Snoqualmie Falls....

It rained and rained and rained during our visit to Washington in November.  Since there was so much rain Grandpa thought the Snoqualmie Falls would be fun to visit.  The falls were amazing!  We got completely drenched walking from the car across the street to the viewing area for the falls.
The white mist around the falls is actually mist from the amazing amounts of water pouring over and crashing at the bottom of the falls.

Carson the Wrestler....

Carson finally has a place to wrestle where I won't send him to his room for doing it!

Carson lost his first wrestling match. He wrestled against a kid who won a state championship last year.

Logan sings...

Last night Logan performed in his first high school choir concert. He looked mighty handsome in his Tux too! He seemed to walk a little taller being in his Tux! They sang 3 songs and did very well. It is fun to see my kids really enjoying themselves and Logan looked like he was having great fun!

Apples....

We went last Saturday afternoon to pick apples with Grandma Lockhart. Of course no outing would be complete without Steve taking over 250 photos of the event! I must say he did get some cute shots of the kids! I am grateful for the enormous photo collection I have of my children. Sometimes the photos and memories are all we have left... I miss my Jonny!

These are a few of my favorite shots from our apple picking adventure.
The slideshow below shares more of the kids having fun.

Artist at work....

Emily has been enjoying the coloring project she received in her birthday box. I think some of the big kids have enjoyed it just as much too!

Emily's Birthday Box....

Emily received a package in the mail from her grandparents in Washington. She even read her name on the box "Emily Marie Murphy" although it really said "Miss Emily Murphy"

She was delighted as she pulled each treasure out of the box. The trick was for the photographer to keep up with the presentations.

Even the big kids have enjoyed watching, sharing, and helping Emily enjoy her birthday box treasures!

From Grandma's Pumpkin Patch...

The kids got to pick their pumpkins from Grandma Lockhart's pumpkin patch this year. She had some really good-sized ones too. Emily was thrilled to pick out her own pumpkin. She didn't go for big, just for the one she liked!

My new wall...

I found this set of vinyls on a website my friend asked me to look at doing for her. I fell in love with the highlighted special that was on the homepage and had to order it for my wall. I went through the thousands of photos on my computer to find my favorites to enlarge. I went by another friend's business and bought frames and then off to TaiPan Trading company and found the wrought iron piece at the top. It has just made the whole room come together nicely. I just need a few embelishments around the room before I am done, but I LOVE my new wall!

A visit to Jonny's grave...

We went last Sunday as a family to Jonny's grave so everyone could see his headstone for the first time.

Emily sat down and traced every letter on the headstone

Brothers....

I have been working on a new project for my wall in my family room and going through photos for that project. This is one of my all-time favorites of my children. We have over 30,000 photos on my computer (not exaggerating) and this is one of the top favorites. It captures so well the love between these two boys and their personalities too! It can be overwhelming, the volume of photos I have to go through for projects, but I am so glad that my husband is a man of MANY shots! I miss the big hugs Jonny gave! I miss my boy!