Adventures of the Murphy Family

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Group shot

Here is one more beach picture .. on our last day, right before getting into the car to drive home. What a nice vacation!

Sunday, September 2, 2012

We just got back from a wonderful vacation to San Diego (Mission Beach). We got to spend a week there with Grandma Sheila and Aunt Sara at a cute little beach house. What a perfect vacation for a family! We hope to go again next year.

Our house was just steps from the boardwalk, which was great for rollerblading and bike riding, bird chasing and tractor watching.

Brian and I went stand up paddle boarding one morning - it was fun, but I think we both liked boogie boarding best. More exciting!

The boys liked the beach OK, but I think Max was scared by the sound of the waves. Sand was a new one for them as well, and they quickly learned that it gets everywhere (eyes, mouths, etc. etc.). We got to go a few times with everyone, and a few other times without the kids. It was so nice to be close to the water.

We drove to La Jolla to see the seals at Seal Beach - The boys liked that, but were again a little timid about the waves.

A nice lady took our picture for us ... but wasn't quite sure how to get us all in the frame.

We had a day at Sea World - lots of fun! We got to see a lot of animals, which the boys liked. Jake REALLY liked going on the rides though - I think we are going to have a little roller coaster enthusiast someday.

We went to Balboa Park to ride the train - it was a big hit!

Monday, August 13, 2012

Chico Fun!

We had a lovely trip to Chico in July - took a TON of pictures. Here are 50 something of my favorites :-) I did narrow them down quite a bit ... I think we came home with 400 pictures.

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This first group of pictures is from our holy pilgrimage to Schubert's Ice Cream

This next group of pictures is of the cousins (minus Max, who was sleeping) and Papa Rich in the Model A Ford he is working on.

Here are a few of Jake and Mylie being silly .. they get along SO well for being so young. They barely had a squabble - pretty good for spending over two weeks together!

Here are some pictures from our impromptu family reunion .. My whole Chico family was there, Grandma Cornelius and Uncle Pete & Aunt Colleen were there (Dad's Mom and Brother and Sister In-Law) and Uncle Richard and Aunt Shelley (Mom's Sister and Brother In-Law) were there too!