Christmas 2008

Better late than never right. Here are some pictures from the month of December at our different Christmas gatherings. We had so much fun seeing all of our family over the holidays. We spent the weekend before Christmas with Kyle's family and then we spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with mine.

Updates...

Since I have not posted in awhile here are some updates on what is going on this month in the Murphree household: 1. Last weekend officially began the Christmas holiday season for us. Saturday night we had 2 Christmas parties (one for Kyle's work and one for Kyle's high school friends). Then Sunday we did Kyle's mother's side of the family Christmas. 2. I bought a couch, chair, an ottoman and blinds. So exciting! However, at first it was a little stressful to figure out the color scheme we want. 3. We close on our first home today! Everything has truly fallen into place. God's hand has been on everything since the first day we looked at the house. I love watching him work and see how he is going to orchestrate everything. 4. This weekend we are going to Kyle's parents house to celebrate Christmas with them and then we will leave on the 24th to see my parents. 5. The 27th will be move in day...hopefully everything will be finished before New Year's so we can actually rest one day before going back to work. 6. I sit back everyday and realize just how much I need God and need to continue to rely on him for everything...church, work, relationships, everything. He provides in more ways than I can imagine. I hope everyone has a great holiday! We will definitely do Christmas cards next year. Thank you to everyone who has us on your list. We love get the cards...especially the ones with your pictures.

6 Random Facts About Me

I guess after being tagged twice it is time for me to give everyone 6 random facts about myself. 1. I love to read but until recently I have not had the time to do so. So I am making up for lost time. Right now I am reading the Twilight series....don't judge it is actually is not as weird as you might think. 2. I love to cook. I constantly watch the Food Network...it is my Saturday morning ritual to make coffee and then sit and watch the Food Network for several hours. I have learned so much and gotten so many great ideas from all the different chefs. 3. I desparately want a pet..preferably a dog but we are waiting until we get house. However, I am nervous because we will actually be the parents and deal with problems (i.e the pet getting sick). 4. I just started going to water aerobic classes. I never realized how challenging they can be. I still plan to do the eliptical machine but these classes will be my new regular exercise routine. 5. I used to be a great housekeeper. Everything was always really clean and orderly but now I tend to slack off. I will say part of this is the amount of space we have in our apartment but I hate for things to be out of order. Lately, I just have no motivation to do housework even though I would rather do housework than most other jobs. So I guess that means that I am just all around lazy now! 6. I love football, especially Auburn football! This year I have started watching all the other SEC teams play. It is just so much fun to watch. The six people I am going to tag are Amanda, Brooke, Ashley, Shealy, Tipi, and Brandi.

A New Church Home

We are in the process of finding a Sunday school class but it looks like we have found a new church home. We have visited Crosspointe Church several times and we just love their contemporary service. We actually feel more at home than we have since left Auburn. Please pray we will find a Sunday school class and that we are able to get involved. Kyle and I have been praying for direction. The church finding process is so exhausting it will be nice to actually attend and not pick apart the church. Praise God for guidance!

Wedding Pictures

Here are the pictures from the wedding this weekend. It turned out so well. Everything looked really pretty. The pictures really do not do it justice. I had so much fun decorating! Happy Monday!

"Last" Wedding

This weekend will be my "last" wedding or at least for awhile. I think most of you know I used to be an event planner. I did weddings every weekend in the spring and summer....sometimes more than one wedding in a weekend. But lately I have just done a few here and there with a wedding planner in Auburn. The fast pace, high intensity atmosphere is exhilirating! Getting to work with different people every week and hearing their stories was so much fun. Some days I do miss doing weddings on a regular basis and other days I am thankful to have my weekends and low stress job. But only God knows if he will put weddings in my future.... The wedding is at the Opelika Train Depot so it should be really pretty just maybe a little cold. I am really excited about it because I am actually going to be doing the ceremony and the reception. While doing both can make for a tiring weekend I will actually get to help do some fun decorating. Please pray everything goes smoothly and I am not too tired after this weekend. I do have to be back at work on Monday:( Hopefully, I will have time to take some pictures this weekend.

Pumpkin Carving

Sunday Kyle and I went to the Payne's house for a Pumpkin Carving Party. We had so much fun! I was a little unsure about the whole pumpkin carving thing since I have not done it in over 10 years. However, I bought a pumpkin carving kit and it worked so well. I do have to say that we just did the typical old school pumpkin but now that I know how much easier it is to carve with the kit we will definitely get more adventurous next year. I was so excited to have our first pumpkin! I know that is cheesy but it is the little things that count right? It was also such a blessing to actually have people we know to hang out with at a party. God is definitely blessing us in our new city....home is still a little too wierd. Happy Halloween everyone!