Monthly Archives: January 2018

Moving Day (Panzer to Kelley)

Today is a big day… it’s moving day! (We will sleep in the hotel one more night and officially live there starting Friday, but today we take all of our stuff over to our house and receive more loaner furniture.) … Continue reading

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Around town (dates, gelato, school…)

Before I get into today’s post, let me give you a quick update: WE HAVE A HOUSE! I know I’ve said a bit about that already but now we have an officiate move-in date! And by “move-in” I don’t mean with … Continue reading

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Our girl is two!

Oh Anna! I still can’t believe we are blessed with your presence in our family! We were immeasurably blessed with the four incredible sons we already had and to add you to the family was almost more than we ever … Continue reading

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A Hotel Adventure for Anna

Because the hotel can get a bit old for Anna we try to let her get out of the room and lead us on an adventure at least once a day. This is the time where SHE gets to pick … Continue reading

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Life in the Panzer Hotel

In my last post I shared about the house we are going to be moving into. We really are excited to move into it and start our new life there. In fact, we were out at Kelley for a little … Continue reading

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Our second Germany house…

I call it a “Germany” house rather than a “German” house because these quarters in no way resemble German houses. They are quite sterile and prison-like on the exterior but they are as homey as you want them to be … Continue reading

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Our first week back in Germany…

 The last post, Up, up, and AWAY!, shared the journey from Nana’s house to boots-on-the-ground in Germany. I pick up just 15 minutes after the wheels hit German soil: We left the plane and began the process of collecting all … Continue reading

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Up, up, and AWAY!

There are only two things that could have made our flights from the US to Germany better. The first would have been a straight flight from Charlotte to Stuttgart. Since that’s not a route offered, there were three legs:  Charlotte … Continue reading

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Christmas 2017

From the moment we hit the North Carolina border we were in Christmas mode.  We spent our time in that beautiful state visiting family on both sides. So much has gone on in the past two weeks (and one day) … Continue reading

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