Monday, December 21, 2009

Merry Christmas!!

Our 2009 Christmas Card

Friday, November 6, 2009

Happy Halloween

"Grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize"...we decided to be characters from the Haunted Mansion ride at Disney...and it was the scariest the Sniders have ever been....

Joey and the boys were the three hitchhiking ghosts, Emree was Constance the bride that chops all her husbands' heads off, and I was the ghostly girl on the shelf that beckons eerily, "hurry back, hurry back....we're dying to have you..."

Joey once again gets "Best Husband Ever" award! He looked amazing and people were taking pictures of him all throughout the park! So funny! And he didn't take anything off until we were back in the car for the ride home...did I mention it was hot and humid that night??? He must have been dying!!!

Too pretty to be scary...

This Halloween was inspired by Rett who was tired of being sweet things, the Beast last year wasn't frightening enough...

We came home at 2am and the boys slept in the next morning...Rye zonked while we were at Disney and we weren't able to remove his skeleton face...

Monday, October 12, 2009

Happy vs. Cranky


Things that are making me HAPPY...


I'm going to have one of these again....
I seriously CAN'T WAIT to see her and give her tons of kisses!!!


Rye is now potty trained...pretty much...I know you're probably saying, "Isn't he kind of old?" Well, to answer, he is three (alright, four in Dec.) and had absolutely NO interest in the potty...But we have overcome!!! He has been the first child that we have had to work to potty train...and it was rough!!

This stuff actually works! Can't even believe it! My skin was freaking out! Hormones??!! But this has made it sooooo much better!! My ad will be out soon to join Jessica's, Kelly's, and Julia's....

Yum! Yummers! I discovered Archer Farms PUMPKIN pancake mix... It is Fall for breakfast!! So delish!!...


Things that are making me very CRANKY...


Stupid glucose test that I dread immediately when I find out I'm expecting, and for good reason! I had my test on Friday and I only held it down for 30 minutes!!! It was a VERY nasty ending for the glucola in my body which was then followed by an actual panic attack!!! Who does that??!! I really thought I was going to die because I couldn't breath! I was scared to death! But meany ugly nurse is making me go in tomorrow and redo...upside is she said I can try eating 22 jelly beans instead of drinking that nasty drink... we'll see how it goes...

For the love, I can not find these suckers anywhere!!! Target...no, Publix...no, Walmart...no!! If anyone finds these PLEASE tell me where!!!!

Our Haunted House

Thought I would treat you with some pics of our "boo"tiful house...
What is really scary is I didn't take a picture of everything!! I heart halloween...

Monday, September 21, 2009

Serpents, Lizards, Tail of a Rat

I put my Fall decorations out at the beginning of September and while I was doing it I kept eyeing my Halloween decorations...I decided to just go ahead and put them all out at once. Because of this I've been so into decorating the house for Halloween. I literally would not mind at all if my house could look like the Haunted Mansion at Disney for the next month and a half!!! And a visit to Martha online didn't help either...I have been inspired!!! NOBODY does it better than Martha!!...

Large cat silhouettes are being made to put in unsuspecting places...

Hilarry has been glittering pumpkins for years and I've always wanted to join in the fun....and I finally did, except mine are black...so scarrrry!!...

We now have a bat wall also...

On our kitchen table we also have a witch's brewing station with old bottles labeled with spine chilling ingredients...

While decorating Rett looked at me and said,"Mommy, stop decorating it's starting to freak me out."....I think that's a sign I need to stop!! I surely don't want my kids frightened to be in their own house!!


The best Halloween book EVER for kids....We have spent so much time sitting together to find spooky skulls, bats, scorpions, frogs, etc.

Although all the pages are beautifully spooky enough to be framed, this is by far my favorite...I want to walk down this street and go trick-or-treating...

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Busy Busy

To get ready for the baby there were some things that needed to be done...

-get Rye to sleep in Rett's room on the trundle.....check
-move Rye's clothes into Rett's room....check
-rename Rett's room to "Boys room".....check
-go through bags and bags of boy baby clothes and give away....check
-move Rye's old furniture out of his old room, take pics for craigslist...check
-get Emree new furniture to replace dressers that will be used for baby...check
-move empty dressers into baby's room and set up matching crib...check

WOOT-WOOT!!! We did it!

And you wouldn't believe the furniture that we found for Emree's room!!! After some redecorating I'll post pics...
sooo cute!!!

And the baby's room...I have some ideas running through my head, one involves using this vintage chenille bear....

Thursday, September 3, 2009

I'm huge

I took a picture of myself the other day and couldn't believe how huge I am at 22 1/2 weeks! I had to post because you will die!!!...


I'm a little nervous about posting this....



So here it is...


Me in all my glory....














Where I wish I was

Something about this time of year makes me want to be here everyday...

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Tears and Teachers

It was sad leading up to the first day of school. The week before we would say, "This is the last Monday of Summer." and then the next day "This is the last Tuesday of Summer." and so forth...We made the most of it and went to Disney three times that week...yay!

FYI I don't let my kids know how much I dread school to start. So I put on a happy front for them, otherwise they would hate school and I would convince myself to homeschool them and instead we would go to Disney everyday. Probably not a good idea!

And then the dreaded (atleast for me) day came...


This is what Rye and I thought of them leaving us for seven hours...

We do miss them. But they are so happy loving their teachers, making new friends, and most importantly learning about things other than Disney!

Thursday, August 20, 2009

In memory of...

I will never forget you...my sweet love...my addiction. You made it fun to shop again. I don't know how I will live knowing you are in AZ with other women and not in Miami with me. I will long to search through your racks of clothes, shoes, bags, spanx, and jewelry.....Whyyyyyy!!!!.....
R.I.P.

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Faves

I have a few faves from the trip...at the visitors center at the temple....


Love a good family picture!...



Love this one of the boys! Such a sweet moment!




Before taking this picture Rye was TOTALLY cranky!! I said he could only have a milkshake if he smiled...He REALLY wanted a milkshake...



My favorite family picture taken with my phone! Thought it turned out pretty amazing!...



This little gem was a highlight of Joey's...he spotted Anquan Boldin, who played for FSU and now plays for the AZ Cardinals, at the mall...after worrying whether to or not to approach him and take a picture I convinced him just to do it...I can only describe him as giddy afterwards...


The Oven

Yay! Our Summer trip to The Oven a.k.a. Arizona! F-U-N was had by all!
It started with Rett and Rye's first plane ride and Emree's first that she can remember! Can I just say PERFECT children on the plane! Thank heavens because I was using the barf bag!! Who does that??!!
We had dinner at Yummy Oregano's with Hil and Preston that night. We were on FL time and Rye fell asleep at the table....it was hilarious! Then it was a row of Par-Tays...we had the lingerie shower. Such a good time and it is fair to say Preston is a very happy man right now! The next evening was the bridal party dinner...also a fun night...let's just say I made quite the statement with my newly acquired spray tan. The statement was I am a big loser and enjoys when people are laughing at me...

The next event was Hilarry and Preston's wedding day! So exciting! Prayers were answered and the spray tan took a chill pill after a good scrubbing in the shower! It was a beautiful ceremony where Joey and I cried like little girls...Hilarry looked Beautiful! Then it was a luncheon at Sweet Cakes...
After the temple ceremony it was time for Girlie Fun! We all had our hair done for the pictures and reception...we were set up in a sweet conference room to relax and talk! So fun! Emree was as happy as a blue ribbon hog at the county fair!!
The reception was at Sanctuary on Camelback mountain...Gorgeous! I had so much fun with old friends! I have missed them tons! The food was fab! Afterwards we showed them how to break it down Hialeah style...We asked for bootie music and the DJ played "Baby Got Back", poor poor DJ we felt sorry for him because he didn't know what bootie music was...
So have I ever told you how wonderful Joey is???? Well he is!!! Not only did he watch the kids day after day while I got my lingerie party and spray tan on but, he then surprised us with a Grand Canyon Train ride! Anyone who knows my boys knows they Love trains! It was seriously Amazing! You don't get how awesome the canyon is until you see it for yourself! We gazed, took pictures, ate lunch, hiked down a bit, and enjoyed such a memorable day! I did have some panick attacks because it was a looonnnggg way down from the edge of our hike and Rett seemed to have No fear...scary...turns out he is quite the little hiker boy! The day was all summed up by Rett, who looked at me as we were heading back to the train, and said sweetly,"I love this place. Thanks for bringing us here."....Melted my heart!!! Would do it again in a heartbeat! Thank you Joey!!!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Lets Catch up!

After a great school year our Summer started at the beginning of June! We were soooo happy! It came at a great time, three weeks before school let out is when I started to get very sick :(...

Emree then had her fifth year dance recital! They gave her a special trophy and medal! Once again so grateful to be free from any responsibilities for the Summer...
Her dance was to "Here Comes the Sun". She loved saying she was in Modern. She felt like she was on SYTYCD...

Later on in June the kids and I escaped to Miami. It was such a pathetic getaway. My Dad's Dad past away the day I went down, sad. And then I was so sick and drained of ANY motivation that I was horizontal the whole time. Luckily, the kids love my parents (thanks for babying me!) and their house so they were well entertained. And saddest news ever!!!...Last Chance closed in Miami!! Talk about a devastating blow!!! What will I do???!!!
One of the days Catherine, a childhood bestie, came over. She is prego also and so we laid down, chatted, and ate greasy food. The kids swam, watched Goonies, and played DS. The one day we did leave the house was that day when we took the kids to get pizza on Main Street. We had fun talking about the good 'ol days....when going to Main Street meant checking out the boys and not yelling at kids for getting soaked while getting the change out of the fountains!!!....
The morning of the fourth our neighborhood had a bicycle parade for the kids. It was REALLY cute! There were a bunch of kids and they had music, popsicles, and red,white, and blue everywhere. It felt like pleasantville. The kids loved it!...


That night we kept it low key and had a yummy dinner with good friends at our house. We did sparklers with all the kids and the Melicks and Sagers brought over fireworks. With fireworks around the lake and the ability to throw up at my own home it was a fab fourth!

This brings us to our BIG ARIZONA trip! The highlight, for sure, of the Summer...which isn't too hard because we didn't do much but stay home! The poor kids have been such troopers!

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Fresh Start

Well, it's about time! Now that I managed to lose all family and friends who use to check my blog I can write whatever the heck I want! Oh, you just wait 'till I start venting about everyone and anyone who annoys and has ever annoyed me! Wouldn't that be fun (and quite extensive)!? Well, I will spare you that, or maybe save it for another time!



In all honesty I took a much needed break. I really couldn't have cared less about this blog and about almost everything else. I was just surviving. There is a reason for this, BIG news.....We are pregnant!!! Woohoo! About half way through!!! Yay! Anyone who knows me knows how sick I get and this one lived up to my reputation. Boo! So that's why the nonexistent posts....totally understandable, right?



Now I'm back and feeling much better! I have some more energy to waste on this time sucker! Love it! So glad to be back and doing something other than throwing up! Can't wait to fill you in on our oh-so-busy (not really) summer!!

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Spring Break '09

Woohoo! Once again we went down to Miami for a few days during our Spring Break...we had a good time even though little Rye Rye got a little sick sick...103temp!!
This is at Nana Banana and Popi's house....

We went to the Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Science and saw an IMAX movie and played in the museum for an afternoon...my kids were excited to be in a museum like one of their favorite movies...


The inside of a cockpit...The kids could have stayed in there for a while...


Rett was excited about seeing dinosaurs and kept saying how his friend Jake would love them...

Popi being "hands on" with the kids...

Rye riding a tractor that they had explaining farming..it was really cute...

Rett up in some sort of tree thing...

Emree making the most insane bubbles...we've found a talent...I think we could go to Vegas with it...

The other highlight after coming back home was going to the beach...I don't go that often but, it was such a beautiful day and we had so much fun that we're craving it again...