Trick or Treat

It was Emily Kathryn's first year to really go "trick or treating" and let's just say she LOVED it.  She wanted to be a "pink" Tinker Bell.  Her favorite things: ringing the doorbell (over and over if they didn't answer immediately), saying "trick or treat", and eating the candy as soon as possible:)

Pumpkins

We took Emily Kathryn to the pumpkin patch last weekend.  She loved the animals and picking out her very own pumpkin (and picking out mine and Jordan's pumpkin too.)  We ended the trip with a pink shaved ice (because everything these days has to be pink).

Labor Day

We had our last vacation the week of Labor Day.  We headed to Florida with the Barrow family for a week.  The weather was so nice!  It was a lot cooler than our trip in August.  It was great to have a week to relax and spend quality time with our family.  Emily Kathryn LOVED being on vacation and all the extra attention:)  Here are a few pictures from one of the days we played on the beach and our trip to Pier Park.

she loved the rides....I couldn't believe she road the ferris wheel

this is a monkey and she slept with him for the rest of our trip

looking for shells with Papa

drying her hands as she leaves the water:)

Big Sister

Emily Kathryn will be a BIG SISTER in March:)  She seems very excited, but I realize she has no idea how much her world will change:)

Murphy Family Vacation

In August we went with my family to the beach for a week....so that total comes to 8 adults and 6 kids:)  We usually go to the Caribe in Orange Beach strictly for the entertainment the slides provide for the kids!!! It was a great week that included....swimming, jet skies, seafood, catching up with friends, celebrating my birthday,  relaxing, and telling old stories with my siblings and laughing until way too late in the night!!!

Emily Kathryn took swim lessons this summer and it was worth every dime.  She has become such a great swimmer in such a small amount of time.  It's definitely something we will do again next year.  

EmK wore these goggles for 7 days straight.  She would have red rings around her eyes after several hours.  It's interesting to see how particular she becomes with age....she couldn't wear anyone else's goggles the entire time...just hers...the PINK ones.  Thanks Aunt Holley!  

Jordan and my brother purchased this hat thinking I would actually wear it to dinner...THANKFULLY EmK wanted to wear it instead (btw, this child is obsessed with birthdays...she sings happy birthday to herself all the time)

Happy 4th

We spent a long weekend at my parents house.  I should have taken more pictures, but here are a few from the weekend (mainly from July 4th).  Our weekend included: splashpad, swimming, grilling out, visiting with friends, date night to one of my favorite seafood restaurants, "hanging with friends" competition amongst iphone owners:), shopping at the outlets, and FIREWORKS!!  We had a GREAT visit and it was hard to leave:)

Lately...

we've been enjoying a FEW of our FAVORITE things....

swinging (and singing while we sing)

bubbles

 playing in the water (or really standing on the edge so that the water might hit her toes)

playing with Evan and an ipad:)

I recently had a friend (Sherree Hood) take some pictures of EmK for my patterns I'm selling on Etsy.  She took some amazing pictures and I could post all 30, but I'll just leave you with a few:)  I LOVE this girl SOOO much!