What is Christmas without music??

That's right- nothing! :) We had our choir concert this past Monday (the 21st) and it was so much fun! The advanced women's choir 3 songs, 2 of which are a capella (without the piano) and in a different language. It was such a challenge to get them down but so much fun. My favorite one that we sang was called "Train de' Ver". It is one of the a capella ones that is french and translates to Winter Train. There wasn't many actual french words in it, most of the words were just a sting of sounds that all imitated the sound of a train coming in the beginning getting really loud in the middle and leaving at the end. Then we went a step further and added claps! It sounded amazing! Singing in this choir is so much fun! I feel like i have arrived, doing exact the things that i wantched almost all my siblings do for so long and now its my turn! haha
Blaine and Kristin were able to make it down. We had so much fun!

The cute pretty-much-still newly weds...

We had some more fun with the fancy year book camera.. Blaine and Kristin wanted some that they could show their children later. They turned out pretty cute! These are just a few of my favorites. These two are so cute together!

Getting in the Christmas Spirit on Amy Lane....

So we have this manger scene that my Dad's family put up when he was a kid. So Dad had a shelter built for it to protect it from the snow. We decided to put it up the other day. It seemed like we were framing in a house, seeing as how it's rather large. Like as big as our living room large. We had a blast putting it up!



And this is my stunt man brother blake.....


My cute Papa...



and Blaine....


Then later, we were on a roll, so we went for the Christmas lights, too. :) Blaine was the head honcho coordinator man.


and Kristin and I played a little... :)


Then Blaine got on the roof.


.. and Kristin wasn't too happy about it..

We had lots of fun and the house looks great and super festive!

Turkey Bowl!

This year on Thanksgiving, we had a family turkey bowl. It was a blast!

Katie's Pictures

This past weekend, i had a was fancy yearbook camera. So, i decided to have a little fun with it! Katie was nice enough to be my subject :)

Halloween

Pics soon to come on this one too :)

Laurens Blessing!

My Sweet Neice Lauren's blessing...

Well dorthy....

We left for a trip to Topeka, Kansas to be there when Eli was born, to help my brother Blake and his family move home, and to bring his little girl with us! We had SO much fun!! It was another amazing adventure!!


"no, we are not lost.. i just not sure where we are at the moment" (Direct Quote) :)

i swear, we killed enough bugs on our windshield that i think we cut the population of bugs at least in half.

*favorite!*
Just chillin in an alligator...
it's gunna EEEAT me!"

The amazing carousel in the middle of Topeka.
Ry bug and I. i love watchin little kids at things like this!

Russel Stover chocolate factory!!
These were the super.. stylin- ya thats it- shirts that brooke and i got at the half off half store in topeka. haha- some of the looks we got while wearing them were CLASSIC!

Our New, Sweet Addition

My sweet nephew, Eli Marcus Murray was born on the 30th of June, 2009 in Topeka, Kansas.
He was 7 pounds, 19 inches.