Life's a beach

After a week of sun and surf in Myrtle Beach, it's great to be back in Munhall . . . NOT. We were lucky to find this fabulous place called the Verandas in North Myrtle that slept about 10 and had all the amenities. Our buddy Bridget and her daughter Allie joined us. Chris and I are newly minted MB Pelicans fans. (What would be the short form, "Pels"? "Cans"?) Weather was terrific. We caught the edge of Fay at the end, but it just made the boogie-boarding more exciting. Check out the pics:

Myrtle Beach

From the Gettysburg Times

Aimee A. Pack and John J. Murphy III
Published: Monday, August 18, 2008 8:05 AM EDT
Aimee Ann Pack and John James Murphy III announce their intention to marry.

Miss Pack, of Gettysburg, is a 1992 graduate of Radford University and is employed by Gettysburg Health Administrators Inc. She is the daughter of Ron and Lisa Pack and Dianne and Larry Brogan, all of Gettysburg.

Mr. Murphy, of East Berlin, is a 2006 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and a 2003 graduate of the University of Dayton’s School of Law. He is employed as an associate attorney at Apple Leaf Abstracting and Settlement Company and Patrono and Associates, LLC. He is the son of John and Diana Murphy, of Munhall, Pa.

The couple has not yet set a wedding date.

http://www.gettysburgtimes.com/articles/2008/08/18/news/weddings_engagements/doc48a9643aa06f7205724471.txt

Family Fantasy Football

I decided to go ahead and start up the fantasy football league, I hope we can generate enough interest for it. Everything is set up at Yahoo.com... here's a more direct link.... http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/431320

The league ID is 431320 and the password is "generation m" (for Marin, Michael & Megan the Murphy Young Bucks).

Any of you Gents and Ladies are welcome to join. I set up a live online draft for Saturday August 23rd at 7pm. But if that doesn't work for everybody it can easily be changed.

Let me know what you think either on here or email me: wjm220@psu.edu

I've got football fever already. Can hardly wait to see Notre Dame fail more miserably than last season at the college level, while Penn State sends JoePa out in style 8-) ....

.... I nearly just pressed "Publish Post" without mentioning the Steelers because I at first assumed we were all fans. But luckily I remembered that Chris roots for the enemy. First my stomach turned in disgust but then I remembered how awful the Ravens are and laughed it off....

Good Luck to all who join in on the family football fun

Kennywood Kids

We had a terrific time at Kennywood with Nonie and the twins, Tirhas and Addisu. Tirhas may need some help with her shooting skills, but nobody's better at riding an elephant with a squirmy toddler. Addisu and I rocked the Thunderbolt, Phantom's Revenge and Pitt Fall. Marin was pretty fired up about Kiddieland. Check out the pics:

Kennywood 2008

I can't match anybodies big new but I have an average Idea

I tried to post blogs on here numerous times but I forgot my username and password for a while. Anyway, Congrats Sara and Johnny on each of your respective big announcements! The Murphy Family expanding is exciting. Also, how cool is George Dubbya Liz and Chris? I bet if you went to give him a high five instead of the more formal (and outdated) hand shake he would have gone for it. He's so hip to our generation haha.

Anyway: My idea is that we get a little Murphy Family Fantasy football league together. Anybody who is interested just email me wjm220@psu.edu and I will set everything up. It will help if you already have a yahoo account. Winner gets first overall pick in Turkey Bowl 2008? Let me know if there is enough interest to get it started.

Oh yea, since this is the Cottage blog I may as well ask... Who was the last one up there and what kind of condition is it in? Every week I say I'm going to make the trip and every weekend something prevents me. I'll be glad to get a little work done while I'm up there if anybody has any suggestions.

The Wittmans Meet the President

Hi gang! Chris was asked to fill in on guitar with a band called Moodswings. The band was hired for a Bush family wedding in Kennebunkport, ME. It was a long bus-ride to and fro, but it was a once in a lifetime experience for sure. I got to tag along as the photographer and we both got to meet the President and his father. Here are the pictures!