A snowy little photo sesh

After Christmas, my mom had a photographer come to her house to do a little photo shoot with the 3 grandkids.  During the shoot I kept thinking it would be a miracle if anything turned out!  Fortunately Stephanie, the photog, knew what she was doing and got some pretty cute shots anyway.  Here are some of my faves:

 This is Maguire's hat, but of course he wouldn't wear it--booger!

 Mimia and her grandkids!

 Love Oliver's eyes here!

 Yes, I bribed them with cake pops.  And I thought were were done with the photo shoot, so I gave Mac his...and it immediately turned his mouth blue.  Oops!  Good thing for snow to wash it off :)

 No, I wasn't prepared to be IN any of the pics...

Thanks, Mom!  What fun photos!  We'll have to do it again soon :)

When Daddy's away...

...we like to have drive-in picnics in the living room.  Why cook a real meal when you can drive through McDonald's and eat it on the floor?  The kids think it's the coolest thing to spread blankets on the living room floor with our food, pop in a DVD and enjoy hanging out together.  I think it's pretty fun too :)

A ROCKIN' Good time!

Maguire will be a drummer.  I don't think this is a biased opinion, just fact.  He has a full-sized drum kit and every time he has an opportunity to make a wish list, he asks for more "stuff" for his kit.  Cymbals, cow bells {more cow bell!}, more cymbals, wood blocks, a stool, different cymbals, new sticks, etc.  Much like his dad, he can't go more than 30 minutes without busting out a beat whether it's on a table with his hands/fingers or it's using his mouth for some funky beatboxing.  The kid's got rhythm and he's slightly obsessed.  Fortunately for him, Kyle's got plenty of outlets and connections to indulge his creative endeavors.  For his 4th birthday, thanks to one of Kyle's best friends & his wife, we were able to throw Maguire the coolest party a music-loving kid could ask for!  DV is in a number {currently 3, perhaps?} of rock bands and also leads worship at a local church.  He's super talented & plays drums {has given Mac a few mini-lessons}, guitar, sings and now has a recording studio in his home.  His sweet wife, EV is an awesome photographer.  We invaded their home with 7 boys, 4 dads and 1 Papa to rock it out and record a song the Kyle had written for the occasion.  DV recorded, EV took photos.  The kids had a blast...and so did the adults :)  What music-loving guy wouldn't dream of recording?  The final version of the song hasn't yet been released, but I've heard a rumor that it's getting close :)  Maguire LOVED his party and we LOVED celebrating him! 

Maguire is determined, silly, snuggly, smart, a total daddy's boy, athletic, strong-willed, non-stop-talker, inquisitive, energetic, loves trucks, loves drums, loves sports, loves riding his bike, loves kisses {even though he loves to pretend he doesn't ;) }, loves sugar, loves his family and loves Jesus.  And we LOVE him!