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Logo and cards!!!

I realized I have never actually sat down and taken photos of my business cards and thank you cards that I adore oh so much! There has been so much put into making them and I just love looking at them and thinking they are mine :) I know that sounds silly, but I just can't help but smile when I see them. Tim did such an amazing job on my logo (and helping with the cards designs as well) and I have to say thank you so much to him for it! He is seriously so creative and it is fun to hear people say, "oh I see the B, M, and P in the logo!" I bet you will be looking closely now to see it yourself (just tilt your head to the right when you find each letter) :)

P.S. it stands for Bethany Murphy Photography in case the letters confused ya ;)


my business card


the front of my thank you card (the pink ribbon will be changing soon to match a little better)


the inside of my thank you card


front and inside of thank you card


thank you card and business card side by side, both on linen paper (since you probably can't tell)

Tim, thank you for being so patient and sitting with me for hours figuring out exactly what it is that I want and like and picking my brain apart as much as you possibly can :)

Random fun

Tim and I went out the other day to have a little fun. He took me to Dudley's Bakery, the bakery that has his favorite bread. He was pretty much correct (aside from my mom's homemade bread of course) It was fabulous! Then we took some photos and had more fun :)




This is me devouring the bread...


still eating...








Man he is hot! I am one lucky girl :)

A list of fun things...

Tim and I were talking about fun things we could do together that are cheap and would get us doing more. As I was thinking of things, I thought I would include a blog for anyone to put their ideas in comments. Remember... cheap, fun, Southern California :) Hopefully everyone else can get ideas from it as well!

Here is a picture for kicks :)

Did I mention that I like to read?

I am not sure if I have ever mentioned before that I like to read, but I do... ALOT! I have a slight obsession with it actually and once I pick up a good book, I usually finish it within that day or very soon after. I have to say that my favorite author is Robin Jones Gunn and if you have never checked her out... please do if you want some great new books! Anyway, I ran out of all the books I had to read and was wanting some new books. I got some for Christmas which totally excited me! Then today I got home and walked in my room and oh the excitement when I saw this...



My sister is awesome! She lives in another state, so it stinks to have her so far away. She sent me some books and a gift card for me to buy more... OH MAN... I cannot wait to start a new series!!! I hear that Karen Kingsbury is a great writer, so I am very excited! It should last me a month or two :)

Thanks JJ :)

Here is to 2009 :)

I have been so bad at staying up to date lately! I can't believe how fast time is going by. This past year has been such a wonderful year and it seems like only yesterday that we were ringing in 2008... but it was 2009 instead, crazy. I am so excited to see what God has in store for this coming year! I have some goals that I have set and look forward to seeing what happens. I am so amazingly blessed and want to say thank you to everyone who has been a part my life. I love you all so much and I pray that God blesses you all beyond your wildest dreams :)

What is a blog post without some fun photos? We got the most snow we have had since probably before I was born, so of course I have to share some photos from it. I also have some from the holiday season that I will be posting this next week as well. For now enjoy the snow :)


Tim and my dad having some fun out in the snow :)




That's my guy...flip flops and all!


So much fun!!!

On that note... one last thing, Happy Birthday my Pea :)

Caffeine please!

I have not done many personal posts on here. It has mostly been photography sessions which I love, but I realized I should probably share a little more of me with the photos as well.

Having seven nieces and nephews to love on makes every moment with them exciting! Last night was no exception.

My sister invited me to go out to dinner last night with her and her family and I gladly accepted. I do not get to spend nearly enough time with them and the sad thing is they live about a street away from me. We got to the restaurant and got settled in the booth. The waitress came over to take our drink order. My sister ordered some lemonade, I ordered some water, my seven year old niece Samantha ordered some chocolate milk... then came my three year old niece Miranda's turn to order. Without thinking twice she said, "I will have some caffeine!" That's right, she ordered a cup of caffeine. My sister does not allow her kids to have caffeine and apparently the three year old is like every other person in the world... she wants what she cannot have :)


Miranda in all her glory at her dance recital :)


last Christmas


most of my nieces and nephews, minus two

Another year...

It seems like the older I get the faster time goes. I cannot believe how fast this past year has gone by, but it has and I am officially 26. I went out to eat for my birthday and one of the workers asked how old I was and I seriously drew a blank... I could not remember. I am so excited to see what this next year has in store for me and am so thankful for all the blessings God brings to my life! Thank you to everyone who helped make my birthday so special! You are all truly amazing and I cannot begin to tell each of you how much I love you!


Some of my very closest friends took me out a few days before my birthday :)


My 19th birthday present and of course the best one I ever got! My niece Sami Star






We were not sure what the dessert was exactly that they had brought us, but it sure was good!


Only about half of my incredible family!


Me with Timmy neutron :)