Meet The Murrays

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Games With Friends

The Freemans came over on Thursday night for dinner. Then we ended up playing some fun games.

Hedbanz

Sequence

The boys tried hard, but the girls won!

Thursday, April 12, 2012

I Always Keep My Promises

So I'm about to hit you with some riveting photos.

Last night, Parker and Claire spent the night with Nana, so Brian and I went to Chop House. Brian LOVES Chop House with all of his heart. We usually go about once a year for his birthday, so this non-birthday trip was extra special. I like it, but I don't love it (kind of like dark chocolate).

So the first picture that I give you is this:

My salad

Picture number two:

My steak and baked potato

Now before you get too excited, I should just tell you that it wasn't as good as it looks. See that potato up there? It was (three words) Fab.U.Lous. BUT:

My steak was a little weird. It had a whacked out texture or something. I didn't say a word though because I didn't want to ruin Brian's ultimate Chop House experience that he had going on. Then all of a sudden he said, "This steak is a little different tonight. The texture is strange and the flavor is a little off".

Yes! I knew it!

So he says they get one more chance, and if it's not-so-great again, then it's over. He's already planning a break up. Even though I just moderately like the place, I actually feel a little nervous for Chop House.

Because we are party animals, we went to Barnes and Noble after dinner.

Here is Brian's dessert:

Two forks...but I didn't take a single bite

This was my dessert:

Yummy!

That's all I have for you today. Except that I accidentally squirted my "only thing that keeps me from being totally bald" conditioner onto my body loofah thingee. So I'm afraid that the hair on my arms will suddenly grow in think and full. Wonder if it would work on eyebrows?

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Hold On To Your Socks

Because I'm about to rock your socks off with some exciting pictures.

Yesterday, we had another fun Spring Break day of doing not much at all other than running around here and there all day. Brian and I had to meet with our accountant in the morning, then the kids and I shopped a little. They were extra thrilled to try on clothes and shoes at several stores as you can imagine. I may have encouraged them to stay the course by the promise of an Icee at Target. I'm not above a good old-fashioned bribe. Plus, it is spring break after all.

Things took a dramatic turn for the worse when the Icee machine had a sign that said "Closed for Repair". Words of Doom.

With the promise of a Sonic half-price slushy sometime between the afternoon hours of 2:00 and 4:00, we headed off to eat a nutritious lunch at Arby's.

I present to you the first exciting picture of the day:

See I told you it was going to make your life complete.

After lunch, we had some time to kill before Happy Hour began. For the sake of saving $1.19, I refused to go before 2:00 and pay full price. Being frugal is probably one of my best strengths. I bet Brian would totally agree with that last statement. Ahem.

So we stopped by Mom's house to visit a bit. Then Megan came by. Then Mike. There was a lot of talking. Two and a half hours later, I screeched into Sonic on a wing and a prayer just in time to make the 4:00 Happy Hour cut-off. And drinks were served. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture.

Then last night, I got to spend some time with Lisa eating, driving, and shopping. We pretty much solved all the problems of the world (as usual).

But here is the only picture I took:

I really have no explanation for why I took this picture. Yes, it's a picture of my foot. Maybe I wanted to document that I actually can still half way stand up in heels even though I never wear them anymore. Or maybe I just wanted to see what it looked like on my giant foot. Or maybe I just wanted to look like the crazy lady who takes pictures of her own foot in the middle of T J Maxx.

I did discover that I truly can't walk in heels anymore. I eventually put the other shoe on too and tried to walk around. If they had people watching the store through security cameras at that moment, somebody got a real laugh. "Hey, look at crazy lady taking pictures of her foot and walking around like a newborn calf."

In other news, I found myself defending my OVER THE COUNTER Sleep Aid that is currently my drug of choice on more than one occasion yesterday. So apparently I felt the need to take a picture of my brand new box when I got home last night. Somehow, I rationalize that it is safer than Nyquil (my one true love) because there is no pain medication or allergy medication or ingredients that contain alcohol. And I only take one. That's half a dose. It's totally non habit forming. See it says it right there on the box (in this last exciting picture from the day):

You can go ahead and put your socks back on for now, but just so you know...today promises some excitement too, so I'll be back soon with more pictures. The fun never stops around here.