The Loud Americans

Goa is small section of India that is full or palm tree lined beaches and is known as the "party" place. The character of this pla...

There are only a few days in the year Parents know that a kid will without being prompted will pop out of bed and claim the day.Chief among ...

Below is the obituary of our friend Cynthia (see 2 blogs down). Please send all your love, thoughts, prayers and peace to Matt and Cynthia...

"We're too EXCITED to sleep" - from the famous Disney commercial Seoul Korea may not sound like the ideal holiday get a way, b...

Our friend Matt and his family have gone through a tragedy that needs all our prayers and God's help to get them through. Matt and his w...

There is this outcropping of rocks about 65 kilometers from Bangalore called Nandi Hills. It is a nice day trip out of Bangalore and it has ...

We havent done a kid specific blog lately and Kay seems "ripe" for material. As many of you will remember.... To Kay, life is a bu...

The dentist I mean. I have made it a goal of mine while I am here to experience as much of India as I can. That means the good and the bad,...

Here's my theory on homesickness.... Is not like a cold - a slightly irritating stuffy nose that you can work around but is always the...

Its official, we have been in India a year. Holy Cow!! (literally) What are our reflections on the past year????? Here are the typical quest...

WARNING: When reading this blog, remember, we havent seen/touched/heard American pop culture "live" in 12 months.... The kids newe...

Well, we had the travel bug, it had been over 6 weeks since our last trip! But.. school is in session, we dont have any long weekends and al...

The day stared out as all days do getting the kids up, sticker awards from the previous day along with breakfast and getting ready for schoo...

Two days after we moved into the Taj West End last year this wonderful lady and her two children moved in down the hall from us. Carol her ...

One year ago we landed in Bangalore somewhat lost, confused, excited and a little scared as to what were we thinking?! The very first day we...

The holiday here in India has finally come to an end for the kids. They were on school break from for all of April and May. They had a great...

Thank you for all the wonderful wishes! Many of you asked what I did for my 1st Indian birthday as well as my 1st annual 39th:) It was PERF...

We Murphy children are feeling quite literary these days. We had so much funny writing our Mothers Day blog that we decided to write the seq...

The much anticipated wedding of our driver Saravana to Sunita has finally arrived and what a production it was. The Friday before the weddin...