We Tangled!!

If you were to ask Mercy if she had a good birthday, she would say "yes, a great one"! And that's exactly what she said!! I am glad this party isn't lasting "an entire week!" as Flynn said! Seems like it's all over far to soon compared to the preparations for the party but if a little girl or a little boy remembers their party, the work that a mom poured into it, it is worth every moment!!

Lots of photos via iPhone, but hey that's alright, documentation is what it is all about!!

One of the highlights for Mercy was Daniel skypeing her from Australia!!!

And to end the evening/birthday blowout.....the movie, Tangled!!!!

Mercy is 6!!!

Happy Birthday to Mercy!!! She is 6 years old today!! The 13th child, the 4th daughter, and the 7th child that was birthed at home!! I cannot even begin to tell you about this little girl!! But the statement that would sum a good idea of her would be, "she is the baby" of the family!!! They still scoop her up, like to snuggle bunny with her, and she makes requests to her older siblings that is usually never denied!! She still likes to sneak into our bed because she says "she just loves me so much!!" She is a 6 year old little girl with 12 older siblings so for some reason it's like she lives a 15 yo life!!! Haha!! She loves her farm, her dog Charlie that she got for her 5th bd, she loves to play with her princess dolls, and loves to have a "big" person jump beside her on the trampoline to make her fling high in the air!!! Mercy was 7months old when Joel went to heaven. She still talks about him.

We are praying that soon in Mercy's life God would call her, and breath grace on her heart, and give her faith to trust him as her Savior!!

Happy Birthday Mercy!!!!!

a true farm day!!

It was an all around true farm day Saturday!!! Nice weather, Spring showing itself through nature bursting forth, planting potatoes and then the last event of the day was our first 2012 goat babies being born!! I love our farm.... God's farm!!!

Micah and Andrew have done tons of work and projects outside with the tractor and cleaning up!! And I didn't even ask them to! They just set out to do it!! The next big farm project is a milking parlor for the dairy goats. I know Bethany will appreciate it sooo much!!!!!

Please continue to pray for Sue!!! I just can't tell you how she being the one going through this yet she is the one being such an encouragement to me and others!! When you experience that, it's just grace being poured from our great Fountain Head, Jesus!!! She is receiving grace but it's flowing on to others as well!!

Nineteen days Lord willing until Daniel returns from Australia! One happy momma here!!

Blessings!!

friday fotos!!

A few "fotos" to share here on this Friday!!

Please continue to pray for Sue, Kristen's mom and their family and really now, they are our family! What a blessing they have been and are to us!! God in his infinite wisdom and plans grants us opportunities for our faith to be tried, and I have no doubt that this family will come forth as gold!! God will and is being glorified, hearts are being made stronger, love is growing deeper, so it's all working for God's glory and our good. With any trial, there are tears and fears, but amongst those there abides peace, hope, joys, laughs, memories being made..... and that is exactly what is happening in the Snyder home! Pray for them, will you?

Tractor work outside, ice cream, cousins, Mercy being Mercy, new zucchini muffin recipe, gum-balls and the beauty shop, strolling around Guthrie, our tulips are up, and it's definitely flip-flop weather!!

Happy weekend!!!!

I can fly.....

"So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land!"