The Murray Clan est 1989: 2006 Murray Family Update!

2006 Murray Family Update

Wow another busy year! Hard to believe 2006 is over and 2007 is beginning.We have been a family of 5 for one and half years now and it feels like we have our we have always been. Mary is now 3.5 years old (going on 20). She is busy playing with her sister and cousins. She absolutely loves all babies. IF we go to a park or anything she will gravitate towards the babies and ask to hold them and tries to kiss them. She got the opportunity to meet the president for a second time in July. She also fell in love with a young girl named Karina that we hosted from Russia. All year Mary was asking when she could see Karina again. We call Mary our "wannabe Russian" because she tends to gravitate towards them. She loves Russian people, the language, music and dance. Galina turned 8 this year and started the 2nd grade in August. She was baptized in the Catholic church in February of this year. She learned how to swim like a fish and could spend every day in the pool if we would let her. She loves hanging out with her cousins and like anything her big sister likes.Anya turned 14 in December and started the 8th grade. She loves High School Musical and the actors in it. She is really getting into music and clothes. She made honor roll again and we are very proud of her. Peter and Suzanne just celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary (OK that sounds old). We signed up for another embryo adoption over the summer and are happy to announce we have been matched and selected my a placing family and hope to transfer early in 2007. We have started a web page to keep everyone up to date on that progress. We feel very blessed with our family as we try to "fake" this parenting (LOL). Sadly Peter's Dad Donal Murray died at the end of this year. He will be deeply missed.

June, 2006 one vacation in Carlsbad and one our one year anniversary "gotcha date!"