Murphy's Six

It looks like we're going to need to change our name to Murphy's Six because we're expecting a little munchkin in September!! WOHOO! Hope all is well! XOXO -Amber & Gelsey

Happy Friday!!

Starbucks gone Crazy!

Does anyone else dislike the new Starbucks logo as much as I do?? What about the fact that they're considering adding wine to their menu?

Trader Joe's Fun

Trader Joe's had the cutest carts for little people that I have ever seen! They have a pole sticking up that says "customer in training" ha ha! When we got home I found some sprouted wheat berry bread and some asian pears that I didn't know I bought but I had enough fun with Frankie that I didn't really care.

Our Merry Christmas

We spent a lot of our Christmas break at my parents house in Albuquerque. We were very blessed to be able to spend the time with people we love. This blog is full of randomness but it's just a glimse of what our time looked like.

Ma'am knows what her grand kids like, she googled trucks and was showing Frankie all of the pictures of big-rigs.

We were lucky enough to have Ryan and Jessica on Christmas Day as well. The girls really love their Aunt Jess!

This may have been the favorite seat in the house!

There was a storm that came through that actually dropped snow in Phoenix but we weren't there to see it. Needless to say, we got more snow where we were. There was enough snow that it delayed our trip home, not that any of us minded much.

While we were in Flagstaff on our way home we decided to stop at the cemetery to see my grandparents and my uncle Frankie, they are buried in the most beautiful place.

It's hard to believe so much time has passed since I last saw my grandmother. When I was a child we used to spend Christmas Eve at her house where I got to play with my cousins and look at all of her wonderful Christmas decorations. I like to visit because it helps keep my memory of her alive.

Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and I hope the new year treats you well!!

XOXO -Amber

Girls Night at the Nutcracker

I had the pleasure of taking my girls to the Nutcracker last night. We had a fabulous time being together. The girls had a lot of questions for me about the story and the dancing. I hope this will be the beginning of a tradition that will last for years to come.

Ballet Arizona has some of the most beautiful costumes that I have seen anywhere and the Nutcracker is their biggest show of the year.

Hope all is well!! XOXO -Amber

Winterized Garden

It's a shame that I didn't photograph our backyard BEFORE we did all of the work, because then it would have been obvious how much work we did to winterize our garden. I didn't though so you'll just have to take my word for it. We had a hard freeze a couple of weeks ago that killed nearly everything. The only things that were able to pull through were things that like the cold, surprisingly, peas, brussel sprouts and lettuce. Everything else is toast. So we dug out all of the old plants and added some chicken pellets and compost to start amending the soil for spring. Josh also disassembled our bird cage for the winter as the net is a little beat up and will need to be replaced. Our poor little yard looks bare but also a bit bigger.

We also dug up all of our radishes, and there were quite a few, queue happy music : )

The chicken pellets worked because our radishes were sizable this time around, delicious too!

Hope all is well!! XOXO -Amber