I Remember it Like it was Yesterday

Today is a special day - Jordan turned 18! When he and Kimber were babies (15 and a half months apart) I thought that this day was a far distant event. Now I sould like the old cliche of so many moms - Where did the time go?

It seems like just yesterday I was telling Andy while at the Air Show at Fairchild Air Force Base in the Spokane, Washington area that something was wrong. I hadn't felt the baby move all day. Off we went to the Base hospital. As soon as the monitors were hooked up the contractions began. I was still five weeks early so I was given medication to stop the labor - to no avail.
Because I was five weeks early the Base was unequipped to handle the delivery. So I was loaded into an ambulance where lights and sirens were going. Andy was following behind just as fast as he could - and yep the police stopped him for speeding. After he was warned that a dead husband and father would do none of any good he was on his way.

An epidural and a few hours later my sweet Jordan was born. He weighed in at 5 lbs 8 oz and was 20 1/4 inches long. Just a peanut.

I am so grateful Heavenly Father blessed me with this great guy as my son! I am so very pleased with who he has become.

Here is where I get to brag a bit:

He is full of life which depending on the day can be a wonderful/horrible thing
He is a hard worker and loves to be given responsibility
He looks a lot like his dad believe it or not.

He holds a 1st degree Black Belt in Mixed Martial Arts

He will be certifying soon as a Welder thanks to the vocational classes he has been taking
He is a worthy Priesthood Holder with the goal of going on a mission in a year
He is everything a mother would want her son to be.

With Grandpa Murphy

See the glint in his eyes? Always up to mischief.

So dapper!

He was one belt away from earning that 1st degree Black Belt.

Another one of his interests.

Happy Birthday Jordan - I Love You!

Happy Birthday to You & You & You & You

The month of October is a very busy birthday monthfor the Murphy's and for the Dale extended family.


For the Dale's we celebrate the birthday's of my dad (the 5th), Sara (Shauna's daughter, the 5th), my sister-in-law Jennifer (the 18th), Jeff (my brother, the 24th), and Alyson (Jeff's wife, the 29th).


But that's not all - throw in the Murphy's and you have: Josh (Kimber's husband, the 24th), Andy (the 25th), and Jordan (the 29th). WHEW!!!!


So to celebrate just a few my dad, mom, Andy, Jordan, Kimber, Josh, McKenna (My niece), and Callie (Tim's fiance) all went to "The Old Spaghetti factory" in downtown Phoenix. All of us LOVE that restaurant and it didn’t hurt that they were having 40% off their best menu items either

I took pictures with my cell phone, but none of them came out as I would have hoped so a view of the restaurant is the only visual for you this time around. (I guess I need to invest in a camera if I am going to be a consistent blogger.)

Here are some highlights:

Everyone except Kimber and Josh rode the light rail.

Enjoyed each other’s company while waiting to be seated (approx 30 min.)


Dad was cold while waiting so he and I wondered around the dining room where it was warm as if it were a museum


Got seated and ordered drinks and after a long wait ordered our food


Josh opened his presents since it was his actual birthday


Ate delicious food


Visited and Laughed A LOT



Got Spumoni for dessert while the staff sang birthday to all four of the boys and then they each blew out their candle


Watched McKenna do a “Spit-Take” after Krystn imitated the squeaky high Minnie mouse voice of our sweet waitress.


Rode the light rail home.

It was a great evening. I feel so very blessed to live so close to family and that we truly do enjoy being with one another.

Happy Birthday Everyone!

In The Beginning.

So here I go making my blog official. I have been playing around with it and still don't feel quite adequate. The purpose behind this blog is to share the events in my life from big to small and everything in between. The biggest event I get to share now are pictures from Kimber's wedding. I will try to edit them down, but I am so pleased with them that may be difficult. (I do have to give a big shout out to Katelin Roberts our photographer - she was fabulous.

Here goes:

Here's the happy couple just emerging from their sealing. It was a beautiful ceremony. The sealer had just the right amount of humor, but didn't over do it as to take away from the spirit. It turly was a blessing to watch my little girl make covenants and start this wonderful, insane, difficult, joyful journey called marriage.

They truly were joyful and are totally in love.

It looks like spring, but boy was it hot!!! And yet the bride and groom are all smiles.

My beautiful baby girl all grown up. She looks like an angel.

This is one of my favorites. Kisses all around!

Isn't this Clever? (Thank goodness the cars waiting behind and to either side were polite enough to let this picture be captured.)

The theme of the reception was music since that has been Kimber's passion until Josh came along. The cake was gorgeous. The topper was a Treble Clef and three Quarter Notes that I found on Etsy.com. Perfect.

The beginning of mischief - and everyone thought my neices were so sweet.

And the mischief continues - my poor car. The only thing that bothered me was the Silly String - nothing like the AZ heat in August to bake it on to the hood and melt it into the interior. Oh well.

This picture of the reception does not begin to do it justice. There were so many who made the vision that I didn't even know I had come true: Alyson, Tiffani, Spencer, Hope, Lisa, Taylor, and Andy. They worked magic and turned a church cultural hall into magic!

And just as my story begins - so does the story of their life.