march 5, 2011

Happy Half Birthday Kelsey Anne!

It is hard to believe you are now 6 months old. It seems like just yesterday that we were brining you home from the hospital. We laid you down on your blanket in the living room and the kids just sat there and looked at you. We had waited for what seemed like forever for you to arrive, and we didn't know what to expect. And there you were, just as cute as can be. The kids just looked at you, and then at us. They both said " She doesn't do much does she?"

But boy (girl) do you do much now. You are a rolley polley, you love to sit in your walker (although you can't walk in it yet, you can't even reach the floor), you love to play with spoons, love your bro-bro and sissy. You are learning so much these days. Like how to eat cereal and how to eat your socks!

What a blessing you are to our family. We love you little Kelsey Anne.

For her half birthday party, Ellyn made her this cute crown.

letters

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oh letters, how we have missed you. did you know that you can't do much on a computer without a keyboard? well, here in the snyder house we have found out how much you can do. about a week ago our keyboard died. we could use the mouse to get around on some websites that had been bookmarked, and andy was the only one who could get on facebook because he was the last one on and it saved his info. i tried a friends keyboard and that didn't work. with the advice of my husband's aunt we called a cousin who is a computer guy. and he gave me some tips and, it didn't work. but later that day the "new" keyboard just started working. don't know why, don't care why. all we care is it is working. jason (steve's cousin who may have reached super hero status) was able to help us out with other computer issues.

something new...

you would think that after being married for what seems like forever (is that a good thing or bad thing that it seems that long? i think a good thing), you would think that we know all there is to know about each other. that there is nothing new under the sun...well not so boys and girls.

our running joke is that we learn one new thing about each other each month. and so far that is pretty right on.

the first time it happened we were at carl's jr and i got some fry sauce for me and Andy (this was before kelsey anne and ellyn) and steve asked where his was? i told him he didn't like fry sauce so i didn't get him any. he said that he did. and i asked for how long? and he said for always! well, what do you know? that was our first new thing of the month. it seems that he comes from a long line of fry sauce likers (snyder's call it gunk, if that is how you spell it.)

this is how we keep things new, fresh in our marriage. learning about fry sauce and such.

oh, for those of you who are not from utah and don't know what fry sauce is, it is just ketchup and mayo. simple and good.

oh mom cat

how can i do my Bible study with THIS in my way? why is it that cats want to be right in the middle of everything?

baking fun

while in dickson i got to see my dad in all his baking glory. and boy does that man bake. one of the many things that i loved was his french bread. it was the best! and it seemed super easy. so for one night i decided we needed to have french bread with dinner. now i knew that it needed 40 minutes to rise after it had mixed in the bread maker and it was to cook for 22 minutes. i thought i had it all calculated just right so it would come out just in time for dinner. what could be better than fresh french bread? well, i forgot to factor in the mixing time...one hour and nineteen minutes!!! that put my timing off just a little. well, it will be ok i thought. we can just have it as an after dinner snack. one other thing i forgot to factor in was our power going out. yikes! as we were eating a storm blew in and the power went out. not a big deal i thought. then i remembered the bread was in the oven. steve said i should just leave the door shut and wait. the power did come back on not too much later. i then turned the oven back on and started to cook. it had stayed pretty hot in there so i was very hopeful. and would you believe it turned out great. perfect i thought. but if you ask ellyn she will tell you that great papa's (my dad), his bread is still much better. thank you for your support ell.

fun with kitty

i think kelsey likes mom cat. but not too sure mom cat feels the same way.

sew much fun

For Christmas this year I received a sewing machine from my in-laws. I had been thinking I wanted one for a while and what do you know? Santa came through! I had learned to sew when I was really little. My mom did a lot of sewing and I learned some from her, but that was many moons ago. And this machine is very different from my mom's one. It does all kinds of crazy stitches. It even does button holes. We had our very first lesson on my new machine. I learned how to do all kinds of fun things. Now I am looking for my first project. I have a few in mind. I am going to keep it simple and see how it goes.





My first project! I did a bunch of different kinds of stitches. The kids think I should frame it, I just might. My mom would be so proud.


Thanks Kathy for teaching and picking up where my mom has left off. I love you mom!