The Family VonMurray's

He Did It!

Tonight Scotty pooped on the potty for the first time. I will skip the video of the event but we did have a family dance party to celebrate. I know we still have a long way to go but I'm really thankful for this day. Who would have thought this would be possible just a couple of years ago. I'm so thankful to God for how awesome Scotty's body works. How the heck is he almost 3?

Carrie and Rachel, you asked for it!

It's almost winter.

Cousin Hanker let us use this awesome coat. Junie asked if he was a lion.

Mac likes to sleep with a blanket almost covering his face to keep his nose warm.

Morning time.

Nice hair, Sissy!

Iowa Weekend

Amelia had the best weekend. Click here to see!

It's Cold.

We asked Junie to carry the shoes up and put them away. He only wanted to make one trip.

I found one of these warm things for the car seat at a secondhand store in Iowa. It really works and he likes it.

He's shiny because I just put lotion all over his little face.

We love this little guy.

Tired Junie!

He passed out.

Poor guy was so tired.

Fun Thursday

Happy Mac.

Thank you Colin and Alex for the awesome presents! What a sweet surprise! We love you guys.
What's that gold guys name again?

My dad surprised us today with a little visit. Amelia decided to go back to Iowa with him for the weekend. This will be the longest we have ever been apart in our lives. I already miss her and it's only been about 3 hours.

Scotty helps Mac with tummy time.

Do their faces look alike or what?

6:30am!

Daylight savings time is really bugging me. It gets dark before 5:00pm. The kids go to be early so we have started getting up early again. Today Scott and the kids were at the park for 2 hours before school. It's suppose to be really cold by Saturday so we are thankful for days like today.

You can really see the leaves in this video, it's beautiful.

Crawling Junie.

Scary Sissy.

Our Visitors

Our fiends the Stolle's came to visit us this weekend from Michigan. Miriam and Amelia have been friends since Miriam was born. It was a fun weekend.

We showed Greg and Elizabeth our church and met some of their friends that live here in Chicago.

2 little cuties.

Mac sitting up. Not really, only for about a second but I thought it was cute.

Our Celebrity

The kids were so happy to see our friend Lance.

Can you tell these 2 apart?

Halloween 08

This morning started off with a party at Amelia's school.

I got to be a helper in her class and it was really fun to see everything.

Sissy the mummy.

The class.

Then this afternoon some friends came over and we walked to downtown Wheaton to Trick-or-Treat. They start at 3:00pm here. Weird.

My sweethearts.

Sissy and Junie wore the same costumes as last year and Macky Mac was a $5.00 bat.

Standing crazyface.

The amount of people was amazing, you have to see this video.


For you Mikele.

Scoot and Scoot.

They even had police directing traffic because of all the people downtown. Crazy.

Scott and Jeremy. (another Youth Pastor at our church)

Bat boy.

Bat Boy again.

Junie was running away from the dog and it was really funny.

Big orange pumpkin and our new friends.

I had Junie wear Sissy's ballet shoes because I didn't think anyone would see them and they would help his feet not get sore. Imagine the shock when he lost one of his yellow covers. Sorry manly man.

This is probably what he'll end up being as a grownup.

Wacko Harry Potter house.

Beautiful trees.

CANDY!!!!

To make the night even better Lance came to visit.