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Throwing it back to April 2015…

My sweet, sweet babies.

LEAD

Stephanie — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000

As part of Spartan Council Maxwell has to be the leader of a group for the LEAD conference. He’s done a lot of planning and had to get his table all set up for the team reveal. Of course GJ was up bright and early to help blow up balloons – she’s the best!

I thought his table looked fantastic! He did a great job on the sign of course.

Proud of him!

at the club

Stephanie — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:08:00 +0000

Lots of fun events at the club lately including the Tangos dance party which had a 90s country band but was not 90s country dress but I went for it anyway….

Yeehaw! We also had a Masters party where we didn’t get a picture together but I liked my fit so here you go…

and finally Friday dinner on the patio with friends. Can’t beat it!

I really do love how much we use the club.