Last night at the Murphy's house we wrote out our top 10 biggest moments for 2004. I thought I should post them, so here they are in no particular order:
1. Becoming Community Pastors
2. Getting the house in RSM
3. Our 4 year anniversary
4. Getting our first income properties
5. Cabo vacation
6. Bush getting re-elected
7. Pastor's retreats
8. My mom's scary back sugery
9. Atlanta Trip
10.The girls (The Dream Team) winning the "winner takes all" final set of Pool Volleyball at my birthday party
Friday, December 31, 2004
Thursday, December 30, 2004
Check It Out
My loving husband has finally, after only 4 short years of nagging, updated our website. He did a really good job on it and I totally love it! You should check it out... www.daveandkris.com
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Sneaky Sneaky
So Dave and I really never are able to make it to Christmas before opening our gifts for each other. So the Saturday before Christmas Dave and I wrapped all the Christmas gifts. That night we just couldn't wait any longer so we crept down stair, turned on the lights on the tree and handed each other our gifts. I began to open mine first. There were 3 items wrapped separately, but stacked on top of each other. It was pretty obvious that the top 2 items were DVDs so, considering the spending limits we had decided on, I figured it was probably a top of some sort in the larger box on the bottom. As I tore into the top package, I could see that it was in fact a DVD. But, it was Black Hawk Down. My first thought..."this wasn't even on my list" and my second thought..."Don't we already have this DVD". Then I tore into the second one. It was Charlie's Angels. Now I knew we already had this one. My next thought, "Wait a minute...these aren't even sealed....wait...these are OUR DVDs". I looked up and there was Dave with a huge smile on his face; obviously enjoying my confusion. The DVDs were decoys! So I pealed the wrapping off the 3rd and final box. It was a box from Coach. I was getting really excited at this point, but tried to hide it just incase this was another decoy. I opened the box and inside was the most adorable hot pink Coach purse. It was perfect and so totally unexpected. You see, Dave hates purses. His thinking is that he has one wallet; therefore I should have one purse and it should only cost slightly more than his wallet since it is only slightly bigger. I, on the other hand, love purses and love using them as functional accessories to my outfits. I probably have 5 different purses, which Dave thinks is totally ridiculous (and he is probably right). So for him to pick out such an amazing Christmas present for me was both surprising and wonderful.
Monday, December 27, 2004
Christmas
We had a wonderful Christmas this year! It began on Christmas Eve at Dave's grandparent's home in Downey. Just about his entire family on his mom's side was there. It was a great evening of family and food.
Then Chirstmas morning Dave's parents and sister came over to our house for breakfast and we opened packages with them. After they left Dave and I broke out the Sequence game that Troy and Tricia made for us. Then my mom and Wendy came over at around 3pm. We opened a few packages and played Catch Phrase and Scatagories with them. After they left we went back to playing Sequesnce. Dave kept winning so I became addicted to the game. I just couldn't stop playing with him winning all the time. Yes, it is a game of mostly luck, but I just had to win before we went to bed. Finially, I won a few and was actaully feeling fatigued from sitting all day playing the silly game.
The day after Christmas began with some grocery shopping and then some cleaning. Dave and I made a lasagna (well he cooked up the meat and I did everything else). My dad, step mom, and grandmother came over at around 3pm. My grandmother lives in Arizonia so it was her first time to see our house. After the tour we opened gifts. Then my mom came over and we all had dinner. It was so great to see my grandmother and also be able to spend time with my parents. Parents...seems weird for me to call them "my parents". Growing up it was either "my mom" or "my dad and Lanell". It was cool to have everyone there together enjoying eachother.
Then Chirstmas morning Dave's parents and sister came over to our house for breakfast and we opened packages with them. After they left Dave and I broke out the Sequence game that Troy and Tricia made for us. Then my mom and Wendy came over at around 3pm. We opened a few packages and played Catch Phrase and Scatagories with them. After they left we went back to playing Sequesnce. Dave kept winning so I became addicted to the game. I just couldn't stop playing with him winning all the time. Yes, it is a game of mostly luck, but I just had to win before we went to bed. Finially, I won a few and was actaully feeling fatigued from sitting all day playing the silly game.
The day after Christmas began with some grocery shopping and then some cleaning. Dave and I made a lasagna (well he cooked up the meat and I did everything else). My dad, step mom, and grandmother came over at around 3pm. My grandmother lives in Arizonia so it was her first time to see our house. After the tour we opened gifts. Then my mom came over and we all had dinner. It was so great to see my grandmother and also be able to spend time with my parents. Parents...seems weird for me to call them "my parents". Growing up it was either "my mom" or "my dad and Lanell". It was cool to have everyone there together enjoying eachother.
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Catch up
Well, it has been awhile since my last entry. Seems like I have been really busy, but haven't really done much that seems exciting enough to write about. It suddenly strikes me that this could be a problem. Am I getting so bogged down in the day to day that I am missing out on the fun? Or, is it that I am just not seeing the best in the things that I am doing? Is it a true void or just a matter of a lacking in luster?
Looking back in my calendar here are some of the things I have been doing outside of work since my last blog entry:
11/23 SCU and Sakred Feast - It was potluck style. First we loaded up plates to take to a shelter and then ate the left over ourselves.
11/24 Shopping with my wonderful sister-in-law
11/25 Thanksgiving with Dave's family
12/1 Addressed Christmas Cards with a group of friends from SCU. It made a usually mundane job fun!
12/4 JP Jones spoke at SCU. I mustered up the nerve to do the announcements. Funny how singing is so much easier than talking when it comes to a large group of people. I did okay, just forgot to pray at the end and said "ummm" about 100 times (I think Dave was actually counting).
12/10 A big day for Christmas parties. First was the Barbeques Galore Christmas party which I was ultimately responsible for. It was at Dave & Busters and was a huge hit. My team, The Regulators (yes, the teams were named after barbecue parts), came in 3rd place out of 10 teams. Then I raced home and changed into my party dress for Dave's company’s party. It was held at a cute little Italian place in Irvine.
12/11 Dave and I drove to USC to take a picture of a "water wall" and then went to the Annual Hobby Horse Christmas Party. They showed the "Mockumentary" of the photo shoots done this year. Both my mom and I were featured in the film. They are supposed to send me a copy soon. It was hilarious.
12/13 Had dinner with our dear friends, The Johnson’s. It was a wonderful and encouraging evening.
12/14 Got sick. Stayed home from work. Had a Stewardship meeting that evening.
12/15 Had to go to work even though I still felt sick. Had a 6am unemployment phone hearing that I was the star witness for since I was basically the one the fired the guy. It went really well.
12/16 The Cleary's came over for worship and prayer, but we really only had time for prayer. Still a cool evening.
12/17 7am emergency Stewardship meeting. Don't they know that stewardship is more of an evening team? I don't join morning teams! That night we went to a Christmas Cocktail Party. It was fun to enjoy friends and dancing.
12/18 Sang at church with the Worship team, but wasn't fully recovered from being sick and lost my voice on the 3rd song. Luckily it came back for the last songs. I just sang some low harmonies and soft echoes. Then went to dinner with The Smith's and Cathy after.
12/19 Karen and Lori came over and we baked cookies together. I made 3 different kinds of cookies. It was totally exhausting, but really fun! We packet up plates of cookies to give to our neighbors.
12/20 Troy and Tricia had the Community Pastors over to their home for dinner. It was a wonderful evening of friends, encouragement and really good food!
Okay, so this exercise has shown me that it is a matter of luster. These have all been really cool things that I have been doing. Just about all of which could have been blog worthy if I had truly appreciated them. Alright, lesson learned...Don't get so busy that you start just going through the motions. I'll have to remember that...
Looking back in my calendar here are some of the things I have been doing outside of work since my last blog entry:
11/23 SCU and Sakred Feast - It was potluck style. First we loaded up plates to take to a shelter and then ate the left over ourselves.
11/24 Shopping with my wonderful sister-in-law
11/25 Thanksgiving with Dave's family
12/1 Addressed Christmas Cards with a group of friends from SCU. It made a usually mundane job fun!
12/4 JP Jones spoke at SCU. I mustered up the nerve to do the announcements. Funny how singing is so much easier than talking when it comes to a large group of people. I did okay, just forgot to pray at the end and said "ummm" about 100 times (I think Dave was actually counting).
12/10 A big day for Christmas parties. First was the Barbeques Galore Christmas party which I was ultimately responsible for. It was at Dave & Busters and was a huge hit. My team, The Regulators (yes, the teams were named after barbecue parts), came in 3rd place out of 10 teams. Then I raced home and changed into my party dress for Dave's company’s party. It was held at a cute little Italian place in Irvine.
12/11 Dave and I drove to USC to take a picture of a "water wall" and then went to the Annual Hobby Horse Christmas Party. They showed the "Mockumentary" of the photo shoots done this year. Both my mom and I were featured in the film. They are supposed to send me a copy soon. It was hilarious.
12/13 Had dinner with our dear friends, The Johnson’s. It was a wonderful and encouraging evening.
12/14 Got sick. Stayed home from work. Had a Stewardship meeting that evening.
12/15 Had to go to work even though I still felt sick. Had a 6am unemployment phone hearing that I was the star witness for since I was basically the one the fired the guy. It went really well.
12/16 The Cleary's came over for worship and prayer, but we really only had time for prayer. Still a cool evening.
12/17 7am emergency Stewardship meeting. Don't they know that stewardship is more of an evening team? I don't join morning teams! That night we went to a Christmas Cocktail Party. It was fun to enjoy friends and dancing.
12/18 Sang at church with the Worship team, but wasn't fully recovered from being sick and lost my voice on the 3rd song. Luckily it came back for the last songs. I just sang some low harmonies and soft echoes. Then went to dinner with The Smith's and Cathy after.
12/19 Karen and Lori came over and we baked cookies together. I made 3 different kinds of cookies. It was totally exhausting, but really fun! We packet up plates of cookies to give to our neighbors.
12/20 Troy and Tricia had the Community Pastors over to their home for dinner. It was a wonderful evening of friends, encouragement and really good food!
Okay, so this exercise has shown me that it is a matter of luster. These have all been really cool things that I have been doing. Just about all of which could have been blog worthy if I had truly appreciated them. Alright, lesson learned...Don't get so busy that you start just going through the motions. I'll have to remember that...
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