Family Photos

I have been teaching piano lessons to these two girls and their neighbor/friend for a few years now. They are practically family and they let me snap some photos for their Christmas card.

Here's the whole family. You can see where the girls get their beautiful red hair from.

This is Bryn. She dances, blogs, and loves anything purple.

While Mason doesn't study piano, he does has some serious art skills.

Syd can read any book in less than a day and remembers EVERYTHING.

Here are their wonderful parents.

Thanks, Wynders for coming over and for being so fun and for rescuing me when I get locked out :) You guys are great!

Let It Snow!

Well, after over a month of Rex looking out the window and chanting, "snow? snow?" we finally got some snow the other day. Cass snapped some cute pics while I dragged the boys around on a sled, but first, here's the spectator section.

The boys loved it.
Everytime we stopped Rex would say, "more? more?"

Here's a little cousin love for you.

Rex has been dying to go out again, but it takes like 20 minutes just to get him suited up in all his snow gear.

Sorry for the posting delay. We've had some internet problems, but I think we're good to go now.

The New Yard

Well, unpacking is definitely a work in progress. I thought it would go faster, but I also thought my morning sickness would be gone by now. Anyhow, here's a preview of our new yard. This is why we bought the house. Jeff has always wanted a cool yard and this yard is a little boy's dream. So, here is a tour courtesy of little Rex.

Rex loves this rocking chair on the porch. He sits and rocks for quite a while. I ask him if he's ready to get down and he just shakes his head and says, "uh-uh!"

When it's a little cold out, Rex is willing to wear a hat. I take advantage of that whenever I can because I love hats on him.
This is the view when you walk out the back door. It's terraced and at the top (by that fence) is a little firepit.

There are these cool, rustic steps up to the firepit. There's a lot of natural landscape, with big boulders and scrub oaks filling in the hills.

Here's Rex sitting on one of the log benches up at the firepit.

There's a little playground in the bottom corner of the yard. It needs a coat of something, but we'll work on that in the spring. Rex thinks it's really cool to swing on the big boy swing.

Well, that's the tour for now.

Coming Soon...

So I've been a lame blogger this week, but I've had a big excuse. We moved! We've been unpacking boxes, arranging and rearranging furniture, and we just got our internet running. Anyhow, we'll have some pictures and more exciting things to post soon, so bear with us. I at least changed my background and banner to keep things a little more exciting. Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

A Real Pregnant Moment...

Well, let's just say the clumsiness, the forgetfulness, and the awkwardness has definitely set in already. I was really busy on Thursday and I ran home to teach a few piano lessons. When I got home I found a piece of popcorn that Rex had dropped on the floor, but it was now covered with ants. (Sidenote: I have serious issues with ants, but that's a whole different story for another day.) I did what any Magill girl would do....I sprayed them with Windex. Then I grabbed all that I could in a paper towel and RAN to the outside garbage can. I had to lean out the side door in our garage to reach the can and all I was thinking about was ants possibly crawling all over my hands. I leaned too far forward and BAM! The door closed on me. I was locked out and my piano students were minutes away from arriving. So, the bottle of Windex and I waited on my porch until my students arrived. I explained to them what happened and begged them to take me to my sister's house to get a key. Luckily, they are great understanding people. They even offered me chocolate truffles during the rescue mission. (Thanks, Wynders! You guys rock.)

What I learned:
1) Windex DOES kill ants.
2) If I ever have a minivan I'm going to keep chocolate truffles in it.
3) Hide-a-keys wouldn't be a bad investment.

perfect.

Hanging With Mr. Cooper....

I have been wanting to get some shots of my newest little nephew lately and finally I got a chance. First, though, is a group shot of all three boys. I think this might be my very favorite picture ever.

May I present 'lil Mr. Cooper!

He is so good-natured. He has the sweetest smile and these eyes that just sparkle.

Is that a kissable face or what? Seeing the boys play kind of makes me hope the next one is a boy, too. Then again, a stroll through the kid clothing section does really make me want a girl.