Week 264: Brooklyn’s Graduation
After 13 years of homework, exams, projects, early mornings, and countless school events, graduation week had finally arrived for Brooklyn! The week kicked off on Monday. Matt and I both had to work, and since the graduation ceremony was scheduled right during dinnertime on Tuesday, we decided to celebrate a little early with a special…
Week 263: Wrapping up the School Year
After returning from Lauterbrunnen on Monday afternoon, we jumped right into a busy week. Tuesday was my day off, but there wasn’t much time for relaxing. Our house was bursting at the seams with so many visitors; which we absolutely loved; but with eight people under one roof, there was plenty of laundry and a…
Week 262: Visitors, Euros, and Lauterbrunnen
A few weeks ago (I’m getting very behind on my posts!) I attended my final German class. I’m so happy to have my evenings free again. It’s hard to imagine how productive I must have been before spending nearly ten hours a week in class. At the same time, though, I feel a little sad.…
Week 261: Halfway Through May!
Thankfully, we made it through another week, and this one seemed to fly by just as quickly as the others. The warm spell has broken and it has been a little chilly. We did have one change to our normal routine: Wednesday night was the parents vs. kids softball game. The weather was beautiful, and…
Week 260: Senior Sports Day and Mother’s Day
Somehow we got through another long and tiring week! The weather has been really warm and it feels like Spring. School is wrapping up and the kids are in the middle of AP exams and finishing big projects. In my German class, we are getting close to the final DTZ exam, so every class has…
Week 259: Back in the USA and my Birthday
On Sunday, I flew back to the U.S. for my grandfather’s services. I was feeling pretty emotional, but luckily a travel nightmare would distract me during the journey. What should have been a routine connection in Frankfurt turned into a complete nightmare. The new immigration system slowed everything to a crawl. I had three hours…
Week 258: Prom Weekend
It was another busy week; one that held both the heaviness of loss and some celebrations. In between the usual routines, we spent a lot of time reflecting on my grandfather and his passing. Those moments came in waves, sometimes quiet and sometimes emotional. The week began cold and gray, the kind of weather that…
Week 257: Quick Trip to Belgium
Some weeks feel long and drawn out but this one did the opposite and flew by in a blur of work, school schedules, last-minute decisions, and a whirlwind weekend that packed in just about everything. All week, we had been eyeing the kids’ softball and baseball games scheduled for the weekend in Belgium against the…
Week 256: Springtime in Germany!
Last week flew by, as usual! After we got back from Ireland late on Sunday night, we had to drag ourselves out of bed for work and school on Monday morning. On Wednesday, Ryan’s baseball team had a scrimmage against a local team, the Herrenberg Wanderers. The team is only about twenty minutes south of…
Week 255: Exploring Ireland
We kicked off the week right where we left off in Kinsale, still in the middle of our ten-day road trip through Ireland with our friends from the U.S. After a quick breakfast in Kinsale, we hit the road toward our next stop: Killarney National Park. The drive took us along some incredibly narrow, winding…
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