Happy New Year's!

New Year's Eve day we went to the zoo with my parents and had a great time! The weather was perfect, the company wonderful and everyone enjoyed the scenery and the animals.
Papa and Caeden rode this fine camel and when Caeden got off I asked him if he had fun and he said, "yeah, but he had a stinky butt." :)
These spider monkeys are my favorite. God has so many little details finely put together in their little bodies and they are fun to watch!
All 6 of us took turns feeding the giraffes and it was a highlight for each of us. They really were super gentle and their black tongues were huge. It was wonderful to see them up close too.

It was a fantastic day and we consider ourselves so grateful to live by family. We love you all.... Andersons, Murphys and Orsos!

Christmas...out of order but a few shots anyway....

It was special to have my cousin Shea join us from Australia on Christmas day for pressies food and cuddles at my parents!
On Saturday the day after Christmas we celebrated with Jay's side at his parents. Caeden always loves play time with Aunt Cora and Uncle Nick!
Christmas morning at our house.... I was so excited to give Caleb this horsie, which he loves. He can ride it, it sings, neighs and makes other fun sounds. Jay and I did not exchange gifts the morning of this year as we wanted to spread it out and shop afterward. But I tell ya, there was an extra joy in not opening and watching our kids light up with their gifts!
Christmas Eve was at my parents house (after church) with my mom's extended family. We had family in from Utah, Texas, California and Colorado. Pretty cool.
And here is team Murphy. Blessed again this year by Jesus who we are so thankful for and all our family and friends that we got to see. What a wonderful week! Thanks Grandpa Sid and Grandma Pat too for the quick skype, sweet card and gift. We are grateful for you too! And Auntie Jillers in Korea thanks for the skype. We can't wait to see you in February face to face!

We have had a lot going on!!

My wonderful cousin Shea is in from Australia for 6 weeks. We sure LOVE having her around. It's great to just eat dinner, cuddle on the couch, go shopping, do events together and enjoy each other's company. This pic was taken the night we went to the Phoenix Zoo's Zoo Lights. :)
Caeden did his very first Christmas Program with his class this Tuesday. It was adorable and Jay and I were super proud parents. We both traveled quite quickly down memory lane from our own early childhood programs. How fantastic that it continues! This picture was from silent night with sign language. As you can see every kid is doing a different move at the same time. A deaf person would probably have been very confused but we thought it was so cute that they were trying so hard!
My sister Kelsey just graduated on Thursday night from ASU with a degree in Education!! Yeah Kelsey we are proud of you and the world needs awesome teachers like you!! There is nothing like investing in the lives of others and enriching them with love and knowledge, you will be blessed in return beautiful one!

Jay and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary yesterday. He brought home these beautiful roses for me and set a nice table for a fantastic meal together, also prepared by daddy. What a man I have!! I love you hun!! We will be planning a night out at a hotel for just the 2 of us as soon as sweet Caleb decides to sleep through the night. :) Who knows when we will be blessed with that, but we sure have something to look forward too!!
Merry Christmas from our family to yours.... We have so much to be grateful for!! Enjoy these special days with loved ones and remember the greatest gift we all have been given is Jesus, the reason for this season! Thank you Lord for such a beautiful plan of redemption and love, we will never be the same!!

10 month old Caleb

Loves to feel like he is big stuff behind the wheel.

LOVES bath time!

I think we have another musician in the family. He will sit at Jay's feet and watch him play for quite some time.

SO BIG! One of his favorite "tricks". He also loves to give "5".

They look like "uh oh we've been caught." Which is usually the case. This time Caeden had a smoothie and Caleb decided he should have some too. I had a mess on my hands for sure!