Neauswanstein Castle Bavaria, Germany
This summer we will be moving to.....(insert drumroll please)
Wiesbaden, Germany!!
In celebration of our exciting news, we will be hosting our first ever blog give-away! Leave us a comment and tell us how much you love us and how excited you are for us. We will then randomly select three lucky individuals who will receive a fabulous German care package from yours truly. You'll have to wait, of course, until August after we arrive and can personally select your scrumpdiddlyumptious goodies. Have I mentioned that the Germans make fabulous chocolate?
You all have a personal invitation to come and stay with us and we will show you why we love Germany so much. Whoo Hoo!
To read more about our soon to be new home, click HERE.
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64 comments:
Holy Cow you guys are a lot braver than I would be. How do the grandma's feel about this?? How long will the assignment be for?
Hope it all goes well. I enjoy keeping up with your family. Hopefully one day soon I will figure out this blog stuff. There are never enough hours in a day.
Jessica
SOOO EXCITING! I am so happy for you- you guys are so fun! I can only HOPE, HOPE, HOPE we have a random chance to come over there and enjoy your hospitality and tourism business! :) jk!!
CONGRATS, CONGRATS!!!
I know you are happy to be back in Germany but I do have tears in my eyes just thinking about you leaving. We have all enjoyed so much getting to know all 5 of you. Will it be for 3 years? I do love chocolate! ha ha
Congrats! Just where you were hoping for!!
Oh my goodness...oh my goodness!!! Ya-hoo!!! Back to Germany!!! The long awaited news is finally here. (It's about time. And we're not even the ones involved :) We are so thrilled for you guys. We know how much you've been wanting to get back there. Now you'll have another 3 years of incredible adventures. I must admit, I'm jealous! That is so wonderful. We are very HAPPY for you! (Sorry for so many exclamation points, but really, we are excited.)
How exciting to be going back to Germany! I am so glad we can keep in touch via blogs! You have an amazing family! I look forward to hearing all about your new and exciting adventures!
I am sooo excited you guys get to go where you wanted to! I am sad that you can't just stay here, but we are glad that we were able to briefly get to know your wonderful family! Yey for you!!!
Off to Germany again. I hope you love it there. We are excited for you. At least this time we all have blogs so that we can keep in touch better than last time.
That is awesome that you get to return to Germany. What a great adventure for your family. Your mom is going to be so lonely...she already doesn't see you much. Best of luck. Your family will remain in our hearts and prayers while you are over seas.
Congratulations. I know that is where you wanted to be. That doesn't always happen with military life. So appreciate it. Looks like we might be heading to El Paso for the next four years. We did put Germany down on our short list, so it still might happen. I am just jealous that you already know. Good luck and we can't wait to hear about your adventures!
WOW!! That's amazing! You guys are so adventurous and exciting! I can't wait to hear how the move goes. How long will you be there for? Is this the same area that you lived before? This is so exciting. I seriously would LOVE to come visit! :)You guys are awesome! Congrats!
I'm so jealous!! I think I have a book of castles on my coffee table that has that castle in it! No need to consider me for a gift...just wanted to say hello and that I'm excited for you guys. What a great thing for your kids to see different cultures as well. My cousin's family was there in the military. Good to see you guys.
I bet you're thrilled to finally know! We're so happy for you, although it'll be sad to see you go.
We are so excited for you guys! I can't wait to see all your awesome pictures from Germany. We will definitely miss you guys...I'm glad we still have a few months left!
That's awesome! We do wish you the best.
I didn't know you knew Michele Davis! I know her too! She's so wonderful.
Congratulations on your new assignment back to Germany! I'm so excited for you. I would love to go back there myself! I have gone to Wiesbaden many times for work and it is a small base but split up into 3 areas. Kaiserslautern community is much nicer, but it's only about 40 minutes to an hour away. Maybe I will get to see you guys there again. Now you can enjoy some more trips and adventures!
Diana Kalish
I am so excited for you guys!!! I'm already counting how many extra shifts I'll have to pick up so we can come and visit! I know this is what you guys wanted, and I really am super excited for you! Love you tons!
Wow! That picture is beautiful- and so is the panorama on the link you gave. How exciting! How long will you be there?
Your family pictures are gorgeous... CONGRATS!
We are thrilled for you!!! Jeff is dying to get back to Germany.
Someday :)
SOOOOO Happy for you!
Yeah! now we have someone to stay with we travel down south. Can't WAIT! You can stay with us on your way to Paris and Belgium.
Marnie
I am so excited for your family. I know how much you wanted to return to Germany and now you are. I just want you to know that I have so enjoyed the short time I got to work with you in the Young Women's program. You are so sweet and if we had not worked together in YW, I probably would never have gotten to know how special you are. My grandbabies love their bows as I have told you already. Lauren especially loved her "ballet" bows. She wants to wear them with everything...even when it is not pink. You are a very talented and sweet person and I know you will be happy and bless the lives of all those you meet in your new place of residence. Love you dearly, Teresa George
Wow! I want to go back so much. I know you will have a great time. I would be more than happy to come visit, I might just have to start saving now.
Jennifer
Congratulations you guys! I'm so happy for you, but sad for the ward. What will everyone do for family pictures? I can't go back to a studio now!
Yea Marnie!! We are so happy for you!! We are heading back there in December. Hope to see you again soon! Let's all go to Poland together, ok?
okay...I was sucked in by your face book status! Congrats on going to such a fun place. The picture is breath taking, I now have to keep up with your fun blog to see all the amazing photos I'm sure you'll be taking! Congrats again!
Yeah!!! We are so excited for you! We know how much you love Germany and now the little ones will have more memories of it. We wish you all happiness and wonderful life in Europe. You deserve it!!!!
P.S. Your blog is going to get so much more interesting now, as if it wasn't before. You are an amazing family.
Marnie, this is great!
I (we) will actually be coming to Frankfurt in Sept of this year. I got a contract with the DOD to come do training in Germany and Japan ( Tokyo) for their SLPs.
I'll have to connect with you prior. We'll or I'll be in Frankfurt for a week- including atleast 1 weekend. The training is only 3 days, the rest of the time is down time. I think Ryan and the kids will come to Germany- except its back to back and getting from Tokyo to Frankfurt is not a fun leg to fly- not to mention $$.
Ashley Northam
We are happy for you guys, hope we can come visit while your their, and hope we win the goodie!!!
That's pretty dang sweet. Aubrey lived for a few years as a kid just a couple of hours to the west in Bitburg. Congratulations on finally knowing!
We are so jealous! If only we could be your neighbors in Germany again. I was just thinking today about the tulips in Holland. We miss living there so much. We are excited for your family...and may drop by for a visit even if you don't select us as the winner. That being said, we would really appreciate the goodies from Germany.
Good luck over the next several months getting ready for the move. Hopefully the kids have enough practice posing for pictures they will cooperate for the passport photos! The dreaded driving test should be a breeze for you this time! :)
That is awesome, I know you really loved being in Germany so that is great you get to go back. You will be missed here in Texas though!
I'm glad you guys got the orders you wanted but I am SO bummed that you are going to be leaving us...we've really enjoyed your friendship and you'll be truly missed.
I see how you bribe people to comment on your page!!! You are sooo sneaky!!! How about you get me a care package AND a plane ticket to come see you? I think that is an amazing idea. That or I will forgo buying food for the next year, which ever you feel better about me doing. Haha! I am super excited for you guys, and thanks for trying to call to tell me, my phone was on vibrate. Oh well. Love you!
thats totally rad girl! i'm glad you didn't get sent to like po dunk TX or crapville NC. it should be fun keeping up with your blog with you guys being there and seeing all that cool stuff. u better update!!
We will totally miss you, but how exciting! I LOVE Europe, but haven't been to Germany. Hmmm, maybe the downturn in the economy will make travel cheaper??
Yeah! I wish you were going to be closeer to Ramstein, but we'll take it! See you in August!!!!!!!
marni, I am so happy for your family! I know how much you enjoyed living in Germany. I will miss your sweet smile and loving family! I will really miss your bows! HA I fel blessed to have meet you!
Crystal
Oh my goodness! This looks like a fairy tale. I feel like I was just getting to know you and now you are off. You and your family are so warm and friendly. I'm sure that God will richly bless you on your journey. I hope it's amazing!
Heather
Yahoo! How exciting. Is that the same base you were stationed at before? I would love to live in Europe. Thanks for the update. Did I give you an invitation to my blog?
I am so excited for y'all!! We will miss you guys and all of your amazing talents. You guys are wonderful friends--we are blessed to have had this much time with y'all!
Congratulations!!!
we are so sad you are not coming to Vilseck :( You will be very close, maybe in the same stake I would have to ask Justin. Congrats!
Awesome Marnie! We miss Germany, especially the chocolate! You will be a great asset to your ward......and stake for sure!
Hey Marnie -
I buy one Sunday paper a week, but it is recommended that you buy as many as are in your family... I just started this a couple of months ago and now I'm ready to add a few more papers.
In a nut shell - you use your coupons when an item is at it's rock bottom price. The sites I listed do all the work for you. Each Sunday you usually get a insert from Red Plum and Smartsource. I write the date on the front and file them. When I see that Albertson's has a sale on Hershey's chocolate chips for 1.50 each and I have a coupon (from a paper 2 months ago) for 1.50 off - that's when it's time to buy and use that coupon. If I had bought several papers I could have bought several packages, for FREE.
Another huge money saver is stacking coupons. At Walgreens - they have store coupons. If you combine a Walgreens coupon with a Manufactured coupon you get many items for free - or they even pay you! Pretty fun!
I hope this makes sense... It is quite a game, and so much fun. Let me know if you have any questions! :)
That's incredible!!! Congratulations!! What an amzing picture too!!! Erin and Todd
Congrats!
I am certainly gonna miss my favorite lil purse stealer, Ava, in the nursery...and her parents :) And I'm not sure where all the mom's in the wards will find such beautiful big bows. Wish your family all the best. Germany should be a great experience!
Marisa
We are very excited you get to go somewhere fun and not Waco Texas or Kelleen that would have been a bummer being there. The Volks marches will be loads of fun for you family. Kevin and I will go head to the Rockies to hold down that end of the world you guys can hold down the European front. Good Luck and Best of wishes to your family.
Kevin and Heather Wille
That is how to get comments! You know how happy I am for ME that you are returning!
Yay! I am so excited for you! I guess you have already had lots of adventures, but that sounds so fun to me! Griff was sitting by me when I read your post, and we definitely want to come visit. :) Congratulations!!!
We are so excited for you. We know how much you liked living there the first time so this is a wonderful opportunity you have. It's not often we get what we want in this life. We are sad too because we will miss you all very much. We feel like we were still getting to know you and how awesome and talented your family is: Marnie with her soft voice, giant hair bows and FHE lessons, Kevin with his juggling, photography (I still need to get Cutler's 1 year pics taken) and free emergency dental advice, Kaden and his chamelion, good manners and energy. Lauren and her pretty hair (made possible by Marnie's hair bows), fun tights and happy smile. Eva and her friendliness and beautiful blue eyes. And who could forget "Fondue Night" with a 70's flare! Fun times!! We wish you the best of luck in Germany and future adventures. You will always have a place in our hearts for your family truly made a positive impact on our family and we are better people for knowing you and having you as friends. Thank you, thank you. Now, go out there and have some fun and create memories. Don't forget about us Texans!
The Adairs
So fun!!! I am excited for you guys, especially since you had that yucky deployment during your first tour to Germany.
Start planning your travel plans now. Oh yea, plan a sledding trip in Switzerland with you family. That is something that my kids still talk about how fun it was. I had a sled with McKenna, Greg with Bryson, and Courtney and Brandon had their own. It was a blast and you can't do it in the states. In case you aren't familiar with this, you take the ski gondala up, and take the sledding runs down the mountain (about 2 hours). Too fun! And we would love to come and visit you, of course, after you get settled.
-Debbie Bean
Congrats! And did I read that it is one of the oldest Spa Towns in Europe???? I keep telling Billy I want to go back to Germany. I'll have to start saving my pennies for the trip!!!!
Congratulations! We're glad you're going where you wanted to, but we're so sad to see you leave. I saw the picture of Neausvanstein Castle and I about screamed "Neausvanstein!!!" I love that castle.
--Jennifer Wallace
Wow--that does sound so exciting. I would love that! Ok I am going to start telling Brad that we are going to have to go to Germany to visit you! That would be cool! Love you!
Sorry, you cannot go. I am going to steal your "For Sale" sign at your house, sabotage your military orders, kidnap your kids, misdirect your belongings so you'll have to stay here. My kids love your kids and you are a major part of our Ward Family. We will miss you.
Wow!!! How fun for you guys. Good luck there. Your family is so beautiful and wish we could see you more!!! love you all and have so much fun in Germany!!!
Dear Marnie and Kevin,
I have tried to get on your blog many times to see your news but was blocked . . . so this is cool! CONGRATULATIONS!! I am so happy for you. Uncle Johnn and I are going to come and see you this time around. We love you all.
Wow, so many comments!!! Congrats on the new assignment...I'll miss seeing you and your family at school events, but wish you much luck and am happy to keep up via the blog. Good luck.
wow thats a long way away and yes they really do make really yummy chocolate... i warn you though you will miss home a lot,, i have been here for 5 years now and still have not been able to get back home with the kids and its really hard..
anyway i am excited for you, but is this for work? church? or both, i guess i am way behind and how long will you be gone!
59 COMMENTS!!! Oh my goodness! You guys really are loved... or you have greedy friends! haha!! :) I am so excited for you to move back to Germany! How wonderful - I know you loved it. I'm excited too because this time we will def be coming to visit you! Eric and I love to travel and all we need is an excuse to go! That picture of the castle is breath taking - I want to move there too. What a great adventure!! LOVE YOU!!
I am so jealous! I miss Germany so much, I feel as though I was ripped away from it. We think about it daily. What a beautiful place to live. I keep telling Toby I want to ge back. Maybe we will be able to come and visit you while your there. I would give anything to get back ther again. Best of luck in your awesome move. I am sure you will all love being there again.
Congrats! How fun! You will definitely be missed around here.
How wonderful for your family and how sad for our ward!! We will truly miss you. My girls love to look to see how big of a bow is on Ava's head! Your family has brought so much to this ward you will truly be missed. That said I would never miss a wonderful opportunity to go to Germany. That is just fabulous!! You kids are going to be so blessed to have the experiance of living in another county. WOW!! Good luck to you and remember us here in Texas!!
Take me with you Marnie!!! I miss it. I loved living there and would love to have it all over again!! I will be sure to capture all the fun through your eyes.. Congratulations beautiful people!!!!
Plus with the disney vacations it sounds like it is only with Disney World.. is it valid for Disney land theme parks?
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