That was then, this is now . . .

 

 

Carlie is only 5 months old, but has already grown so much! Who does she look like?

That was then, this is now . . .

 

Ethan in May of 2005, a couple of days old.

 

Ethan Winter of 2007 fixing his own cereal on a Saturday morning (I guess I didn't get up out of bed soon enough!) Notice his pajamas - he did that too..

That was then, this is now . . .

 

Nicci Spring of 2003

 

Nicci Christmas 2007

That was then, this is Now . . .

 

Conner in 2002

 

Conner summer of 2007

My BEAUTIFUL Nieces!

 

Breanna at Christmas

 

McKenna at one of Nicci's birthday parties.

 

Reagan, Breanna, and Nicci at Papa and Leslie's in the chicken coop.

 

McKenna at Aunt Gi Gi and Uncle Seany's house.

I'm kind of enjoying being in the habit of blogging everyday, but I know me and it probably won't happen EVERY day. These are my very beautiful nieces. Most of these were taken several years ago. Breanna, McKenna, and Reagan are just such neat girls and we love them a lot. We wish we all lived closer so the girls could all play together more. Enjoy!

Watch This!

This is a video of Conner explaining Everquest when he was about 7 years old. He's so cute! He has a lot more hair now.

Some Older Pictures

 

 

 

 

These are some pictures from Spring of 2003 at Galveston Beach. We had a lot of fun with the Lagunas's's's that week. It's so cute to see how the kids have grown up - such cuties!

Happy St. Patrick's Day - A Little Early, I Know

In honor of St. Patrick's Day and the fact that McMurphy's are Irish we are taking small steps to GO GREEN! Here is our first step:

I go to Target about twice a week (sometimes more, sometimes less - I know, make a list and you won't have to go as often!), and each time I go I get about this many plastic bags. We save them to line our small trash cans and use them for yucky diapers, but still have them stashed in two places in our house waiting to be reused. Even though we reuse them they will still take about 20 years to decompose in the land fills. So, if I get about 8 bags twice a week, that's 416 bags a year!

Here is our solution to our contribution to the plastic bags in landfills. We have two types of reusable grocery bags. The ones on the top fold up into these neat little pouches that I can just throw into my purse and grab really easily. The ones on the bottom are kind of like paper sacks made of reusable material for larger grocery purchases. So far, I have had great success with them and the people at the check-out counter seem to like them, too!

Adoption - the MOUND of Paperwork

This is the line up of the stacks of paperwork we have had to read through, fill out, copy, file, and notarize.
I have about three pouches of paperwork that are all together in their own section which just emphasizes the stacks of paperwork.

All of it put in one huge overflowing binder along with my trusty hole punch and my beautiful label maker. (If it's not nailed down it's got a label on it!)

Can you imagine the smell in this room? There were about twenty 10-12 year old boys in this room that had been playing really hard for a couple of hours. The lovely birthday boy loves to jump in front of the camera. Ah, the life of an 11 year old boy!

These were taken at Conner's 11 birthday party at JumpU!

New Pictures of Carlie

Here is the precious Carlie. These are taken in February. She is now 5 months old, she can roll over (front to back only then gets frustrated and someone has to roll her back over), she can giggle, she eats some cereal, and she sleeps all night! She is a very good baby!