Friday, July 10, 2009

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!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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.

For some must push and some must pull..

This year for youth conference with our new stake, we went to Martin's Cove again. This was my third time there, but that place never ceases to amaze me. It is so great to feel that closeness to all those that suffered there. With both stakes that went, we had 8 tour busses, but we only had 4 go from our ward. so it was a huge group, but at the same time, a very close knit, tiny one. It pored rain, our bus was struck my lightning, we lived through a lethal hale storm, and two 9 hour bus rides, but we had a blast! It just made it so much more realistic. The weather was beautiful while we were at the cove, but it was raining when we left, so no one thought to put sun screen on. We got a bad sun burn and had a snowball fight, all in one day!It was great.


this isnt the 4 from our ward- these were some kids from 2nd ward(we hung with that ward a lot cuz they only had a few people too)
this is just after the hail storm and before the hail fight

this is some of the hail that made it into our tent during the storm. we were trying to hold out tent up as it was falling down and these little pellets left welts! Our cute "ma and pa"(brother and sister Bridgewater)

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Just look at all these happy little campers! :]

This year for girls camp we went to the Groburg cabin in Island Park. It was great! MommaMel Hart and Sandi Jaussi were our directors. We had so much fun! We did a death- oops i mean COPE course, floated the river, went and saw Footloose at the Playmill, and lots and lots of other amazing things!( Not to mention the 53 mesquito bites!) But other than that, it didnt even seem like camping! It was just like a big 4 day sleepover in a ginormous hotelcabin with great friends!Our theme was from Sister Daltons talk about how with the strength of the Lord, we CAN do all things. Everything was in cans. it was great!Here are some pictures from our amazing adventures!