Happy Birthday Christy ! ! !

Happy Birthday to the many faces of Christy. She sure has a face for all occasions. Please note the designs by Kathy in photo's 3 and 4, and the influence on her prom dresses in the later pictures. Christy can go to the sweetest,"Oh can I help you" to the "Don't you even look at me!"

I've got to admit though, she is a cutie!

We love you Christy! ! !

Happy birthday...

Happy birthday to you
You belong in a zoo
You look like a monkey
And you smell like one too!!!

Happy birthday Christy!!

THE NEIGHBORS

Just in case you haven't met the neighbors before; Hi, I'm Abby. My husband is James. We have 3 kids, Lauren, Carter, and Isabella. It is soooo nice to finally meet you! :)

We had a wonderful Christmas! Too much new stuff to share.

NEWS UPDATE: ISABELLA IS FINALLY WALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carter is on the calendar for the 8th to have under his tongue clipped. (Can't spell the word; and don't have time to look up)
Lauren, Lauren, Lauren. Nothing new, just missing MICKEY'S, since dance has been on holiday :)

All in all, everyone is doing good :)

Till we meet again, take care and have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Oh, I almost forgot. Here's a pic of "MY NEIGHBORS" dog! Isn't he just the cutest thing in his new little snuggie!

Update on Kelli

hey everyone! sorry i am never on here at all. i have been super busy with an amazing guy that is now in my life :) we are always together! even jerrud and cindy never really see me because between him and work i am never home! if i am he is by my side! he buys my stuff all the time and treats me right! he even left me roses in my car last night when i got off work. what a surprise to come to after a stressful night at work! anyways, as im typing this he is beside me now :) but i had a great christmas and hope everyone did as well. Love you all!

Hamster....

Here she is.........

Yes everyone, thanks to Kathy and Christy getting a hamster for their house, I was talked into getting one for our house. The kids call her Rosie. She is a robo dwarf hamster. Dan said the kids could not have one but I guess that's what he gets for not living with us much. :). My computer still isn't working so I can't upload a pic. I'll get one of her with my phone and get mom to upload it for me.

Christmas

OH My!!! Here I go....I have been so busy that I never post or read this blog...bad big sis...anyway. This year has been a big challenge for the Murray house but we managed to have a good holiday. We do not attend church but it was wonderful to hear our children comment on the manger scenes and they were very knowledgeable. So.....Olivia only asked for threee things and got them all!!! (Mirror, babydoll and princess sheets) Cameron is turning into quite the boy and wants it all. Randy and I received gift cards to our favorite places to eat and we will enjoy them. We finally got a Wii and Cameron beats my butt on everything. I hope that all my family had a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year!!!

Love
Wendy

Merry Christmas.......the aftemath

Well, Christmas has come and gone.......leaving Sherrill a mess like this! Meghan and Seth had already opened their presents an were gone. Lauren, Carter and Isabella opened theirs and cleaned up the mess. Then Christmas night Sherrill started in with his. He had opened Cindy's earlier in the day. This is the mess he had left behind.

I wanted to make sure he wasn't depressed, so he got lots of presents. He didn't even want to return any. He was a little grouchy, but all in all he did fine. At least he got to talk to EVERYONE!

Our Presents this year

Sorry no pictures to upload, still don't know how to work this stupid printer to get pictures to upload. Well the kids had a blast, we were up at 4:00 am to open presents, Santa was very good to us this year. Kenneth got a Diji, batman stuff, transformer guy, new light saber and a new skee ball game. Luke got a Leapster 2, light saber, a big Giga ball ( that is a ball that you get in and have some one push you around), pin ball machine, spy gear. Catherine got a tea table and tea set, play kitchen, Leapster, view finder, barbie car and barbies. Mom got socks, work out game for the Wii, and a remote start for my van. Dad got 5 new hunting shirts, portable GPS for hunting, gun mount for the 4 wheeler, and new fishing supplies. Our family gift was a 40 inch LCD TV. Me and Kurt sleigh jacked Santa and got the good stuff out. Can't you tell. Oh yea and Jake got baby toys and a new walker. I hope everyone had a great day. Kurt left right after we opened our presents and will be gone till the 31st. The only reason I can still make it and not be sad is going shopping after Christmas for some good deals. Thank goodness for Credit Cards SSSHHHHH don't tell Kurt :) Merry Christmas

Christmas story

Christmas activities are coming to a quiet end. All our bellies are full, the trash is waiting to go out, and the kids are playing with their toys. How many of us thought about the real meaning of Christmas? If you go to church, I know your kids know about Jesus, the manger, and the wise men. How about doing good things for people, and just being kind in general.

Hope you and your family know how much you are loved and appreciated. I hope you know too that even though I might not talk to you alot on the phone, or threaten to spank your child, or almost forget a birthday that I wouldn't trade any one of you. Even though from time to time we might bicker, I do know that deep down everyone DOES love their brother and sisters.

I am glad that we are all a family, for better or worse, rich or poor, etc, etc.

Merry Christmas everyone, and know that we love you!

Happy Birthday James

Happy Birthday Sir James.............

Hope you have a great birthday and a Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas to all...................so, what did you get? Be sure to let us know!

Birthday baby!

Happy Birthday to YOU........
Happy Birthday to YOU........
Happy Birthday Dear Kat.....
We ALL LOVE YOU ! ! !

I was going to pull out a really old pic, but decided to go ahead and get one with the other December Birthdays!

Another Mandy visit to NC

Yes everyone, I'm going back to NC in March but this time without the kids. :). I'm going to go around and label everything in the house that I want when mom and die die. :). REALLY. So we will start a list.... Let me know what you want and I'll tag it for you also. First come first get. :)

Also, in May I will be going to SD to see Kelli's grad. :).

If anyone else would like me to come visit them, let me know.

Happy Birthday....

Yes everyone, Kathy has a birthday Thursday, James on Friday and Christy on next Thursday. Make sure everyone calls them at midnight and sing to them. Don't worry, they are all use to me doing it so they won't mind.



I love you all!!!

Thanks mom

So as you all know by now, I left my Christmas cards at moms house and she sent them out for me. Yes, they do look strange but that would be Dabs fault. I let him make the cards and that is what he came up with.

So thank you mom for addressing and sending my cards out!! We had fun while we were there. I'll look at Seths school schedule and see when I can come back out. Have a great Christmas and be nice to dad!!

More Presents .......

Meet my newest best friend.....the UPS truck. He comes on a daily basis, sometimes twice a day. Girl dog doesn't even bother to move off the front porch when it arrives. They just stack the boxes around her. Maybe Sherrill won't be so depressed after all this Christmas.

Eli, come on out after Christmas. Grandpa will be having a BIG bonfire!

Seth the Pizza Boy

Mandy made it to Mississippi safe and sound. Seth is already with his Grandpa Don making their dinner. No Papa John's here.....just Papa Don!

Mandy's gone

Mandy left this morning. Need I say more?
I miss her already!

Ready to Munch?

I just can't seem to keep Sherrill OUT of the kitchen. Mandy brought in assorted snacks, and he just can't stay away.

I thought about fixing some of these cockroach clusters and see if they will work. It is simply a popcorn ball with pecans on the outside. As Kathy would say....."How cute is that".

Sto Baby ! ! !

I just stole this off Kat's blog. Look at my handsome grandson. I sure wish I could have been there for his concert. My baby Sto singing!

Eli at Sto's Concert

Kat just sent this from her phone. They are at Chris' concert tonight.