Murphy Memories

Thursday, May 28, 2015

A glimpse into Josh's day at school

Josh has been putting in long hours of studying at the school to prepare for two big tests this summer. Luckily he has good friends and iPad games to keep him sane.
Garrett frequently falls asleep in the
"comfortable" library chairs.

Poor Garrett.


Jared, Blake and Jay

It isn't often Josh isn't studying...these long
days must be getting to him! 


Dinner at school and he forgot a fork. Good thing
he conveniently had an unused card handy!

Grandma comes to visit

Grandma and Benjamin 
We love when Grandma comes to visit. She brings so much love and energy with her from Idaho. In fact, we are always a little bummed when the weekend comes to a close because it always seems to go by too quickly.
We spent the weekend eating some yummy food (for future reference, we ate at Backyard Taco and it was AMAZING), went shopping, walked around the Mesa temple and went on a lot of walks. We all had so much fun and thoroughly enjoyed every minute of her company. Thanks for the visit, sweet Meema, we are already looking forward to next time.
Joshy and Milo

Benji loved the swings! 
Milo couldn't get enough. 

Miles loves park days with Daddy.

Miles loves his new ride. 

Posing for Grandma.

Milo-Bean, cracking himself up.


Such good buds! 
Too cute, Benji, too cute. 

Thanks for the pity laugh, Milo, we worked really
hard for it! Benji is a tougher crowd...

The boys love their new fort
they got from Grandma.

Miles, what does a lizard say?

Miles loves having another
someone to read to him. 



Benji didn't really want his picture taken...

Oh wait, neither did Miles. 

There we go! Those are some good looking boys,
if I do say so myself. 
Miles is always excited after
a good nights sleep. 
Benji is very well rested, but
wants his food as fast as possible!
Benji and Milo love Uncle Trev's bracelets.

Sheesh, by the time we get them both looking
 at the camera, no one has the energy to smile. 

Laughing with Grandma. 

We love bath time!
Benji and Milo

Grandma is so funny! 

Having a good ol' time. 



Benji, do you want out? 

Milo, you are so cute! 

Especially when you pull this face...
Benji loved playing peek-a-boo with Grandma.

So much fun!

The boys love their new tent.
Thanks again, Grandma!

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Wrapping up our May

Well, May came and went in the blink of an eye! Seriously, we need to find the secret to making time slow down. Luckily we filled our days with fun and we are looking forward to June!
Right now the boys are getting SO close to walking and have begun to say their first words. Benji can say, "duck" and Miles says, "momma". It is pretty darn cute. They also stick their tongues out like lizards, waddle like penguins, do elephant sounds (complete with the trunk), snake sounds, monkey sounds and fish sounds. We are loving this new stage and all of the fun that comes with it! Oh, and they are OBSESSED with wheels. They love to spin any set of wheels they can get their hands on!
Drinking some afternoon smoothies
for snack time.  Benji and Miles

They have found a new purpose
for the play mat. 

Miles, lace looks pretty
good on you.

Benji, don't worry,
you don't have to keep it on.

Happy 4th anniversary to us! 

The boys are into everything. 

They do make a pretty good team!
Miles and Benjamin

And Mom makes a pretty
good stepping stool.

Just swinging on the swings!
Benji and Milo

We found an amazing saucer like
swing at the park and the boys
LOVED it. Benji almost
fell asleep.

Benji loves the big boy swing! 

Oh, what a blast.





Miles got a turn too and couldn't
get enough. 




Miles loves giving kisses.  
Luckily Benji doesn't mind the extra love.


Benji slipped in the tub
and got an adorable black eye.

We love Daddy! 

Miles and Benji, getting
into/onto everything. 

Benji, why do you have pants on your head?

Looking pretty good on your truck, Benji.

Miles and Benjamin.

"I won't smile for mom if you don't." This twin
telepathy is killing me. 

Oh, just playing on our "fort". 

Miles and Benji

Don't they look so long in this one?
Sheesh, our babies aren't babies anymore!

Smiles from Miles.

Benji

Nice bubble, Benjamin! 



Miles, looking so handsome. 

Teething got the best of us today and with cranky
babies and a rainy we quickly ran out of activities.
So, they helped me finish a painting. 

Miles and Benji

Loving the paint! 


Paint. Everywhere.
I didn't really think through the process of
getting them from the patio to the tub...

They sure loved the green water! 


Miles spinning the wheels on his favorite car. 

Another picture for good measure. It isn't often
that he sits still long enough for a picture! 
Benji loves the wheels on his little toy car. 
Benji wasn't feeling too good and
just gave up when he realized
the toy box was too far away.
Poor guy!

Benji and Milo LOVE bath time.
Scrambling to find the wheels on
the suitcases before Mom got
out of the bathroom. 


The clouds are SO pretty after a rainstorm.

We found some friendly ducks
at the pond! 

The boys could swing on this swing
all day long. 

Miles found a new favorite spot.

"Hey look, this puts me closer
to the cords that mom won't
let me pull!"

So close!

Benji loves sitting in the basket
with all of his friends. 
The boys love opening the cabinets.

and getting into everything...

Miles and Benji

Any cabinet just calls their name!

What ya doing in there, Benji?