Outside of Matt’s birthday, we had another quiet week at home. It’s been cold and rainy, with interspersed periods of snow and ice. I think we’re getting the leftovers of the storm that hit the US last weekend. We had three days of delayed arrivals for work and school, and it was heaven! We happilyContinue reading “Week 246: Matt’s Birthday!”
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Week 245: Model UN and Visitors
After the kids returned from England and we got back from Garmisch on Sunday, we were fortunate to have Monday off. We spent the day catching up on rest and tidying up around the house. Brooklyn spent part of the day unpacking and repacking her bags, as she was leaving on Tuesday for Prague toContinue reading “Week 245: Model UN and Visitors”
Week 244: Garmisch and England!
In the second week of January, we had a short week at home since everyone was traveling over the weekend. We’ve all been exhausted from running from one activity to the next, and I’ve been especially tired; I just can’t seem to catch up on sleep. Even though the week was busy, I barely tookContinue reading “Week 244: Garmisch and England!”
Week 243: Back in the Routine
Since we returned from our big Christmas adventure, I’ve fallen behind on updating our journal, but I’m doing my best to catch up! It was a snowy week after we returned home from our trip to Finland. There was already snow on the ground when we arrived, and it continued to snow at least onceContinue reading “Week 243: Back in the Routine”
Week 242: Our Baltic Road Trip!
The day after Christmas, we were up before sunrise and out the door by 5 a.m., driving two hours to Munich to catch our flight to Vilnius, the first stop on our Baltic road trip. The trip was smooth—except for Matt leaving his backpack on the plane during our short layover in Warsaw. Our flightContinue reading “Week 242: Our Baltic Road Trip!”
Week 241: Christmas!
This was a SUPER short week as we didn’t get back from skiing until Monday night, and then we departed on Friday for our next trip, but we thoroughly enjoyed our three Christmas days at home. The kids were off from school all week, but sadly, Matt and I still had to get through workContinue reading “Week 241: Christmas!”
Week 240: Holiday Skiing in the Dolomites
Christmas is finally almost here and we made it to the third weekend of Advent as the Germans call it! But first, another busy week of school and Christmas activities, and then a weekend in the snowy Alps! Tuesday night was the monthly Civil Air Patrol promotion, and Ryan was promoted to the rank ofContinue reading “Week 240: Holiday Skiing in the Dolomites”
Week 239: Even More Christmas Markets
We’re in the second week of Advent, as the Germans would say, and it was another packed one! As we approach the shortest day of the year, it’s fully dark when we leave the house in the morning—and already nearly dark again by the time we leave work. At least we’ve been lucky, though, withContinue reading “Week 239: Even More Christmas Markets”
Week 238: First Week of December
It’s finally December so that means I could finally give the kids their advent calendars! This year we found some really great ones: Toblerone and Nivea for Brooklyn and Nutella and Formula One for Ryan. The calendars are really amazing in Germany so I don’t hold back; each of these spoiled kids gets one ofContinue reading “Week 238: First Week of December”
Week 237: Thanksgiving Week
It was a short week at work and school for us since Thanksgiving was on Thursday! Our original plans had us departing on Wednesday afternoon to fly to Albania and begin a road trip through several Balkan countries. Unfortunately, on Tuesday we found out that our flight had been rescheduled for Thursday night—not cancelled, justContinue reading “Week 237: Thanksgiving Week”
Gilcrests Abroad 