February 2019

It really should be called The Genie Show!

 Got to see my daddy on his 70th birthday.

 Oh my heavens. These kids.

 He's 13!!!

 Little Miss Brynn loves to craft.

 Sisters-in-law weekend! So much fun!

 We shopped til we dropped.

Vanessa and Mom joined us for a lovely ladies lunch.



Quotable Sniders:

Based on the commercials, it seems that Spotify believes I speak Spanish 1/4 of the time.

My 4-year-old daughter is helping me plot out my next novel. Apparently there will be a lot of pink circles in the story.

"As a surgeon, I repaired hundreds of hearts. But my skills could not heal heartache, or erase grief, or salve emotional wounds. Nothing man-made can ever approach what God can do for His children.

"The most able minds cannot offer redemption from sin or heal our hearts from emotional pain. They cannot generate enduring hope or joy. They cannot promise life after death or the potential of being with our loved ones beyond the grave. They cannot generate peace of mind.

"But God can. Our spiritual DNA is His DNA. If our hearts are open to Him — if we believe in the divinity of the Father and His Son — we can rise from the ashes of our lives and become the men and women we were sent to earth to become."

--President Russell M. Nelson

Look at my dad! Can you believe he looks that good? :) He had a stem cell transplant (Leukemia) in December and the 100 days of living really close to the Boise hospital is almost up. It's nice he gets to be with family closeby. 

Jon got me a dozen bath bombs for Valentine's Day. Because he thinks I smell bad.

Justin, age 10: (Microwaving his breakfast) "3...2...1... Happy New Year!"
Me: "Happy New Year?"
Justin: "YEAH food gets a countdown in the microwave. Then later it gets a countdown in my tummy...."
Me: "TMI buddy."

Brynn (age 4): ALEXA! Play Taylor Swift. Noooo not that one! Gahh!
Me: Which song do you want?
Brynn: Taylor Swift!!!
Me: She has lots of songs. WHICH ONE?
Brynn: I dunnoooo!
Me: Sing it.
Brynn: *Hmm hmmm hmmm deeellacut..."
Me: Delicate?
Brynn: YES!
***listens to Delicate by Taylor Swift 100x***
Brynn: ALEXA! Play tater tots song.
***Alexa runs through like three different songs that all frustrate Brynn to tears.****
Me: What is the tater tot song????
Brynn: It's from Team UmiZumi!!!
Me: Alexa, play the Team UmiZumi theme song.
Alexa: Playing Team UmiZumi theme song by the Immatator Tots.