Emma and the Twins

Emma had her twin best buddies, Kiley and Karina, over to our house. The girls played dress up and walked down the stairs requesting to have their picture taken.

All grown up

Seriously, she looks so grown up in this picture

Beach and Cake

Michael's parents were in-town and we had a great time with them.

Poor Lily

Photo shoot. Our family is loving our new puppy>

Family

Boy is it hard to have everyone look at the camera at the same time.

Garden Fun

Beautiful Girl

New Puppy

Today we got a new puppy and named her Lily. We are so in love with her.

Twins

Gamma bought the girsl matching dresses for Easter. At church, people asked us if they were twins. Ha

Backyard Fun

All clothes off except undies and run through the sprinkles.

After water fun, Drew cut the grass for us with his new mower.

Strawberry Pickin

Top photo was taken April 7, 2012 ( Drew is a week away from turn 2).

Bottom photo was taken May 29, 2010 (Drew was just a few weeks old.

It is amazing how they grown up so fast.

Saturday morning started off with my birthday celebration. Michael and the kids got me a new camera and an IPAD. Holy cow!!! If you know me, I love to go go go. We went for donuts, then meet up with my brother and his family who were in town. Wrightsville Beach park had a Easter egg hunt and then the kids played on the swing set. Next was strawberry picking, lunch at bluewater, Arboretum, and dinner with the family. I think it was the best birthday ever!

Madison Rose

Jack and Drew sliding together

Hershey Bear Snyder

We lost a very loved member of the Snyder family last evening. After a painful 9-month fight with bone cancer and an increasingly growing lump on her left arm, we decided to put our 9 year-old Chocolate Lab, Hershey, to sleep. Hershey was the best dog ever. Plain and simple. I know everyone says that about their own pet. But hands down, she was truly the best dog ever. She was the cutest puppy I’ve ever seen. And as an adult, she was beautiful, with the shiniest, softest, smoothest, dark, brown coat I’ve ever seen. Her beautiful coat was probably from the Pantene shampoos that she regularly received growing up. She was smart and loyal. From the time that Hershey was a puppy, she never needed to be on a leash. I tend to think it wasn’t only that she was so loyal and smart, but because she instantly bonded with us and was afraid to get separated from us. Hershey had the “best” temperament. She was friendly with other dogs, yet, she was a real people “person” wagging her extremely strong tail incessantly and hitting everything in sight. And with kids, she saw her perfect opportunity to get “free” kisses. So much so, we would always have to shoo her away. Hershey was not a yappy barking dog. But, on occasion, she’d let some go if she felt she needed to protect us. Talk about a great swimmer! I guess when its in your genes its that easy… But her true joy was playing ball, especially, playing with tennis balls. Funny thing was that she was very poor at actually catching the ball in the air. No matter, once that ball hit the ground nothing and I mean nothing, not bushes, trees, or people were going to keep her from getting that tennis ball. And I can’t forget about “Tigger”. From the time Hershey was a puppy and we bought her a stuffed animal Winnie the Poo, Tigger, she loved Tigger. We probably went though 3-4 Tiggers through the years. And she always could tell and Tigger from any other stuffed animal. I don’t know what it was, but she knew the difference. Hershey was our first baby. You could say that she was the classic trainer baby, but really she was so much more. She was a member of the family and a best friend. Always there, always ready to play, always available to listen, always wagging her tail, always loving us unconditionally.

We will always love you Hershey!

New Peeps Easter Hats from Maw Maw Snyder!

7 already!

Jack's 7th birthday party was at the bowling alley. All for his friends, including the two high school neighborhood boys, made it to the party.