Max the Monkey

Nicola makes babies AND knits dolls. Who knew?! She made me the CUTEST monkey for Max. He may get it when he's old. We'll see. Thanks Nic.

Midlands Med Tech

The biggest thing Michael has going on right now is the start of his company Midlands Med Tech. He, Todd, AC and Mrs.Ann (and Lisa, Fawn and the rest of the MMT crew) have been hard HARD at work getting this company up and running. I am so proud of them and the many successes they are having. Things are going GREAT! Michael is living his dream and not many get to say that.

Happy Birthday to Gavin!

Congrats to our dear friends Nicola and Chad Daley (and Emma and Silas too) on the birth of their handsome boy Gavin Shaw Daley!!!

20 Weeks!!

I'm 20 weeks and halfway to getting to hold lil Max. My prego calendar says he is the length of a banana. He's a pretty good kicker and likes to roll over. He's still way high so makes breathing after I eat a challenge at times. But I'm feeling a ton better and am trying to do lots of things with the boys b/f my energy is gone again. I figure I have till end of October. LOL! Thanks to all my friends for our goodies!! Ami and fam got us a whole bag of monkey gear and Carole and fam got us Hey Diddle light switch covers!! (Not to mention Max the monkey that will get his own blog) I have great friends. Love y'all!!

Dylan's First Day

Dylan Michael is now a man. He started his first day at Kingsbury Elementary School. He is in Mrs. Bradham's class and will be a Noble Knight. He was SO excited and all set to go in his Mario backpack. We all went to McDonalds for breakfast and then dropped him off in his class. He wasn't nervous or scared but he did want his Dad to wait in the car. He had a great time and couldn't wait to go back. Lets just hope it stays that way for at least 12 more years. :)

A and C are baaaaaaack!

My brother and sis in law are back from the left coast! Welcome home to SC!! Lurve ya!

Hilton Head...Murley Style

We decided to try and squeeze one more trip to the beach b/f school started and our lives are over so I booked an overnight at The Westin in Hilton Head. We should have known it was going to be interesting when the AC craps out half way there.

Our hotel is really nice, giant and hard to find w/o GPS but VERY nice. We got to swim and play on the beach. Lucas had a major breakthrough and actually would put his feet in the sand. So he sat in my lap and threw sand in while Dylan swam and splashed around with Daddy. It was great. Very relaxing and loads of fun! AND THEN...

We went back up to the room planning on going in search of food. Everyone went in ahead of me and I was closing the door, looked back at Lucas and shut my finger in the gold lock thingie. Slice half of my nail off. (I wont post a pic b/c it makes Brie's mom queasy) HURT!! Holy smokes hurt so bad. I didn't cry but I did have to sit down or fall down. So Michael calls the lobby to get a first aid kit for his bleeding wife. In comes a EMT and the front desk manager to make sure I wont sue. Only me. I swear I need a keeper. Anyway later we went to eat at the Hilton Head Diner and it was very yum.

The next day we took the boys on a pirate voyage! They dressed the boys as pirates and loaded our vessel to go in search of Stinky Pete and his treasure. Dastardly Dylan and Lead foot Lucas had the time of their LIVES. Take your kids to this!!! It was so much fun.

We LOVE Savannah!!

 

Michael has been working like a dog for Midlands Medtech so I thought the only way to get him to relax (and not kill himself) was to make him leave town. We went to Savannah!!

 

Mom and Dad kept the boys so we could go spend two days in the beautiful city alone. We stayed at the River Street Inn, a historical hotel that was really neat. It was like going a bit back in time.

 

We went and walked around town and ended up watching a jam band down by the river (insert Farley joke here).

 

The next day we took a tour of the city and had a fantastic tour guide. We drove out to the Bonnaventure Cemetary and then finished up the trip with some PAULA DEEN!!! It was tasty y'all!!

Its a...Max!!

So because I am such a crappy blogger if you know things about me ONLY through this blog you'd have no idea that sometime between Lucas' birthday and our trip to Savannah we found out after 6 mths of trying we are going to be having another Murley. But since you all are on Facebook this is a non-issue and my suckitude matters not. We are very excited to find out its a boy. Max Garrison Murley is due Jan 12th.

Lucas is two.

 
 
 
 The baby is already two! Can you believe it? Cause I can't. It has gone so fast. For his very merry birthday we had a couple of friends over to the house for cake and playin. Riley and Emilyn H., Xander and Bella K., Emma and Silas D. and of course brother came to play. Thanks for all the goodies! Lucas had a blast!

 

 

Easter Beer Hunt 2010

 

Another year of great fun at the Gude's Annual Easter Beer Hunt!

 

A kitchen full of yummy food, a trailor full of beer and more friends than anyone could ask for.

 

This years winners were Mike Fields for Prize beer and the new Grand Prize Champeen is none other than Joe Verant Beer HUNTER! WTG boys for workin it. Joe Verant also gets a shout out for bleeding the most blood. High five Joe.

Also in attendance was new to the world Miss Jenna Elizabeth Verant! And Rookie crew Ami and Allen Kennedy (and munchkins). Glad everyone came.

Dylan turns 5 at Disney

 

 

 

 

How lucky is this child?! Dylan Michael got to goto Disney for his fifth birthday. We stayed at the All-star Disney hotel and they have giant Buzz Lightyear and Woody characters all over the place. The boys thought it was the coolest thing ever.

 

 

 

 

Day one was spent at Animal Kingdom. Dylan got to sport a button that said it was his birthday so everyone at the park would say "Happy Birthday Dylan!" He thought that was the coolest thing ever. Lucas made a fish friend. It was right by the glass and didn't leave until he did.

That night we went to Downtown Disney and met up with my Gude Cousins Megan and Ashley and Ashley's husband Brad. We had a great dinner at Rainforest Cafe. Lucas was freaked but the food was yum. And it was so nice of them to come see us to celebrate Dyl's birthday. :)

 

 

 

 

Day Two was Magic Kingdom. We were a bit worried when both of the boys lost their cool in the Melody Time show. But Michael and I were determined to have a great time with or without the consent of the kids so we pressed on to Peter Pan (my fav) and Small World. Both boys warmed up after they realized not everything blew air in your face. It was a fun day. Lucas really enjoyed Pooh's Corner cause he got to run around. Dylan thought getting rid of Zurg and his groupies on the Buzz Lightyear ride was pretty ok too.

 

 

 

 

We had a wonderful time. We plan to go back for Lucas' fifth birthday...but little Max will have to stay home. Two is a smidge too young.