A Must Listen

We found this on a member of our family's blog and HAD to share! Side note...mp3 isn't available yet...legal hoops to jump, but I can hardly wait...

Family Matters

So, I've decided a few things.
1. I'm not getting old
2. I'm not getting old
3. I'm not getting old

It's been a crazy summer, almost nothing has gone as planned, but you might as well enjoy the journey. Here's a peek at what we've been up to...


The boys got to visit their grandparents and spend a couple of days in DC!

Murphy's farm as added chickens to our insanity...at least we'll eat well!

We celebrated our country and it's freedoms...Thank you to all our military!!!

Gary's 25th year high school class reunion

Dad livened up the party with a 911 call, ride in the ambulance and stay in the hospital

Because he also has shingles...I know...if it's not one thing it's another...we had to dress up!

At least we got some fun photos from it!

How many places have you lived?

A rockin' friend had this on her blog and I thought, hum...let me count...I'm at 25 (really probably a few more in the early years, but close enough)...How 'bout you?
1. Centerville, UT (born)
2. Las Vegas, NV
3.Salt Lake, UT
4 Salt Lake, UT
5. Centerville, UT (Apt H-8? mom?)
6. Centerville, UT
7. Kaysville, UT
8. Linwood, NJ
9. Bountiful, UT
10. Linwood, NJ
11. St. George, UT
12. Linwood, NJ
13. Glassboro, NJ...Joe's
14. Glassboro, NJ...Flower shop
15. Provo, UT Branbury Apts
16. Provo, UT First place we lived when we got married...it was scary!
17. T Street, SLC, UT Mychel was born here (ok in the hospital close by, but you get what I mean :D
18. U Street, SLC, UT
19. Boca Raton, FL Funeral Director school
20. Mesa, AZ
21. Spanish Fork,UT Upstairs at the mortuary
22. Spanish Fork,UT Downstairs at the mortuary
23 Spanish Fork,UT The boys came home to here!
24. Columbus, GA
25. Midland, GA HERE we are!


ps Gary's is much shorter....from what I remember
3 places in Pennsylvania
With summers either at this really cool campground or at the beach...yah life was hard :D
Somers Point, NJ
Glassboro, NJ
and then we connect in Provo, UT
....so he's at about 15

Murphy, Murphy How Does Your Garden Grow?

I know this has been a burning question for all of you loyal Murphy Matter's followers...so let me update you. So far we're winning the weed war, but we're not getting cocky...the real battles are yet to come.

Here are the stats:
Pea's...enough for daily snacks and some reward for the labor. More than we've ever gotten
before so we're feeling pretty good. Will definitely plant a fall crop.
Onions...small but yummy. Definitely need to research and see why we grew mini onions
Caulifower...bust...nothing, nyet, nada
Broccoli...finally see some mini, mini heads
Red Potatoes... dug up a few plants that died early and got some tiny, yummy nuggets. Mature plants starting to bloom..we're getting excited.
Garlic...total surprise...didn't know we had it...if we can keep the boys from digging it up to look
at it we may actually get a years supply from it.
Red and Yellow peppers: tiny peppers starting to grow but the ants have eaten one...as if their sting isn't bad enough now we have to fight them for our food...$&^% red ants!
Blueberries...our one year in and year out success are lookin' good...about 3 more weeks! We can hardly wait.

Better late than never

My computer is sick...it needs a Dr visit but house calls are expensive so I'm saving up. I haven't forgotten "ya'll". Thank goodness for my iPhone, it allows me to pop in for a quick blog visit, but leaving comments etc it just too painful. So know I'm thinking of you and looking forward to the day when "yellow power" is healthy and happy again...until then, here's this:

Not your typical spring break...

Gary's parents were here for the first part of it,
Mychel-Anne arrived home from college,
the weather wouldn't cooperate to go to the beach or the mountains,
but in the end...I got a perfect day!

This is bad....very bad...

I interrupt my cute St. Patty's post because this just had to be shared. I'm checking email and what do I find but one for my dear, dear husband...at least I think they meant him. My problem is while I think he's awesome and wouldn't trade, sell or barter him for the anything...hmmm, yea I'm pretty sure anything....
I think this is going a little too far:





Dear GARY HERBERT LORD or as I read it:
Lord Gary Herbert (read with british accent)



what am I supposed to do with this...do I tell him someone has promoted him...thinks he's beyond the cat's meow, his true potential has finally been acknowledged? I really don't have the energy for a swelled head right now, but with the status of everything in the world his ego could use a little pumping up. Ahh the dilemma of a loving wife...Advice???

and yes his middle name really is Herbert....after his Uncle Herb....who has moved to Heaven and will hear you if you make fun!