Thanksgiving 2011

 Our pose we make every year with all the kids (well all the kids that can make it).  A big congratulations to Chris and Amanda who got engaged recently :)  We are so excited for them!!  We are all so happy that Amanda will be an official member of the group :)

Jackson's favorite part of the day! In fact he prayed for "Diddy's lawnmower" during bedtime prayers tonight! LOL

 The girls with our girls :)  Still can't believe I get to call her my sister, I am so lucky!

 Aunt Amy letting Bailey feed herself mashed potatoes with a spoon, this was her first time doing it herself and she did great!

 We met Grandpa at Cracker Barrel Thanksgiving night (my Mom was in route to my cousin's wedding in Chicago!).  The kids did pretty well considering the very long day we had.  **Notice Bailey is only wearing one shoe and is having her first lollipop~which she devoured!!

Our Elf on the shelf made his first appearance last night!  We have read Jackson the book since he was a year old (the same age Bailey is right now).  It was the first book he would let us read the whole way through. In fact, it was the only book we were allowed to read him at bedtime for about 8 months~it was summer out and all he would let us read was Elf on the shelf! HA. Go figure~it is the first book Bailey will let us read all the way through too!!!  There is just something about it that they love! Anywho, this is the first year that we are actually doing the elf part, and he really gets it!  We were at Crackle Barrel tonight looking at the fire and Jackson said, "NO touch the fire or the Elf on the Shelf will be MAD!" LOL  He repeats over and over that we can't touch him and all sorts of stuff about the book!  If you don't have it~you should get it...it's such a great book!

 We have so very many things to be thankful for this year!  I will only name a few....our two healthy children that have two parents that love each other, faith in God, amazingly supportive families that we miss when we are not together, our parents who give us their wisdom and most importantly their love, a church we love and fellowship I never dreamed I would have, and friends that have made us who we are today. **And a very big congratulations to my cousins Megan and Stephen who had their first son Stephen Robert Snyder III last week! We are very thankful he was healthy and so is his Mama!** We have lots to look forward to and be thankful for in 2012...Allie & Blair's wedding, Chris and Amanda's wedding, Kristin and Neal's wedding, babies, and so much more!