The Little Munchkin

We just can't get enough of him.......sorry everyone, you're going to be overloaded with pics of Gabriel. I do apologize I can't stop myself :-)

Gabriel's First Christmas

Gabriel's first Christmas and it was with Nana and Papa Murray......YIPEEEEEE!!!!!! He did pretty well opening his presents (with a little help from 'Manda) and even enjoyed some of them more than the paper it was wrapped in :-)

They're Here!

Amanda and Gabriel made it here 3 hours later than expected. She missed her 6:30 a.m. flight out of Tucson and caught the next flight leaving which took them to Vegas. They sat there for about 2 hours then headed for Chicago just ahead of the ice storm we had last night. They got into Providence at 6:30 p.m. instead of 3:00 not that bad but a pretty long day. Gabriel is quite the little traveler, she said he didn't fuss a bit and of course all the flight attendants loved him :-) It was great waking up with Gabriel and Amanda here safe and sound this morning.
Uncle Clint came by to read the paper with him, don't they look cute. He also found a new favorite toy...I guess he's going to be Nana's helper in the kitchen :-) This is going to be fun!!!

Here He Comes!

Gabriel is packing his bag for his big trip to Nana and Papa's tomorrow. Looks like he remembered to pack his diapers :-)

Three More Days!!!!

Just 3 more days and my little muffin man will be here - oh and Amanda too :-) I've been having so much fun getting Rayna's old room ready for him. Papa and Uncle Clint are doing such a great job putting his crib together (not much screaming at all) I thought I would share it with everyone.

Celetrating The 1st

The six pack got together and stayed in Newport to celebrate the new year (not new years eve we had a bad storm and didn't go anywhere) it's always fun getting together with friends and planning the events for the year to come :-)

Happy New Year!

Clint and his buddy Martin did the Polar Plunge again this year. I think this was the worst one yet. It was 5 degrees with a wind chill factor of 10 to 12 below zero! They had to run through ice burgs to get into the water. Clint says that this is the last year he's going to do the plunge but I'm sure when the time comes next year he'll be right there again with all the other crazies :-)

Crazy People

I think everyone gets tired of me taking so many pictures so I wanted to share some of their beautiful poses :-)

MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!

"Six-Pack" Christmas

Since everyone will be going in different directions we decided to have our "Christmas" last night. Our friends Karen and Enrique gave us all a chef jacket, because we're always cooking something. Now all we need are the hats to go with them:-) Everyone got the coolest gifts....Christmas is so much fun.

Christmas #2

Chris is being deployed on the 1st of January so Amanda and Gabriel will be here on the 6th of January :-) Not to much of a Christmas delay. They'll be here until July sometime then Amanda will fly back to meet up with Chris and I get to keep Gabriel here for a couple of weeks!!!!!!! YIPEEEEE!!!!! Chris gets a few weeks off when he gets back so they'll spend the rest of the summer here. Imagine all the time I'm going to spend with that little guy......I can't wait!!!!

Delayed Christmas

Well....the Mehl family will not be coming for Christmas. Chris found out the other day that he is being deployed sometime between now and Jan. 4th so they canceled his leave and they have to stay in AZ for Christmas. He'll be gone for six months, which will be tough for 'Manda, but on the brighter side they will be here while he's gone :-) So, we're planning on having 2 Christmas celebrations. I wonder if we can find a Santa in January:-) Happy Holiday's to everyone!

Oh Christmas Tree!

We got our tree this weekend. For anyone who has seen my Christmas trees they know that they are bigger around than they are tall. This one is no exception. I think it's the chubbiest tree we've had in a long time. Paul had a fit, he didn't think we would get it in the house but as you can see, with a little help from me, it made it in just fine :-) We're going to wait for Amanda to come home so she can help decorate it so in the mean time we helped our friends Joe and Michael decorate theirs. "It's beginning to look alot like Christmas" :-)

Happy Thanksgiving

Well, I'm a little late, but I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving. We had a great day (nothing like last year when the roaster quit and the turkey was raw!). My family was here for dinner (only 16 this year) and then our friends came by after. Tons of food, as usual, and lots of laughs. I love the holiday season. Next on the list.......Christmas :-)