Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Snyder family.

We wish you a very blessed Christmas and pray that you will feel the love of Christ in it all.

Cheese

The stomach flu sidelined all four of us last week....keeping us home bound for nearly a week. It was a first for us and I hope it stays away for a long time! It was a nasty bug that caused none of us to eat much for a good five days.
So, when my already skinny minny (who had lost nearly 10% of her body weight by this point) asked me for, "not little cheese, mommy...BIG cheese", I totally obliged!

A question for Jesus

This was my conversation with Asher at bedtime the other night:

Asher: "Mommy, why did all of the dinosaurs have to die?"

Me: "I don't know Asher, that is a question we will have to ask Jesus one day"

Asher then sat up in bed and said, "Jesus.....Why did all of the dinosaurs have to die?"

Then there was silence for probably 10 seconds before he said, "Ok"

So, I asked him what Jesus had said

Asher: "So we can live"

Hmmmmm........

Makes sense to me.

Dancing

We even did some dancing at our family birthday party on Sunday!

Tatum & Daddy

Asher & Mommy

Reagan & Papa

Birthday pictures

Here are some pictures of our weekend celebrating Tatum's 2nd birthday!

Daddy made Tatum a Hello Kitty cake:)


Tatum had a GREAT time opening her presents!




The birthday girls



Ian, Tatum, Reagan & Asher....best friends and cousins.

Happy Birthday Tatum & GG

Two years ago today I waited just a little too long to head to the hospital..... My beautiful little girl was born just shy of two hours after arriving and my epidural took effect about two minutes after she was born! In retrospect, I'm actually kind of glad that I got to experience the whole thing with no drugs (crazy I know).

Two years later, Tatum has graced our lives with too much love, joy and laughter to count. She is a sweet sweet spirit. We were discussing love languages the other day and one of Tatum's is definitely physical touch. Nothing makes her happier than a little back or tummy rub! She loves her brother more than life and any time in our arms with her ni-night (blanket) is good. She loves to sing, read books, eat Pirate's Booty, and do whatever Asher is doing (to the letter).

Two years ago today was also my Grandma's (or GG as she is now called) birthday! She was in the room as her third great-grandchild was born. It was a very special moment. GG is SO wonderful with my kids and they are excited to see her (and her purse full of Fruit Loops and M&M's) anytime they get a chance!

So, today we celebrate two special and God-blessed lives!
We thank Him so much for both of them.

Happy 2nd and 81st birthday's Tatum & GG

***pics to come***

Happy Thanksgiving!

Keven, Asher, Tatum and I (Alicia) wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving day!

As we try to say in our house on a regular basis.....

God is good

All the time

All the time

God is good!

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.

Worship the Lord with gladness;

come before him with joyful songs.

Know that the Lord is God.

It is he who made us, and we are his;

we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving

and his courts with praise;

give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;

his faithfulness continues through all genertions.

Psalm 100