Christmas Traditions

I am back to blogging. Life is crazy, but trying to keep things as normal as possible for the kids. We continued our tradition this year of going to a tree farm to pick out our tree. Again we had intentions of cutting one down, but picked a pre-cut one instead. Oh well, it was fun anyway. Clayton loved running around and Maddie liked touching the trees. The decorations are up at the house, but I haven't finished the tree yet. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with Justin's family and we have a ton to be thankful for. Hope everyone has a great holiday season.

My goal is to catch the blog up on the last couple of months this week. Stay tuned.

Just Another Friday Night at the Murphys

Fun With Kate and Nora

We were so excited that our friends Megan, Kate and Nora could come down for the whole day today! We had soooooo much fun. Clayton and Kate played and played. They also made their own pizza for dinner. Maddie loved watching all the action. I don't think Nora was overly impressed, but we hope she had fun too!

Um, Matt and Justin, Megan and I decided we need a moms only day next time. :)

Happy Halloween!

Fun With Daddy

When Daddy isn't away working for the cho cho train company, we are having tons of fun this fall. The weather here is unseasonably warm. It is in the mid 80s today. We came home from Galena on Friday and were able to have some nice family time and get about a million things done too. Here are some pics from one of the outdoor projects. Madeline is a good supervisor. :) I say that, but based on these pics there was a lot of fooling around going on!

Halloween Party at the Library

I took Clayton to the Halloween Party at the Galena Library today. He was soo cute as you can see. This isn't his full Cho Cho Conductor outfit, but we imprivised on the fly. He got to hear all kinds of scary stories and was super excited he got a ghost treat bag!