A First For Me and The Twins

Last night I gave the twins their first hair cut. This was also the first time I ever gave a first hair cut. They both did so good. There was barely any moving at all and they didn't cry at all!! They looked so cute!!

More Christmas Highlights

The Ugly Christmas sweater exchange. This is the official ugly sweater that was given away this Christmas. My cousin was the lucky one to be the first victim. A tradition started that some one would get the sweater as a gag gift and would have to wear it for the rest of the day. And that's just what he did!!

The Polar Express 4-D ride. When my niece was in town we took her to see Polar Express 4-D. It is a 3-D ride plus a motion ride. It was so cool. The way they put everything together was very creative. If you didn't make it this year you have to go next!

Christmas Season Highlights

My niece Austynn was in town and we took her to Town Square to see the snow and the Chocolate Factory. The snow was soap so it sure didn't taste like snow flakes. Please excuse that huge "snowflake" in the picture.I also convinced my Dad's side of the family to take a family picture. Our last picture was done for my Grandma for Mother's Day in 1997 i think. We have had some additions to our family as well as a loss who we miss greatly.I also managed to get all the cousins in a picture.

Homemade Videos

These are some videos I have recorded with my new video camera...

This was a few days after Christmas. We had the family over and we played all of the games we got for Christmas. Including this Disney Sing-It game for the Wii.

This is Christmas afternoon. I went with The Sedillos to Grandma Becky's house. We ate some tasty food and just hung out.

Christmas...It's Over

Christmas this year came and went so fast. Too fast for me. I got everything on my list plus some. This was some of the things I got for Christmas:

A Cricut Machine from Santa

A purse and a matching wallet from JoshA video camera from The Sedillos

My computer (a gift to myself)

I also got clothes, a make up bag, an external hard drive, lots of gift cards, sheets, i pod converter for the car, a robe, an alarm clock, Mamma Mia movie, Dancing with the Stars cardio workout tape, a facial, and some other stuff.

Some More Traditions (i forgot)

Old:
**Finding the Pickle at Grandma's**
there is a tradition in Germany I think it is and there is a pickle hid in the tree and the person to find it gets a present. Our present is a trip to the movies with the grandparents.

New:
**Ugly Sweater Gift**
there is this ugly ugly sweater that my sister found and we thought we would wrap it up and give it to my cousin as a gift. the rule was he had to wear it all day. next year another ugly sweater will be bought and someone new will be the victim. i'll post pictures of that later.

Day 25 of Christmas Memories

I have to admit I have ran out of memories but I thought I would list some Christmas Eve and Day traditions here at the Minter house and also new traditions that have came about this year actually just a few minutes ago.

Old Traditions:

**Gift Exchange on Christmas Eve**

(thanks to the Sedillos for the idea)

**Aunt Laurie spends the night**

**Track Santa**

there is a website you can go to and check to see where he has been

**Open gifts from youngest to oldest and then from oldest to youngest**

that way we can see what everyone got and it lasts a little longer

New Traditions:

**Pulling Christmas pranks on Kalah**

tonight Tarin came up with this idea to pull a prank on Kalah while she was sleeping but wasn't quite sure of what to do. with not much thought we decided to get out some old jingle bells and have Tarin run into her room telling her that Santa is on the roof as I was in the hall jingling the bells. Kalah said she knows she could hear them too and that was about as much as we got out of her this year. we plan to come up with a master plan through out this next year that will be perfect on Christmas Eve night

**Checking our License Plate List**

Tarin and I are starting a challenge tomorrow that we will have a little notepad in my car and her purse because she cant drive but this is how you play. Through out the year while you are driving in the "your" car or Tarin has to be riding in someone else's car besides mine you will write down out of state license plates. You want to get the most written down out of the 50 only writing each state down once. The one with the most written down buys the other 2 movie tickets. We are not for sure on the prize but that is whats in mind.

Day 24 of Christmas Memories

This was our first Christmas together. So cute. So young. So happy. I'm just kidding we are still cute, young, and happy.

Day 23 of Christmas Memories

This was my first quilt I ever made. My Aunt Laurie had just got a new bedroom set and I wanted to make her a blanket for Christmas to go with it. It was very small as you can see but is used for decorations to this day in her bedroom.