Happy Birthday Brookers!

On Wednesday, September 26th Brooke turned six! To celebrate, we all got together at the Morey's house in Redwood City for a dinner party. A great time was had by all... especially the 5 'little Murnanes.'

Bella and Lauren enjoy their Pizza dinner.


Jordan takes her youngest cousin 'under her wing.'


Ryan shows he's ready to join "Lord of the Dance!"


Happy Birthday little Brookers! You are not so little anymore!


The table is cleared... one kid remains: deligently finishing every last morsel of her cake.

Fun in the Sun!

To celebrate Monica's birthday, the Moreys recently took a trip to Lake Tahoe. With great sunny weather Luke, Monica, Ryan and Brooke had a great time!

Ice in a cup! Fantastic.


Brooke gets ready to chow down.


The Brooke-miester enjoying a day in the pool.


Ryan 'assumes the position' after another tough day at the office.

Junior Rangers!

Last Saturday Jordan, Lauren and Bella all got together for an afternoon of fun amongst the redwoods of Big Basin State Park. The three girls had a great time running around, going to the 'Nature Club' and cooking dinner over the open fire.

Jordan and Bella on their huge hike through the woods.


The girls show off their 'Junior Ranger' badges.


Jordan and Michele teach Bella the finer points of cooking dogs over the open fire.


Dinner time!


After Dinner Auntie "Shell-shell" showed Jordo how to cook smores.

Happy Birthday Pika!

Monica turned 37 on August 11th.... and last night we all went out to celebrate! All 13 of the 'Murnanes' got together at Buca de Beppo's in downtown Palo Alto. We even had a visit from a special guest... see below.

The five 'Murnane Grandkids' sit down for a big meal.


Monica celebrates her birthday in style!


The Pope was kind enough to join us for the festivities.


Bella enjoys the world famous Beppo's 'Crayons' for her appetizer.


Brooke and Ryan help Monica blow out her candles.


Next Murnane birthday..... Luke! September 15th. We're thinking he can take all 5 grandkids to Chuck E. Cheese by himself.

The BIG Apple!

Last weekend Mark, Michele and Brett all met up in New York City. Michele and Brett were in town for a Smith Barney conference while Mark was in the Big Apple doing research in his continous quest to find the 'World's Greatest Corned Beef Sandwhich." (this is in conjunction with his research into finding the world's greatest donut)


Did the Carnegie Deli live up to it's billing as 'world's best?' Stay tuned for a full report on this landmark restuarant coming in a few days.


Brett and Michele met up with Mark in this pizza spot in Soho.


Dinner at Robert De Niro's "Tribeca Grill."


Steak and HUGE onion rings... how can you go wrong?



A more detailed report about Mark's sandwhich, his world class hotel room and much more will be coming soon.

Happy Birthday Jordo!

Yesterday Jordan celebrated her 5th birthday! It was a fantastic party that included a visit from a real live 'four seasons' fairy princess.

The birthday girl!


The fairy princess wishes Jordan a very happy birthday.


Shall we get everyone up in a 'birthday circle' Jordan?


Jordan and her friends do a special birthday dance. Who is that holding the poor dalmation by the tail?


Five candles! Yikes... she is really growing up!


Time for some yummy cake!


Little Bella enjoying the party.


Lauren fired up and ready for more cake.


Ryan thinking: "It's me, 18 girls and there are donut holes here! Nice."


The next Murnane to have a birthday is MONICA! Pika's birthday is on Saturday, August 11th.

The Murnane Grandkids Keep Growing Up!

The five Murnane Grandkids are getting bigger and bigger by the day. It's only a few weeks until Brooke and Jordan start kindergarten!

Check out the five cuties sitting on the couch during December of 2005.


Now see how much they've grown in the last year and a half as they pose outside of Mo and Luke's house yesterday afternoon.