tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13033751010338225792024-03-13T11:57:27.434-06:00The Murphy FamilySeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07679331236186453235noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-55154955588903136222012-04-27T13:45:00.001-06:002012-04-27T13:45:51.631-06:00TireGo ahead and add changing a flat tire for the first time to my last post. Luckily, it was in my sister's parking lot instead of on the side of a snow-covered freeway. I will post pictures when I am able to post pictures from my whole trip.Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-24802868828320424702012-04-26T22:36:00.001-06:002012-04-26T22:36:21.909-06:00New England AdventureAs I mentioned in the last post, we have some traveling to do this spring and summer. I've been looking forward to it, while at the same time dreading it because of all the preparation and energy that go into traveling with kids. Well, Operation Coast to Coast is officially underway since last Sunday when Matilda, Serafina, and I piled into our Mazda5 with all sorts of luggage, snacks, and toys Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-45487950055336167642012-04-15T21:43:00.000-06:002012-04-15T21:43:24.575-06:00Did you know......that we live in Champaign, Illinois? Nauvoo is about 4 hours away
...that Sean is attending law school at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign? First day of school
...that Sean got a shave and a haircut (two bits!)?
...that we enjoy trips to Chicago?Cubs game
...that Matilda turned three and loves going to preschool?Rapunzel for Halloween
...that Serafina turned one?
...that theMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-44085141296492057642011-06-11T13:51:00.005-06:002011-06-11T15:36:07.981-06:00Where does the time go?It's been almost 4 months since our last post, so it seems to be about the right time to blog again. Since having a second child, I simultaneously feel like I have all the time in the world and like I have absolutely no time to do anything. Does anyone know what I mean? I'll be home with the girls all day and not have anything planned, so I think to myself, "I'll probably have a little bit of Seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07679331236186453235noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-64780969458603861612011-02-18T22:06:00.014-07:002011-03-04T12:39:13.669-07:00Becoming a father for the second timeBecoming a father for the second time, it’s hard to explain. It was a bit like watching Bollywood remake of The Sixth Sense. I knew what was going to happen, all the elements were the same (we got a baby in the end—or in Megan’s case, out of her end), but it’s a different setting, different people, and more fun. That analogy obviously has its limits, however, as Bollywood seems to make everythingSeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07679331236186453235noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-74693372791408649382011-01-31T00:13:00.001-07:002011-01-31T10:41:39.687-07:00Trying to keep you happy.Dear Readers of Our Blog,
I promise I have not forgotten about our blog. I remember how to get to it and I remember how to post. I remember that there are a few people around the globe who really want to get updates about the Murphy family and see pictures of our darling daughters. I remember all of these things and have wanted to post several times the past six weeks. The problem is that we Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-38162419000943462282010-12-20T13:32:00.002-07:002010-12-20T13:39:21.295-07:00What A Morning...After four and a half hours of labor and three minutes of pushing, I had a baby this morning. Five hours later, we were sitting on the couch at home eating In'n'Out while our dog sniffed Miss Serafina to get acquainted. What an unbelievable morning!Serafina Fern MurphyDecember 20, 20105 pounds 14 ounces20 inchesSean posted a lot of pictures on facebook, so you can check those out until I get someSeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07679331236186453235noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-7145544664285248102010-11-22T15:57:00.000-07:002010-11-22T15:57:51.991-07:00Pregnancy Recap at 35 1/2 WeeksIn the past, my blogging time has typically been while Matilda is napping in the afternoon, but for the past several months, I have found myself needing a nap even more than her during this time, so my blogging has suffered. One of the reasons that I have been needing the afternoon naps is because I tend to wake up anywhere between 3 and 6 AM and can't fall back asleep due to Baby Girl also Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-28608042029879311772010-09-14T12:19:00.001-06:002010-09-14T12:23:29.412-06:00Summer Fun in Oregon!Due to the many, many things that keep us in Utah, we don't get to visit Oregon nearly as much as I would like. The past two Thanksgivings and Christmases have been spent in dear old Provo, and that won't be changing this year with a baby due on Christmas Day (my midwife changed my due date back). Because of this, I like to take somewhat "extended" vacations to McMinnville during the summer. I Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-3094139379498647412010-09-07T11:41:00.000-06:002010-09-07T11:41:56.906-06:00BangsJust in case American rap is a little too racy for you, I wanted to introduce you to some wholesome Sudanese-Australian rap. Enjoy!
Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-18162771430172351222010-08-31T17:18:00.000-06:002010-08-31T17:18:17.849-06:00FlooredOver two years ago, when we first saw the house that we eventually bought, we fell in love with it. I am still in love with our little 111 year old house. The bathroom, although very small, has a big clawfoot bathtub that, again, I love. The previous owners had bath mats that covered the whole floor and we just never thought to look under them to see what the floor was like...and then we moved inMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-82886651895426132712010-08-27T00:23:00.000-06:002010-08-27T00:23:46.642-06:00No More Back to SchoolFor almost twenty years, I never realized the importance of "back to school" days in the resetting of my yearly life-cycle. As I am sure many people would agree, it feels even more absolute as a new beginning than New Years Day, and so the absence of the event is making me feel a bit incomplete. I use to LOVE back to school shopping, and I don't mean clothes shopping, although that was nice too. Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-53157662454032668492010-06-15T17:36:00.000-06:002010-06-15T17:36:44.855-06:00I'm Making a ComebackMy last post was about my upcoming dance concert, which is now long past, so I think a couple pictures are overdue. I'm so happy that I was able to be a part of such a wonderful piece during my last semester at BYU.
Giving our wonderful choreographer, Marin, some flowers for being awesome
Ready to go onstage
Random dancing shot
Now rewinding back a couple of months to the end of December. Sean Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-1708736764949547962010-02-26T15:33:00.000-07:002010-02-26T15:33:54.083-07:00Faculty Works ConcertThis weekend marks my last performing opportunity at BYU (for real this time). The concert is the Contemporary Faculty Works Concert and it is tonight and tomorrow night at 7:30. I auditioned for the show back in September, which seems so long ago, and now it is finally here! The contemporary division of the dance department decided to have this concert available for any faculty member who would Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-90389724948836529132010-02-14T14:31:00.000-07:002010-02-14T14:31:32.745-07:00Potty TalkAs I mentioned in my last post, Matilda has been talking a lot lately and actually enunciates several words pretty well. She is sick with a little cold right now and didn't sleep very well on Friday night (which meant Sean and I didn't sleep at all, and I had a 7 AM rehearsal in the morning, blah), and since she was so sad and miserable on Saturday, we gave her a bath even though she had had one Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-74287965484767668872010-02-12T00:31:00.000-07:002010-02-13T09:39:08.635-07:00A Very Merry Un-BirthdayAs of today at 11:18 AM, Matilda is officially 18 months old. It really is crazy how fast time goes once you have a child. Her doctor's appointment isn't until next week so I'll be sure to post all of her stats then, but don't expect her to be much over 18 lbs, maybe 19. She is our pint-sized bundle of joy! Since I never posted anything about her first birthday, I am posting some pictures from Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-75302244468755846142010-02-11T12:01:00.000-07:002010-02-11T12:01:05.820-07:00RIP EggplantYesterday, we lost a dear member of our family. She has been on many adventures with us. She was present for our first kiss. All of my closest family and friends have had the pleasure of meeting her. She was a dependable protector who held our safety at the top of her priorities. She was my 1994 Acura Integra. She didn't actually die. She is actually still going strong with only 120,000 miles on Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-44943151127512581722010-01-29T14:30:00.000-07:002010-01-29T14:30:58.291-07:00Hale will freeze over...tomorrow.Tomorrow is the third benefit race that Sean has directed at Hale Center Theater Orem. This is the 2nd Annual Hale Freezes Over 5k & 10k Race/Walk! Of course, we always want more runners to sign up (which you can do here), but what we really NEED are more volunteers! For the last race, Sean and I were at the theater until 3 AM the night before putting together the race packets and getting Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-46586253407902621792010-01-20T22:56:00.000-07:002010-01-20T22:56:05.380-07:00Graovsko Horo and Sopsko Kopanica Success!This semester, I am the TA (teacher's assistant) for Dance 370, which is the advanced world dance class at BYU. As mentioned in previous posts, I absolutely adore world dance. My dream job would be to be on the world dance faculty at BYU, but unfortunately BYU is in Utah and I am not too keen on sticking around here for the rest of my life. I wish that I could travel the world and learn every Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-30309301397519112232009-12-12T19:06:00.000-07:002009-12-12T19:06:00.884-07:00It's Cookie Time!*
One month of every year, I look past my bias against baking (which exists merely because I'm not very good at it) and I enter a world of sugary chewiness where I just happen to be Mistress of All. Ok, that is an overstatement. What I mean is I bake a lot of Christmas cookies. And I mean a lot. As soon as I finish this post, I will be heading into the kitchen to make my favorite Christmas Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-20734520536124249102009-12-10T13:23:00.001-07:002009-12-10T13:45:06.734-07:00To Mac and BackOur little family went to McMinnville over the weekend to see my family. I couldn't leave until Saturday morning, but Sean and Matilda went out Thursday night so my parents could have more time with the girl. I was there for a whopping 48 hours, but I had some good times visiting with my family and seeing people from my home ward. Here are a few highlights:
1. My Dad. When Sean and Tilly walked Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-28217857754253625292009-12-03T22:41:00.001-07:002009-12-03T22:42:32.275-07:00December 3rd = Baby Day
L-R: Janneke, Kathy, Gretchen, Sarah, Megan
This picture was taken in August of 2006 when our folk dance team was on our way to Nauvoo, Illinois to perform for two weeks. Janneke and Gretchen were already married, but the rest of us were all married within two years. These girls are some of my best friends, so we always have fun recreating this picture when we get together. It is amazing how Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-43219970313694213492009-12-03T12:22:00.000-07:002009-12-03T12:22:22.647-07:00The Goose is Getting FatOn Sunday night, I stayed up until 1:00 AM writing a new post about some things that I have been thankful for lately. What started out as a few thoughts about some events from the past few years of my life, and how I have overcome them, turned into a lengthy, journal-like personal essay. I was reluctant to post it because it delved into some very intimate emotional territory, so I have decided toMeganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-62563720379064540112009-11-23T14:15:00.000-07:002009-11-23T14:15:57.898-07:00Paris, Je T'aime...
I have an intense desire to go back soon.
Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1303375101033822579.post-89859861033936783132009-11-19T00:27:00.000-07:002009-11-19T00:27:57.984-07:00Why don't my pictures stay centered when I publish them? I format them centered, I promise! Anyone who can fix my problem will get a prize. It will most likely be candy or ice cream (if you are in Utah).Meganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04871508669258343980noreply@blogger.com2