House of Selfies

House of Selfies

Because of Ryan, we have become a House of Selfies.  This kiddos love to take pictures of themselves and to show off what they are doing.  Here is some of our collection.

Since Maggie passed away, Dafunny has become on spoiled dog.  She loves to cuddle and insists on going for a walk everyday after the kids go to school.  The kids are constantly trying to get her to cuddle with them and to take pictures together.

Jaxen 

Rachel's Ode to Lili

Joshua

Jaxen

Jaxen Rachel and Joshua

Joshua trying to be serious

Rachel showing off her Messy Bun after we were shown how by Aunt Becca

Jaxen listening to the book Wonder for his nightly reading

Family Pictures 2015

Ryan MacPherson Family

2015

 

Right before Christmas we finally had family pictures taken.  It has been three years (maybe four now) since we had this done.  It was snowing pretty heavily, so we weren't sure it was going to happen.  It turned out to be a very nice setting for the photos.  We are very happy with how they turned out and are excited to share them.  Here are a few.  There were just too many cute ones to choose from.  Especially since we have such great looking kiddos.

 

 

 

MacPherson Crew

Morgan age 11

 (close enough she was 7 days away from her birthday)

Jaxen age 9

Joshua age 9

Gracie age 9

Rachel age 8

MacPherson Crew Again!

We had a picture like this taken in our last group shots and couldn't resist doing it again.

Morgan, Gracie, Jaxen, Joshua and Rachel

 

Ryan and Emily

The leaders of this Crew.

 

Back to School, Costco and Dafunny

January 4th - January 14th:

After such a fun break and holiday, it was back to school on the 4th.  The kiddos were excited to see their friends, and to get back to a routine.  We are once again busy with homework, after school activities and church activities.  Ryan is also enjoying his trips to Costco one a week.  His claim to fame is that he has visited every Costco in Utah except Ogden.  However, I'm sure it won't be long before he visits there too.

Rachel had a special day with Ryan because she finished her book for her book report.  She picked out this nice Dollie and Me pajamas for her and her dolly.

On a family trip to Costco, she picked out another Dollie and Me outfit with her own money.  She was sooo excited to show it off.

Dafunny has found herself a wonderful snuggle buddy.  Gracie loves to cuddle with her and tickle her tummy.

NewPort Beach, Lego Land, St. George and New Years.

December 28th - January 3rd:

During the second week of Christmas Vacation, we went to NewPort Beach, CA.  We had a great time.  It was a lot colder than we thought it would be, but that didn't stop the kiddos.  They loved going swimming, walking on the beach and all the other outdoor activities we had planned.

On Monday December 28th, we went to Lego Land.  It was chilly and very crowded.  Halfway through the day, it began to rain, so the lines became a lot shorter.  This is about the time the kiddos started to enjoy themselves.  They found the driving range and went on the ride over and over.  They also had a great time visiting the mini-cities in the center of Lego Land.  It was fun to visit, but I'm not sure it was worth it to go again.

The kiddos posing at the entrance to Lego Land

Morgan with her Lego Mobile

Morgan, Rachel and Jaxen thought this spider was awesome

Jaxen posing with all the Star Wars characters

Morgan and Joshua with Darth Vader

Rachel with Darth Vader

Rachel posing with Lego Friends

Rachel with the girl character from Lego Movie (no I cannot think of her name even though it was a good movie).

Selfie with Rachel and Emily

Another Selfie with Ryan and Emily

Morgan waiting in the Lego Friends Barn

Ryan was soooo excited to meet Rick Sutcliffe.  He is a former baseball player for the Cubs.  So, of course, we had to have a picture with the whole family.

The next few days, we hung out at the hotel and went to the beach.  The kiddos had a great time playing in the kids zone, playing games, walking the beach and looking for treasure with Ryan's metal detector (unfortunately, they did not find any).

Morgan trying to surf (or was she?)

Rachel posing for the camera

And not to be left out Gracie posing as well.

Sunset at the beach

Gracie after swimming for a few hours in the afternoon

Morgan enjoying a good book after swimming

Rachel loved being in the nice 80 degree pool.  She was our little dolphin and would not get out.

The girls were able to meet Eva Kolker from Girl Meets World on the Disney Channel.  She was staying with her Grandparents in the same hotel and they had spent the afternoon playing in the kids zone together with her and her sister (mostly with her sister though).

After a fun filled four days in California, we drove back to St George to spend New Years with the Cousins.  We celebrated with Lori and Dave and their family.  All of the kiddo's made it to midnight and had fun running wild with their cousins.  The parent's were exhausted, but enjoyed visiting, watching movies and eating treats as well.