Ali Grace Murphy

My sister and her husband Chris welcomed a new baby girl on Thursday. Her name is Ali Grace Murphy and she weighed 6lbs and 7oz. She is teeny tiny and just adorable. Matthew and Mason could not get enough of her and hated to have to leave to come home. 

Fall State

The Bombers played in the Fall State Tournament this past weekend in Edmond, OK. The boys played great and ended up getting 2nd place. We were all really proud of them for playing so well since we haven't played together since June and also we moved up in age group for this tournament so we did really well. I did not get any pictures - my camera was not cooperating with me.

Nothing else much is going on with us - they boys both finish playing fall baseball next week and then we have fall break which I know they are both looking forward to. I can't believe that 9 weeks of the year is already almost over for the boys I just don't know where the time goes. 

We are looking forward to traveling to Arkansas next week to meet our new niece and baby girl cousin. Hope everyone is doing great!

Baby Estella

My younger sister Misti and her husband Morgan had their first baby yesterday. Her name is Estella Irene Carmichael and she is precious. She was 8lbs. 4oz. and was 19.5 inches long. The boys told me that it was my turn to have another baby since Aunt Misti and Aunt Christy are both having one. I of course said no way!! 

Go Huskers!

We surprised the boys with a trip to Nebraska this weekend to watch the Nebraska vs. San Jose State game. We woke the boys up on Friday morning and instead of going to school we left for Nebraska. We stayed downtown at a hotel a couple of blocks away from the stadium and walked around downtown and did some Husker's shopping. It was a beautiful day for a football game and we were only rained on for a couple of minutes. I just had to stop and take some pictures of the HUGE sunflower field that we drove past. They were amazing! Oh and about that sling Matthew is wearing, we thought he may have broken his arm skateboarding the night before we were to leave for Nebraska so we spent some time at the ER where they x-rayed his elbow and found nothing broken just bruised or as Mason likes to say "a contusion" which is the word the doc used. He is still a little sore but doing much better. The skateboard has taken a vacation. 

First Day of School 2008

I'm only a month late at putting these photos up geez! :) The boys started back to school on August 13 and seem to be doing just great. Both of the boys are at First Lutheran this year which has made it a lot easier getting them to and from school. Matthew started the 6th grade which is middle school (oh my!) and Mason started 1st grade. Wow how the time flies. 

Arkansas and Kansas City

After Mason's birthday party the boys went back to Arkansas with Mimi and Papa. The boys had fun going to the movies, bowling and shopping. They also went to a baseball game to watch the minor-league team The Nationals which is in Springdale. Thanks for having the boys for a few days! 

I drove over to Arkansas and picked the boys up and we went on to Kansas City to visit Grandpa Larry and Grandma Jill. Dad and I took the boys to a Kansas City Royals game and grandpa and grandma took them swimming and to ride go-carts. They sent me some good pics of them riding go-carts but I couldn't get them to save correctly. I am still trying to figure this whole Mac thing out. Thanks for the pictures! Thank you to Dad and Jill for also keeping the boys for me while I went to Lawrence to 

Misti's baby shower. 

Mason is finally 6!

Mason could not wait for his birthday to get here. Everyday he would mark off the day on his calendar and then add up the days until he turned 6. He said it took forever to finally get here. We had a great time and had most of our families here to celebrate with us. We appreciate everyone coming and I know Mason had a great day!