Pickles and Ice Cream

I thought it would be fun to begin keeping track of all of the odd foods that I've started craving. Here goes:
1.) milk (might not seem strange, but I'm despised milk for the last 10 years or so. I had to stop at a gas station on the way to work one morning because I absolutely had to have it.)
2.) hamburgers/hotdogs (also might not seem strange, but I haven't ate beef since I was around 7, but one Sunday after church Ben and I went to Kincaid's and I had to have the biggest hamburger. It was so good)
3.) peanut butter on waffles...so good! I've been told that I should add syrup to the peanut butter..we'll see.

The Murrays are an amazing bunch

I think Ben and I could sleep for the next two weeks and still be exhausted from this past week and weekend. We've laughed, we've cried and we've played with our now 6 nephews! Throw Tommy in the mix and we're officially wiped.

Ben's oldest sis, Na (Naomi) and her amazingly awesome now husband Chad left to go to Antigua on Friday to get married. We love Chad and are so happy for the two of them. High school sweethearts reunited let's just say a few years down the road... On the heels of our anticipation for Na and Chad, we learned that Ben's grandma, Ruby Murray, had passed away. While it is devastating to lose anyone that you love, Ben was not only close to his grandparents but he had been so blessed to have never lost a friend or family member before. Mourning and processing these sorrowful feelings were unchartered territory. We had a lovely memorial service for her last Tuesday which turned in to a great celebration knowing that our sweet Ruby was without doubt dancing with her Savior. It was great hearing stories about both Grandma and Grandpa Murray outside of their 'grandparent realm' and hear fun stories from friends about when they were young. We were able to get great practice in for the baby and have two of our nephews stay with us along with Ben's sister Sarah who was visiting from Georgia. While they are the most well-behaved boys...boys will be boys...and boys will make Uncle Ben and Aunt Jojo exhausted. I think when they see Uncle Ben they just see one giant punching bag and tickle monster. It was so much fun watching Ben play with the boys and see what a great father he's going to make. The week ended with some very exciting news...I felt the baby for the first time! I was swimming with Amy and I had just jumped in the pool and felt something on my right side. I put my hand on it and gently pushed back and kept feeling a little flutter against my right side. Either the baby loves swimming or hated the cold water and was trying to tell me to get out. What an amazing feeling though. Thank you Lord for the life that Ruby led and the example that she set, and thank you for this new life that you are forming right now.