A very Murray Thanksgiving

This year we had a very Murray Thanksgiving! We were up north in Ogden and had Thanksgiving held in a church gym. That tells you how many Murray's were there. The food was delicious and the company was outstanding!

All these folks are Murray's!

It was quite the get together.

Here's Jordan enjoying his juice after his meal of yams, turkey, and whatever else we could get into his mouth. He's starting to get picky about food... not fun.

After the food the guys participated in a crazy game of dodge ball! Everyone loved it! I am so grateful for family and especially for how families can be together forever. This is a special time for us as we are soaking in as much family as we can before we move to Arizona. We have been greatly blessed by our Heavenly Father in obtaining an education, having a job, having the church all around the world, our wonderful family, our marriage, and our sweet son to name a few. Let us always remember to be thankful.

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Job!

Announcement!

We have accepted a job with Honeywell in Tuscon, Arizona!

We will be there by January. Preston starts work on the 9th. We feel so blessed by our Heavenly Father. Wish us well.

We are excited for this new adventure in our lives.

Dinosaurs go Rarrrr!

Jordan has a new favorite toy. He's really into dinosaurs right now. He can even do the sound effects. We think it's the cutest thing ever. Enjoy and smile :)

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone!

I hope yours was a great one! Here are (left to right) Bart, Preston/Hillary/Jordan's, and Ron's creativity of making our jack-o-lanterns. I was impressed with all of them. Bart's was... can you guess??? Jack The Pumpkin King, ours was just a scary pumpkin and Ron's was so funny... it's a Taiwanese person. You can tell where he's been for the past two years? You can't see it in this dark picture but Ron's has a little hat on too.

Here we are showing Jordan how to carve a pumpkin. It's so fun to show our little guy new things.

Here's everyone working hard on their creations. It was really fun! We haven't all carved pumpkins together since we were little. Ah memories....

Jordan looking at the pumpkin like... "What are you doing dad?"

Here is Jordan and I at the ward Trunker Treat. He thought it was pretty strange. I can understand... he's never seen anything like it. Next year he'll probably get more excited.

Here's Jordan's cute costume. He's our little skeleton. P.S. it glows in the dark too!

Mommy and Jordan... Happy Halloween!

Here are some really impressive pumpkins from the Trunker Treat. Fun times.

Surprise!

Charlie, Cara, Bart, and Preston all showed up late Thursday night to surprise Ron. Mom and I were trying to keep him up late enough to be able to see the gang. There was a ring from the door bell and we told Ron he had to answer it. He did and was happily surprised!

While in Washington we had a chance to do a lot of fun things. We watched a BYU football game at the Russell's house with Kira, Jason, and their little guy David.

We played a lot of Uno. Not sure how the Uno marathon got started but it brought a lot of laughs with it.

We went to the Webb's favorite park, Illahee and had fun times there. We actually saw tons of wildlife... or should I say marine life while we were there. It was all very different for Cara. We saw jellyfish, crabs, starfish, fish, seagulls, and I might be forgetting some. Here's Bart carefully handling a crab they caught.

Charlie and Cara having fun on the dock.

Jordan was having fun on the beach. It took some real effort to not let him run into the water. Here's Preston showing Jordan how to write his name in the sand. How cute!

Mommy and Jordan. This was the first time that Jordan has been to Washington. It was so fun to show him my favorite things about the Great Northwest and to show him where I grew up. True he won't remember it, but it was still fun.

Here's the fam walking on a trail at Illahee State Park. What fun times we all had together. Welcome home Ron! We love you!