Christmas Morning at Mimi's

Santa managed to fulfill almost all of John Thomas' requests and even added a few surprises of his own. This Christmas was especially fun now that John Thomas understands the magic of Santa and why he gets gifts on Jesus' Birthday. We are so thankful for all of our Christmas blessings and time with our family. Here are a few pics from our magical morning.

Spiderman Shoes were high on Santa's list

Santa's surprises were his new car and piano!

He loved his "Blue Car Airplane"

Out for a test drive

Merry Christmas to you all!!

McPherson Christmas

We were so excited to host the McPherson Christmas this year.

It was a lot of fun!

Here are all the kids minus John Thomas. I finally caught John Thomas for a quick pic :)

Our tree
Tearing into his gifts

The after shot.... quite a path of paper


Rowan found a great place to play!

Ian and John Thomas were so excited about the car tracks

They had to set it up right away.

John Thomas played until we made him go to bed.

He woke up at 5 am requesting to play with his new cars (that he slept with)!

Off to STL for some more Christmas Celebrations!

Twins First Birthday

Its hard to believe that a year ago we got the call that Shandy was going into labor to have the twins almost two months early! We were all so excited, yet leaned on prayer for their safe arrival. After seeing them now you would never guess that they were preemies. Rowan and Ryder have grown so fast and seem to learn something new every time we see them. It was a great time to celebrate both of them turning one this week!!!

All of the McPherson cousins get a chair on thier 1st Birthday.

Of course, John Thomas was offering to help unwrap gifts...

Disney themed cakes

They loved thier cakes!!

Happy 1st Birtday Rowan and Ryder!!!!

Turkey Day 2011

We are so Thankful for all of God's blessings.

Thanksgiving was a great day to reflect upon how thankful we truly are. Here are a few pics from Turkey Day 2011. Collin and John Thomas had a lot of fun together!

Enjoying the morning with Mimi
Early lunch

Katie and Kyle

Nana and Collin

Nana and Mama Ida

After dinner the weather was so nice John wanted to play football!

We hope all of you had a wonderful day of thanks!!!

First School Picture

Our little boy looks so grown up in his first school picture!

(2 year old class)

Happy Halloween!!

This year John Thomas was really into Halloween. He requested to be a lion, so a lion he was! He loved to say "Grrrr" and chase everyone while in costume. Here he is with his friends Xavier and Jackson at school before the party. The Lion
He was a little jealous of the Buzz wings

The 2 year old class
Jackson aka Happy Feet

Ready for his snack

After the party at school we went to Aunt Christi and Uncle Derrick's

Since we had a Lion, we all decided on a Wizard of Oz theme
Here is Reagan (Dorthy) and Ella (Glenda the Good Witch)

Rowan was the Tin Man and Ryder was the Scarecrow

Ian opted to be a monster :)

Ready to hit the neighborhood!

Trick or Treat!

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!!!

Fall Parade with the Rolls

John Thomas and Parker loved the Moore Fall Parade.

Of course the best part was gathering up all of the treats!

He and Parker had filled their bags and pockets with all kinds of goodies.