Baby-sitting, Painting, Watching Gracie...

The last couple days have been very full!

On Wednesday, Momma, Joe, Lydia, and I went to Lori's (Hainline) to watch her four children while she had a midwife appointment. We were there from around ten to five. We had a very good time - the children were very sweet! Lydia and Graciela played with dolls while listening to music, then Graciela and I tried to play tennis outside (she was the better player! =). When it was lunch time, the girls and I ate in their tree fort. Half way through our meal, it started raining, so we pulled out an umbrella and ate under that! =) That afternoon, we played with play dough, watched "Winnie the Poor" (my absolute favorite child's movie! =), read a book, had a pillow fight, and played with dinosaurs, then Lori came home.

Yesterday (Thursday), Momma drove Hensie and me to Sarah's house to paint, then she took Gracie back to our house, then drove Sar to her chiropractor appointment. When we first opened the can of paint, we realized that their wasn't enough to give the whole room a second coat, so we just painted what we could, then cleaned their house. Daddy picked us up around five forty-five. Sarah and Stephen we able to stay for dinner, which was lots of fun!

And, today, while Stephen and Sarah go to some appointment, we're watching Gracie! =)

Our latest "Gracie news" is - she can walk! Only a few steps at a time, then she gets so excited she falls over! =) It won't be long until she's running around! =)

Random Stuff (I know. So creative)

This weekend, we're watching Gracie while Sarah and Stephen are on their trip! She's such a cute, fun, sweet, adorable baby and we've been having boatloads of fun with her! It's fun watching her grow up - she's now eating more foods like meat, (gluten-free) breads, and un-mashed bananas and peas. =) She can really get around on all fours - it's dangerous to take your eyes off her! She loves to sit on the piano bench and play the piano. She loves music and swings and claps her hands to it. She likes watching the cats, being thrown in the air, tickled, having songs sung and books read to her, likes chewing everything and puts everything into her mouth. When she's finished eating, she'll either shake her head "no more food", or do the sign language "all done".

Yesterday, due to the weather, our power went out! Since it was getting rather cold in this house and we were going to pick up Gracie that day, Hensie and I went to S&S's and watched Gracie their until our electricity came back on.

Today, after lunch, we all went sledding by the school. The hill we found isn't very steep, but is still fun. It's kind of a semi circle surrounded by school buses, so if you don't turn just right, you'll end up smashed into one of those yellow things. We stacked three people on one sled and tried several times to fly down the course without losing the top people. After a couple tries, we did it. (The people on top are screaming at the person controlling the sled "turn! TURN! Watch out for that bus!") When we came back from sledding, we had hot cocoa with whipping cream, then played all twelve rounds of Scatagories.

The Last Two Days...

Let's see...Phil came here yesterday. His Bronco broke down about three hours away around midnight, so Daddy and Matthew left to pick him up. They got back the next morning around eight a.m. The guys headed to bed while Mum, Hannah, Matthew (woken up from his sleep), Joe, Lydia, Sarah, Gracie, and I left to pick strawberries in an Azure field. We picked for about three hours and got lots of berries! We went shopping at different stores on the way home and didn't get back until nine p.m. We had a late night, but lots of fun with S&S&G and Phil.

This morning, after a big brunch, Phil and Laura picked up Gracie for the afternoon while Sarah and Stephen left on an all afternoon date, going to see "Courageous" in theater. It's been tons of fun having Gracie here - she's full of smiles and the cutest giggles. She loves to play "airplane" (complete with motor and revving engines sound effects! =), lay on her back while you drop a pillow on her face, play peek-a-boo, suck and chew on toys, read books, play "this is the way the lady rides", and she loves to eat! =) She's so much fun to baby-sit! =)

Just too cute!

More of Gracie

Lots of Gracie!!

We've had so much fun with Gracie this past week! Sorry to burden you with all these pictures - if anything, this post is for this little kiddo's proud aunties. =)

                                                                Cute as a bug! =)

I love this picture!

Pictures with the Murphy Children

Gracie

This is at our Lynden house. =)

Trying to get the tired little Gracie to fall asleep.

And listening to little girl lullabies.

A Cute Picture of Peter

Lydia and Ruthie in 2007

They were both four there!

Million Smiles Park

Day with the Murphys

The Murphys brought us some of the flowers from their yard!

The boys playing "Battle Ship".

Ruthie talking to Lydia in Oregon.

Peter looking cute.

We decided to play doctor after dinner. We rearranged the furniture a little bit. This is "the waiting room."

Peter waiting to be checked out.

Thomas Jackson - he had difficult breathing and needed attention immediately.

"My name is Ruthie Murphy and I have pneumonia."

This young soldier was just brought from the battle field. He was shot in the chest and bleeding badly.

I didn't get a picture of Joseph Murphy, but he was shot several times in the arm and knifed in the stomach. He was our only patient whom we attempted surgery.

Sick with pneumonia.

Feeling a little better?

Administering medicine. (Orange juice.=)

Nurse Hannah.

More Murphy Pictures! =)

Making cut-out sugar cookies with Hannah Victoria and Rebekah Ann.

Frosting and decorating the cookies!

The boys: Matthew and Joseph Murphy. I love this picture!=)

Joe and "Nomas" =)

Smile Daniel!

Murphy Children

Rebekah and Peter.

Cute little lion. =)

Hannah Feeding Peter.

Playing Pictionary. (That's a posed picture, btw.=)

Smile!

Hannah and Peter