Surprise in Sioux Falls

A few weeks ago, we flew to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to make a surprise visit to our friends, Tom, Robin, and Carson. The only person who knew we were coming was Robin's mom. After a delayed flight, Shane accidentally locking Parker in the rental car, and Shane having to pull over several times for me to throw up on the side of the road (I contracted that nasty virus that's been going around), we finally made it to Sioux Falls. The look on Robin's face when she opened the door made our trip well worth it. Tom came home a little later, and he looked like he had just seen three ghosts!! They had surprised me for my birthday earlier in the summer, so we had to repay the surprise. I think we were a little crazy to do it in the middle of January (the temperature got down to -0.4), but we had a great time and Parker and Carson played just like old times. They giggled the whole time we were there. Here are a few pics from our visit.

Just like Daddy

Parker and Daddy have been having a lot of fun playing lately. Dad now gives him his haircuts and Parker sits perfectly still for him. Shane does a pretty good job too! Parker also likes putting on daddy's shoes, especially his cowboy boots. Here are a few pics.

Home for the Holidays!!!

Shane, Parker, and I decided to drive to Oklahoma for Christmas. Needless to say, the entire way there, I kept saying, "Why did we decide to drive???" After 18 hours and 3 days on the road, we finally made it to Hollis! Thank goodness our friends, Drew and Heather, let us stay at their house in between our trips. We had a great time visiting family and friends the two weeks we were there. Of course, Parker got many things for Christmas, and Shane and I didn't do too badly ourselves!! Here are few pics of our stay. Parker and MiMi made Christmas cookies which was the highlight of our visit for MiMi! He got a cool motorized Ford truck from Grandma and Granddad and needed some of Papa's help to open his packages. He also got a neat remote control car from Great Grandpa Elmo and also got to see his friends, Trace, Garron, and Gavin, from Oklahoma. I hope everyone had a great holiday!