M&M Family

our pumpkin M&M family! The girls had a blast paining these.

Good thing Dan is an artist!

at the neighborhood trunk or treat

Dan- what a good sport! :)

I even wore this get-up to the school parade.

When did we become that family that totally over does it when it comes to Halloween?

Meggie! too cute!

Kate trying to make the silly scared face Orange always has!

Kate turned out to be our best shaped M&M!

Annie! lovely in green (the only real girl M&M)

Happy Halloween from the Murdocks!!

BEHIND!!

I am behind.

behind in my life (laundry, cleaning and grocery shopping)

behind in catching up with friends who live near and far,

behind in blogging,

behind in my sleep!

It is an overwhelming feeling. I don't like feeling behind because try as I might I can't get caught up.

Life has just been keeping us busy . . .

We started school- Kate is in all day Kindergarten and LOVES it. She loves the idea of homework- and learning to read! Bless her heart- she has more enthusiasm than anyone I have ever met and doesn't have an "inside voice"- but her brown eyes melt me like butter.

Annie is in 2nd grade and is as close to perfect as they come. I wish that I could bottle her and keep her 8 forever. (guess that means that we also missed her Birthday since I was last blogging. We had 20 kids over for dinner, games and a movie outside. There was more drama than necessary, and fortunately Annie didn't get too caught up in it all.) Annie also got baptized on September 12th. We had aunts and cousins (and grandpa) in from out of town which made the weekend extra special. She is a soccer star and a great little reader and has recently taken up texting. I just adore the person she is becoming!

Meg goes to preschool 2 days a week and also to dancing. She LOVES dancing and wants to go every single day. For the first time- I am loving 2 1/2. (with my other two I was pregnant again and on bed rest- or had a new baby when I had a 2 1/2 year old.) Meg is so stinking fun, and cute and full of life and curiosity and love. She counts and sings and twirls and shuffles and laughs her way through our days. I love when she says "welcome" and "i love you too." The other day I was driving along thinking about how funny she is and I looked in the rear view mirror where she had a swim suit on her head! Silly girl!

I also got a new job back in June (working in my dad's office)- which means I now have 3 jobs in addition to being wife, mother and primary president. I thought I would work less at the hospital and more in the office but so far that hasn't happened. And although I used to be able to do it all. I can't anymore- nor do I really want to.

Please remind me to quit one or two of my jobs before I get the next one okay??

Now off to conquer the laundry!