Christmas Day with the Snyder's

We spent Christmas Day at home....it was really relaxing and Kelly got to take her naps on her normal schedule. We weren't rushed eating or opening presents and that was nice for a change. We have one more family Christmas to go.....we get to spend Friday and Saturday at my mom's house in Cedar Rapids.

Kelly got a LeapFrog Fridge DJ from Uncle David!

Kelly putting the radio on the fridge. She played with it for awhile in the living room and then we told her that it went on the fridge. She then walked right to the kitchen and put it on the fridge. We knew she was smart....but she always amazes us!!!

"This is hard work to pull out of here!"

Laying on top of the bear....which is 4 foot tall!!!

Giving the bear a BIG BEAR HUG!

"This is one BIG wrapped box to open!"

"Wow...this kitchen looks really fun in the picture.....I can't wait until I wake up from my nap and get to play with it!"

Grandma and Grandpa Snyder with Kelly

Kelly and Uncle David checking each other out....Kelly really warmed up to David by the end of the day! They were playing and chasing each other down the hallway!

Our family on Christmas Day at our house!

Playing with my new kitchen!!! (Daddy was almost finished putting it together when I woke up from my nap!)

After Daddy finished putting my kitchen together.....Uncle David and Daddy had to try everything out! They were amazed that the kitchen knew when I put the different fruits and vegetables on the cutting board!

"This kitchen is pretty cool....it's interactive and talks to me!"

Kelly mixing something up in her kitchen!

Uncle David got an MP3 player....Kelly thought it was so cool when the headphones were in her ears. At first David and Brian were holding the earphones in (because they didn't fit in her ears). She was mesmerized and loved listening to the music...she didn't smile at first...she was just soaking it all in!

Kelly listening to Uncle David's MP3 player!

Kelly "riding" her bear....and wearing her Iowa Hawkeye outfit from Grandma and Grandpa! (Of course...her blanket is close by.....it's almost bedtime!)

SANTA CAME!!!

Santa made a visit to the Snyder house this morning! We all opened our Santa gifts in our PJ's....it was fun! Then the 3 of us made homemade banana pancakes! They were yummy! It was a perfect Christmas morning!

Kelly looking in her stocking!

A future Iowa Hawkeye Pink Nalgene Bottle was in my stocking!

Mmmmmm.....cookies to go with my kitchen! (Another stocking stuffer)

"I'm excited!!!" Kelly got the addition to her Little People Farm....she got the stable!

Kelly pulling the final piece of wrapping paper off her Little People Stable.

Kelly reading her lite-up Christmas Tree book.

Kelly opening her set of blocks!

Santa brought a Elmo book that plays music!!!!

Dancing to Elmo's Christmas Songs!

Christmas Eve at Mulgrew's

We spent Christmas Eve with my dad's side of the family.....about 25 people (and everyone wasn't even there!) We had lunch, opened presents, and even had a visit from Santa!!! It was a busy day! Then the ENTIRE GROUP went to church at St.Anthony's. It was a fun start to our holidays!

Cousins, Cousins, Cousins, and more Cousins!!!

WHAT A GROUP!

Kelly sitting on Santa's lap getting her Christmas present

10 of the grandkids with Santa (missing Benjamin and Daniel from Minnesota)

Kelly and Jackson playing with his Leapfrog computer. (Kelly and Jackson play so well together...it's too bad that Jackson lives in Kansas City!!!)

Papa and Kelly playing with a LeapFrog computer

Aunt Emily with nephew Landon

Aunt Emily with her youngest niece Racquel!

We surprised Grandma and Grandpa and gave them a picture calendar for 2008! They loved it!!! (Grandma even cried she liked it so much!)

Kelly opening her vacuum in the "cousin exchange"

Kelly playing with her vacuum that she got from cousin Benjamin

Grandma and Grandpa Mulgrew

Snyder Family

Brian, Emily, Kelly

Henry Family

Jud, Staci, Landon, Jackson, Logan

Brian Simon, his girlfriend Jenn and her son Tylor

Fern Family

Eric, Tami, Peyton, Racquel, Helena

Petitgout Family

Lori, Tim, Brice, Isabella

A Sunday with Daddy!

Brian and Kelly were playing a game on the computer this afternoon (since we were snowed in from the big storm). Brian was enjoying sharing his love of the computer with his daughter. They were playing Mr.Potato Head.....it was really cute to see both of their reactions!

Daddy and Daughter on the computer (the headphones said "nose, eyes, mouth, etc. "when you picked what to put on Mr.Potato Head.

The finished product....Mr.Potato Head!!!

Decorating SUGAR COOKIES!!!

We went to Grandma and Grandpa Mulgrew's house today to decorate sugar cookies. Grandma had already made them and the grandkids were going to frost and decorate them! They all had a lot of fun!!! Kelly only wanted to sprinkle the cookies once Mommy frosted them. Jackson was the cookie decorator and lasted the longest at the table. Seven of the grandkids were there for the fun (Isabella (6), Peyton (6), Logan (4), Brice (2 1/2), Jackson (2), Helena (1), and Kelly (1). Landon and Racquel were there too...but they are too little to decorate cookies!

You can NEVER have enough sprinkles!!!

"These sprinkles sure are fun!" (Notice the cookie in her left hand!)

Kelly frosting one cookie....that's the only one she did! (and then she ate that cookie too!)

All she wanted to do was sprinkle, sprinkle, sprinkle!

Isabella and Peyton decorating their sugar cookies!

Logan sampling some frosting!!! (Don't worry...we didn't use that spreader again!)

"What's wrong with this sprinkle container? Nothing is coming out!"

Kelly's out of sprinkles! (I then put a few from another container into "her" sprinkle container.)

Brice "sampling" a cookie he decorated!

Jackson peeking over the table at the tree cookies

Jackson and Brice

Some of Kelly's "BEST" cookies! Notice the amount of sprinkles!!!