First Sermon

My wonderful husband preached his first sermon last weekend. I being the proud wife, took a picture. You can hear it online probably in a few days at www.citychurcheast.org

All is quiet

All doesnt seem to be quiet enough for me to finish a post. So heres an unfinished post i started weeks ago...:)

Maggie is eating lentils and drinking apple juice so I have a minute to quiet. Lentils are so tiny that she loves to pick them up and eat them and I love it because it keeps her entertained. The Morginsky front has been fairly calm these past weeks as I've huddled up to finish papers and tie loose ends for school. 8 days and counting.
Mojo is busying getting the boys ready for school...no easy feat. Maggie's favorites these days are: Eddie Teddy, pulling everything out of my purse, and "singing" along as Mojo and I sing her the catechism songs.

see any resemblance?

Atlanta Love

Here are my Bffs from college: in no particular order...Shannon, Shannon, Sally, Sara, Krissy, Sally, Deborah.
Our kids: Lainey, John Stanley, James, and Maggie!

Family Beach Photos

4th of July Cousin Fun

The Last Few Weeks

Maggie is down for her morning nap and I am drinking my first cup of coffee. This morning I didnt wake up until 8:45!!! Our dog was making noise and so I was surprised Maggie wasnt up yet. I put my head in the hallway to listen and heard her crying. For you moms, you'll know the feeling-i was like, crap! how long had she been crying???
Anyway, the Morginskys have had a fun filled month. It started with Mojo speaking at a camp in Ohio. He had a blast even though it was like 110 degrees. Towards the end of the week of him being gone, my sister and her family came into town. They stayed with me for a few days. Then it was my brother wedding, which was a few days of family and fun. Then my sister, her husband dave and their kiddos-Ellie and Atticus went to Santa Rosa Beach, Fl for the week. My parents came half way through the week. I read a great book by whoa, i blanked on the author. Anyway, great book:) And I got through a good bit of the last book of the Space Triology. It was a such a relaxing and fun week. We ate so good! DAve cooked us steak, shrimp, scallops, pasta, wine, great bread, etc...We spent a ton on groceries but we had a great time eating! The pool was just a few steps from our back door so I was able to go lay out while maggie was napping- another huge plus!!! There was a veranda on the second floor so Matt was able to read and smoke his pipe to his hearts content. And it was a great time with the niece and nephew and Maggie playing with them. She thinks they are awesome! The Mojos left Florida early to head to Atlanta for a college wedding. It was a good time with new husbands, new babies and the first time we've all stayed in a hotel together. We got a couple suites and stayed up talking and laughing. now we're just trying to get back into a routine. Matt is teaching at Barefoot Republic camp for the next two weeks, I'm working alot and Maggie is perhaps teething? Although i've been saying that for months...still no teeth. But she is crawling and thats a bunch of fun! Here are some pics of from the wedding:

Maggie learning how to give kisses

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7457219206739719928&hl=en

Watch this sweet video with Mags learning how to give kisses. Ignore the annoying mommy voice...

fathers day take two

check out the link under the fathers day post to see the video....

and a few more for good luck...

More pictures of Perfect

A mom perspective

The other day was close to perfect. Miss Mags and I sat on the porch for about an hour while the sun set. She played with toys while I read CS Lewis. We laughed and giggled and watched our dog bark at passerbys. It didnt reach perfect cause daddy/hubby wasnt there. I decided after a while to take some photos because the colors seemed so brillant. I love these sets of photos because everything seems so rich. I love all the color in Maggies life. I tend to be in a black and white world, with what I wear and how I think. It's nice to be in her world. I took these pictures with the camera at my eye. I just put the camera by my face and starting shooting...to give you a glimpse of how I see her. She crawled and grabbed and dumped her toys on the ground. The wind blew a cool breeze and our little baby pigeon who is still growing wings (Allen, we named him) got to spend time with us too.

Baby Einstein

So I tried out our baby einstein Mozart video the other day. It was so much fun! She became wide eyed and I dont think she blinked. it was fun to see her enjoy it so much! It plays in Spanish too! and En Francais!

Father's Day

We got a wonderful film footage of sweet Maggie wishing her daddy a Happy Father's Day!!!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1710708387335157488&hl=en

Finally....HOORAY!

We are Orinthologists

So we have become orinthologists by default lately. We have become well versed in the habits of pigeons and finches. Not because we like birds (I think they are dirty) but because they now are "renters" on our porch. Back when there was a frost in April I went to bring in my ferns and realized that little finches had taken up residence in the bushes. I felt obligated to leave them there b/c one) they had started to build nests and two) they surely would get cold with no where to lay there head that cold evening. Since then my ferns are half dead but their is tiny little finches growing on our porch. I am careful not to disturb as I carefully water the plant as I try to keep the alive half of my fern alive.
Then along came the pigeons. Mojo tried three times to foil their plans to take residence on our porch, but he failed. He figured after the third attempt to let them be b/c they seem to really love the spot. Now mother pigeon spends her days watching and waiting for her little ones to come. It seems that the word has gotten out that this is THE house for birds. For two years in a row chimney sparrows have built nests in our chimney which end up falling down into our living room. For two years I have mothered the little ones (which happen to be the loudest bird species). One year I took them to the delightful animal rehab place called Walden's Puddle...it really is a sanctuary for critters! Anyway, I think they spread the word that we dont like birds but we will take care of them if they inhabit our property...
I look at other houses with the same porches and the same ferns but they keep coming to ours! We have four ferns (four ruined ferns) each with a nest and some babies....They know I am a new mothers myself and cant help leave them be.
So, bird poop and dead ferns cloud my view but Mother Nature finds me as a friend.

Summer Reading List

As most of you know, I have been working as a school based therapist for graduate school. Well, as the year winds down, the kids are winding UP! Most days its mayhem and my sessions end up being about who hit who and why. Anyway, I took two kids to the library the other day to give them a break as they were heating things up. As they looked up their favorite rap artists on the web and proceeded to play the videos loudly...I took a breathier a wandered through the tiny volume of books they have. I decided to make myself a a summer reading list. So much of my brain power lately has been taken up with reading that I HAVE to do so I decided to give myself a list of books to be completed by the end of summer. Most of the books I read in high school and are still classics and I am excited to read again, some I never have and am looking forward to sitting on my back porch and have lazy summer days. I am actually thinking of purchasing all of them because one day I am sure Maggie will be required (or want) to read them. Here's my list. Give me suggestions and let me know if you have any books that you like to pull out in the summer....

Things Fall Apart
A raisan in the sun
Farenheit 451
A Separate Peace
Heart of Darkness
As I lay dying
The Pearl
The house of Mango Street
The chosen (one of my favs!)
Anne Frank:Diary of a young girl
Beowulf

more pics of Mothers day

Mother's Day Love

Lots of happenings since I last posted. I have a post ready to put up regarding having some great friends come through to visit and our trip to Philly. But here are some sweet Mother's day photos! For some reason blogger is giving me trouble with photo layouts so you'll have to turn your head to see some of these!