Katherine's Big Shebang!

This is Katherine posting for her wonderful mother while home for Christmas. :D we've all been really busy and just having a LOT of fun...mom's finished her masters and i've made a trip up to the Atlanata Temple and have been able to hang out with friends and family since i got home. it's been really nice to be home again and can't wait for the day to be able to come home more often! Time just flies by so i hope i can do everything that i want to do...finding time for everyone is the hardest thing. But i love being home and hope everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! :D

I am so thankful for being able to finish the Master's program. The Lord has really been with all of us. Having Katie home for such a short period of time has been wonderful. We are looking forward for her to be at DisneyWorld for the seven months she is interning there. We will be trying to see her and be there to encourage her. She will be in the Orlando area and hopefully will make new and wonderful friends during this experience.

Sad news!

Today we had to put our oldest cat, Miguelina down. She had been ill for months but today she was really bad and I could not watch her suffer anymore. She weighed about three pounds. She was with us for 18 years and so she was part of our family. She is probably on the otherside wondering why Hercules is licking her face. She really disliked to have him do that to her. I will try to bury her tomorrow with Hercules. It really depends on how my day goes. I will truly miss her.

What joy our pets bring us! We do not realize that they bring us joy sometimes until they are gone. I will have to treasure her memories in my heart for a long time. She and her beautiful kittens. What memories! Kids, remember the time she hid the kittens in the box springs of Daddy's and my bed? Or how about how she had her litter of kittens in Daddy's side of the closet? Her tiny face and little body compared to the other cats we have had will always be there. Dr. Farris, the vet, almost cried with me because she has a whole house full of cats. She was really sweet about the whole thing. Remember the joy and fun things she has brought to our lives and we will have joy eternal. She will be waiting for us! Now we need to live worthy to be with her.

Katelyn Ashlee

Since Mike and Amber do not have a blog. I thought that I would share our newest addition to the Murrays!

Katelyn Ashlee Murray, 7 pounds 13 ounces, 20 inches long and 13 cm around the head. She is pretty and pink!Sarah Autumn with Katelyn Ashlee. They are a cute pair.Katelyn Ashlee and Lily Anne - Momma said I had to be nice.

The three youngest Murrays.

Sarah, Katelyn and Lily

We are wondering if she is going to stay with the darker hair or if she is going to be a red-head with her sisters.

We are growing in leaps and bounds now!!!!

Thanksgiving Gratefulness

Happy Thanksgiving!

This has really been a wonderful Thanksgiving for the Murray Family.

Katelyn Ashlee Murray was born on November 26th at 4:48 a.m. She weighed 7 pounds 13 ounces, 20 inches long and her head measured 13 cm. She has dark hair which is different from her two older sisters, who are red-heads.

The second blessing this Thankgiving is that Kelley Anne and Drew are expecting their first child around the end of July or first of August. The Smiths will have their first grandchild but this will be the Murray Clans' fifth grandchild. We are so excited for the newlyweds and the new adventure that they are enbarking upon.

We are thankful for our family and friends and for the gospel of Jesus Christ that enriches our lives each day.

Thank you to one and all who have made us a happy and wholesome year.

Sherri

Graduation is Coming

Graduation from University of Phoenix is coming soon. I can hardly believe that I am about to start the last class. The class that I am in right now ends a week from today and I start the last class then. WOW! Where have 15 months gone! It seems like yesterday we began this tour.

A new tour is beginning in January when I go back into the program at the University of Phoenix for two years. I will be working on a second masters. This time it will be in Special Education. I am really grateful for all that I have been able to accomplish. I can hardly believe that we are all growing daily and how we have all been able to learn and grow.

Hope for the future!

Today is really a sad day for America. We are walking into a very dangerous situation and I am not sure that we are going to come out the victor. I have so much to be grateful for and yet we really have so much to lose. We are a free and independent nation who may be headed into slavery of a government who does not know how to allow people to use wise and humble knowledge.

For the Murrays, I am so very proud of each of you and hope that you are taking the time to read this blog and see how we feel about you. We are praying for each of you and your success. Please continue the wonderful work.

May our Heavenly Father bless all of you and yours. We have to be even more obedient to make this time a successful period of time.

Sherri

The Future of the Citizens of the USA

As I have been preparing for the future I have been very concerned about the outcome of the current presidential election. I have been thinking about our scriptures and what they teach us. The determination that we are really getting very close to the last days has left me with these thoughts.
We are a very blessed nation and we really need to be able to be grateful to our Heavenly Father for all that he has given us as a nation. We have freedoms that most people would only dream of. We have the freedom of speech, religion and we have rights also. Rights to bare arms and to live where we would like. All in all the founding fathers of this nation were truly inspired by Heavenly Father.
I became angry when I thought that we may have a president who wants to take away our creativity and freedoms. I am so very grateful for the great members of my family who have fought for our freedoms starting with my relatives who fought in the American Revolution to my grandfather, father, husband and sons. They have all been willing to fight for our right to have the freedoms. To have a man be elected as the President of the USA and will not even Pledge Allegiance to our flag, put his hand on his heart to show respect, and will not sing the national anthem. He wants to bring our military home and then downsize by 25%. What a frightening thought!!!
Another thought is the prophets have told us to have our three months of food storage. The stock market is going up and down like a roller coaster. We are needing to heed His word and follow His counsel through His living Prophets. We really do need to prepare because the worst has not been seen and we all have many trials ahead. We need to be spiritually prepared and allow the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to guide each and every one of us.