Murphy Memories

Thursday, May 24, 2018

House Hunting

Ollie managed to sneak in a nap
before take off. Thank goodness!
Mom/Grandma flew into town and got to hang out on Sunday evening before she dropped Josh, Oliver and me off at the airport on Monday morning. We flew to Milwaukee to house hunt for four days during Josh's spring break and Grandma was kind enough to hang out with the boys while we did so. It will be a week they all remember vividly though...because it was the first time that Benji and Miles had ever gotten a stomach bug. Miles was sick for the first day and a half, Benji was sick for the second day and a half. They were in capable, loving hands, and were very well taken care of. And it all ended happily when they got to spend a day at the zoo and Josh and I found a cute little home for us to live in. Whew! What a week!
Oliver's first plane ride!
He got a little restless, and tired, and
hungry, and only cried on and off
for twenty minutes, But I consider
it a success. :)

Poor Miles did NOT feel good.
Luckily only Janelle got the bug. (Sorry Janelle!)

Meanwhile, in Milwaukee...
We knew the boys would be excited about
the car we drove for the week. Especially
Miles. He loves blue!
Lake Michigan is awesome!
We didn't take pictures of all 11 houses
that we toured, but we did take pictures
of all of the yummy food we ate! 
Benji's was a success!
Yum!

Josh loved his fresh Horseradish. 
We the feeling that Lake Michigan will be
where we want to spend all of our free time!
It is beautiful!
Back in Arizona...Benji
got the bug.
Miles, feeling a little bit better.





Handsome little guy.
Two thumbs way up for tacos!
No big deal, Ollie looks like, four
year old in this picture.

On our free time (which was like, 30
minutes) we Switch!
No big deal, Josh just looks like a
giant in this teeny, tiny doorway!
No big deal, I just picked up an ice
cube on my first try! 
Vietnamese food was fun! Except...
we probably won't be getting Pho
again anytime soon.
No big deal, but we found a house!! Okay, this
is a huge deal! It took looking through 11 houses
to find one that we know we will be happy in for
the next two years. We are so excited and
can't wait to show the boys!

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Hooray for a trip to the Zoo!

Oliver got his own seat for the flight
and used it to it's full capacity.
See you in a month, Milwaukee!
Grandma, you are so loved! Thank you for
spending the week in Arizona.

The Big Birthday Bash

Oliver's first time being held
by Uncle Ryan was a success.
As per tradition, Grandpa flew down for the weekend after the boy's birthday except this year, he brought Uncle Tyler with him! We got to spend a good few days visiting with them and we managed to find time for a big birthday party with their cousins too. It was a fabulous weekend with a big birthday bash that included swimming, bowling, and Pizza Pie cafe. 
Four peas in a pod.










Benji was a big fan of the music. He danced
the whole time in between each frame!






The camera loves us, obviously.





Josh was extremely proud of his score,
and with good reason! Nice work!