Finally..............Haircut!!!!!

I absolutely LOVE Mackenzie with short hair. The last time she had it short was in 1st grade. It was soooo cute and flippy and fit her personality perfectly. I have been begging her FOREVER to get it cut again. But, nothing mom suggests is cool enough. So, over the holidays, I took her to see Twilight and she loved Alice Cullen's haircut. That was all she needed to make her decision. (Apparently Alice is cooler than mom). I had a friend of mine do it and it turned out SO CUTE!!! Mackenzie LOVES it too!! I told her, MOM's are ALWAYS right, get used to it!!!!!


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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

We decided to save money this year and skip the Christmas Card. Plus, I couldn't decide on a picture. So................here you go, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Our "Little" MAN!!!!

Our "Little" Boy is growing up!! Jacob had the awesome opportunity to be baptized during the holidays, with his cousin JD, while they were here visiting from Kansas. I am so glad they got to share this special day together. I know it was extra special for Jacob and JD as well. They are six weeks apart and are the only boy cousins their age. So, they are pretty good friends. It was the perfect time to celebrate his decision to be baptized and the birth of our Savior. We had a great Holidays with Family and Friends. We hope you did too!!!

THANKSGIVING BIRTHDAY!!!

I can't believe it has been 5 years since my baby twins were born on Thanksgiving Day in 2003. What an amazing day that was in our lives. That year, we had 2 Thanksgiving Dinners (Germany's/Uncle Dan's and dessert at Turners), then the Germany Family Christmas Present Exchange in Park City and of course the annual Germany Family Christmas picture where I look amazing as always. That year we timed the picture in between my contractions. After having endured contractions all day, we left Park City at 9pm, arrived at Alta Hospital at 10pm, and tried to get an epidural in before I was screaming to push. The epidural never took before I was ready to GO.....Kelsey came shooting out with no warning at 11:45pm. Then it was a waiting game for Kayley. But, the chance of her having a different birthday helped her hurry along. Her water broke, she spun around, and we welcomed her, feet first at 11:49pm. PHEW!! Same Birthdays!!! What an amazing experience!!! I thought I would post some pix of their first 5 years. I certainly LOVE these TWO and don't know what I would do without them. They bring so much happiness and laughter to our family. Hope you all had a GREAT Thanksgiving. My Happy Holiday post will come soon!!!!!

ALL INCLUSIVE POST

It's been awhile since I have posted and people are starting to notice and bug me about it. Not that anyone comments on my blog (hint hint), I just didn't realize people were actually looking. First things first.

A couple of weeks ago, I was able to take off my "Mom Hat" and put on my "Rockstar Hat". It was a little dusty, but worth dusting off. My SIL, Lisa, and I had the last minute, awesome opportunity, to blast back to our teenage years at the NKOTB concert here in Salt Lake. What a night!!! We screamed, danced, moved our way up to the 15th row, caught the glance of several NK's and lost our voices all in about 3 hours. It was sooooo much fun. I am glad we finally had the chance to hang out after 10 years Lisa........let's do it again soon!!! I like wearing my "Rockstar Hat" every once in a while!!!! I think I surprised Lisa when the "Mom Hat" came off. I know you are all jealous.






The girls have been busy with their Choir Concerts that start up during the Holiday season. They belong to such a cute performance choir. This is Mackenzie's 2nd year and the 1st for the twins. The twins absolutely LOVE it. I think they wanted to do it just for the costumes. Of course, Mackenzie is in heaven. She loves to perform 24/7. Here they are at their Holiday Premiere. In the next couple of weeks they will be performing at the Festival of Trees, Joseph Smith Memorial Building, and Breakfast with Santa. Good thing Jacob is taking a break from Sports right now.



Since the Turner's are home from their mission (and they have the MTN channel), we went out to watch the BIG GAME at their house. Can you tell who is cheering for who? Poor Grandpa Turner!! He could barely sit in the same room with all the UTE fans. It was a fun day for us. The kids enjoy following in their Dad's footsteps and cheering for the UTES!!!!! GO UTES!





Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I will post about ours soon!!

Somebody's living right!!!

Aloha, Welcome Home!!!!

John Paul's parents have been serving a mission in Honolulu Hawaii for 18 months and just got home last Saturday. Even though we saw them back in February, it was good to see them come home. The kids were especially excited to see Grandma and Grandpa. The twins were just 3 1/2 when they left and they will be turning 5 next week. All the Grandkids have grown up a lot in the past 18 months. It will be fun for the whole family to be together again for Thanksgiving and the Holidays. When I grow up I want to serve a mission in Hawaii too!!!! ALOHA!!!!