It’s Brooklyn’s birthday week! I can’t believe my baby girl turned 14 😩. Luckily, Alli was here to celebrate with us. We had the best possible scenario, because I was unable to take any time off, but Alli was able to work remotely, so we both worked during the day, and then made the mostContinue reading “Week 39: Brooklyn’s Birthday”
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Week 38: Surprise Visitor!
This week started out as usual. Wednesday, Matt and I went to Indoor Golfing Stuttgart with one of his golf friends. The indoor golf place is also a wine importer and bar so at least there were drinks for me while I watched the (bad) golfing. Friday, we got a surprise visitor! My sister hasContinue reading “Week 38: Surprise Visitor!”
Week 37: Matt’s Birthday
It’s Matt’s Birthday week! Up until the weekend, we had another quiet week. The only exception was Brooklyn’s Spelling Bee. Unbeknownst to us, Brooklyn decided to enroll herself in her school’s spelling bee and made it to the final six in eighth grade. In the final round the top six from each grade would competeContinue reading “Week 37: Matt’s Birthday”
Week 36: Hanging at Home
After getting back from Prague on Monday night, we had a quiet week. Work has been really busy for me and Matt has been really busy with school. On top of that, the kids started the 3rd quarter at school so started new classes and by the end of the week, we were so done!Continue reading “Week 36: Hanging at Home”
Week 32: Getting Ready for Christmas
Our last week in Stuttgart for the year! Monday night was finally our last German class. We each had to give a ten minute presentation to the class for our final exam. We both passed the presentation and passed the class with A’s. Thank God we got the same scores so neither one of usContinue reading “Week 32: Getting Ready for Christmas”
Week 30: Winter Time
I can’t believe another week has flown past us. It’s been cold for a couple of weeks now, but this week it was COLD! It has snowed almost every night and some of the days, with some freezing rain mixed in, hence we stayed home almost every day. The exception being the kids going toContinue reading “Week 30: Winter Time”
Week 27: Alsace, France
This weekend, we were able to make a quick trip across the border to Alsace, France. We made Strasbourg, only an hour and a half away and just across the border in France, our base. We got a late start on Friday and drove through some of the thickest fog we have ever seen; weContinue reading “Week 27: Alsace, France”
Week 25: Halloween
Week 25 and surprise, surprise, it was another busy one! Brooklyn took the Red Cross babysitting class every day after school. She finished the course and is now a certified babysitter and is also on a referral list on base for parents looking for sitters! The kids also had picture day this week, which wasContinue reading “Week 25: Halloween”
Week 23: Oktoberfest!
Twenty three weeks feels unreal! Having gotten home from our quick trip to Maryland on Monday night, we spent most of the rest of the week recovering. The only exciting thing that happened is Matt finally got his new car on Wednesday! He was a little sad to say goodbye to the awesome loaner carContinue reading “Week 23: Oktoberfest!”
Week 21: Another Week at Home
Somehow this post got stuck before publishing so two weeks coming at you at once… We had another week at home and this time, got a little more rest. The most exciting thing to note is that our heat is finally working. our house is older so has radiators. When things started to get cold,Continue reading “Week 21: Another Week at Home”
Gilcrests Abroad 