Planes and Trains

We have made it to Germany!!!

We have been here for about 5 days.

The kids and Mr. PC have adjusted to the time

change with no problem.

I, on the other hand, am still a night owl, but now wake up

between 3am -5am.

I have only been getting about 4 hours of sleep each night.

The first flight of our trip was an easy one.

It was only 90 minutes.

 Everyone was in a great mood and

the kids did awesome on the flight.

We got to BWI around 2pm and

had to collect all our luggage.

We had 11 checked bags, 2 gate checked bags,

and 4 carry-ons.

We dropped all the stuff off at the USO

and went to find some food.

We ran into our first hiccup.

The flight to Germany did not leave till 5:20am

the next morning and we could not check in till 11:20pm.

Why is that a problem?

Most of the food is after security.

We found the only sit-down place to eat on the open side

and grabbed some food.

Not the best, but when you are hungry

anything will do!

With many hours until check-in and

the USO getting packed with people and luggage

we picked up our luggage and camped out

by the check-in area.

In a sea of Air Force personnel,

the only few Army folks managed

to find each other and hang out.



(Not even all the luggage)

We got in line to check in around 10pm and just hung out on the

 floor till check in started at 11:20 pm.

It took us about 45 minutes to check in as our tickets were

all jacked up.

This little guy crashed by our feet while

we were checking in.

Once we had our tickets we moved him

to a chair and waited till the security checkpoint opened

Once we passed security everyone was done!

It was around 1:30am!!!!

The Diva had been going so strong,

but when she hit the ground she was out in about two seconds.

We got back up around 3:30 to get ready to

board the plane at 4:10am.

Somehow we got business class.

I think we got more room

and we each had our own TV.

The breakfast on the plane was awesome,

 but lunch/dinner was just ok.

Mr. PC and Diva sleep for almost

 the whole flight, only

getting up to eat.

Mr. Man sleep for about 80% of it and I

sleep maybe half of the flight.

After we landed we did customs

and a lot of hurry up and wait,

Army style.

The kids and I got on a bus to the lodge (90 minutes away)

and Mr. PC rode in with his "sponsor".

We took the long bus route home!

The driver had no clue where the lodge was.

The kids and I made it to the room around 10:40pm.

We all wanted to eat, but quickly found out nothing was open!!!

Not even a gas station to grab some junk.

The next morning Mr. PC went to work

and the kids and I set out on foot,

buy some food.

We averaged about 6 plus miles a day

on foot, exploring the town.

The car is on the slow boat

and Mr. PC can not get an

appointment for a driving test till

the end of July.

We found the town square

 and it has a AWSOME

famer's market and lots of shops.

I managed to buy train tickets

and we explored the next town over.

 (on the train)

Still have not managed to get

cell phones.

The shop is either closed

or out of sim cards.

We should move into

our "house" this week.

It will be nice to start making

it our own.

We will get loaner furniture,

till ours arrives.

Hopefully it will not

take to long.

The kids are doing great!

Their life as been turned upside down.

Pretty much everything they own

is on the slow boat here.

They manage to laugh, smile,

and just roll with it.

When I know my way around

a little better I will start to take the

real camera  with us.

Till then it's just cell phone pictures.

All in all not a bad to start to our

new adventure.



Texas

We headed south to Texas to spend a week

with some of our favorite people.

We made a stop at the LEGOLAND Discovery Center.

We spent one day at the

Fort Worth Museum of Science

and History.

 All three of the kids

had a lot of fun!!

 We spent a ton of time

in the pool!

 Both of the kids love the water!

 Taz was trying to steal a drink.

We had a great visit and was sad that

it had to come to an end.

Texas will always be my home.

Poor Mr. PC pulled out of the driveway

to head home and had three people in tears!

I wish we could have stayed longer,

but we have another great adventure

coming up soon!!!

Family Fun

The end of May

we spent the day at Kart Kountry.

We started with a game of

miniature golf.

It is always one of my favorite

things to do

 Then it was off to the go karts!

Mr. Man first time behind the wheel!

Look out!!!!

 The Diva drove around by herself, then decided

to go for a spin with Daddy!

He goes fast and passes all the people.

Then we headed inside and played a few games.

It was another great family day!

First and Last

                                        First Day of school                              Last day of school

                                          First day of school                     Last day of school

 

Both of the kids had an amazing year of school.

Mr. Man is just as social as his sister and

both kids love to learn.

         The Diva did another year of voice and piano lessons.  

I cannot wait to see what next year brings

                         for the both of them.                          

Unaccompanied Baggage

Did you all know we are PCSing to Germany?

In early November Mr. PC was told we

could PCS to Germany if we wanted to.

The PCS list had not been released yet, so

it was kind of a gamble, but our family motto is

Go big or go home!

We jumped at the chance to make the move.

After what has felt like forever we are down to less than 60 days

before we jump onto a plane.

The last few weeks have been non-stop.

Lists, lists and more lists have been the story of my life.

The first thing I had to decide was what to put

in our unaccompanied baggage.

This is our quick shipment

that goes by air.

It had to be under 2000 pounds

and needed to be "essential" items

to set up your home.

I think I made about 20 lists just for

this one shipment.

A coffee pot and coffee was always

at the top of my list.

 School supplies, towels and sheets made list.

 We picked a few games  and few other

odds and ends.

I am sure I picked nothing that we will need

and shipped everything that we do need by boat.

 I have stressed and stressed about what to pack,

what to ship and what to store.

At the end of the day as long

as we are together

it will all work out!!

We are moving to Germany!

The four of us are going to have blast.

We plan to spend the next three years

traveling all over Europe.



Easter

Just a little late with

pictures from Easter, but

 it was a great time.

The night before we

dyed our eggs!

 4 dozen eggs!!!!

One may have been for me.

 The kids woke up early on Easter and quickly

found their baskets.

 Mr. Man

The Diva

 

Even Daddy and Mommy got one.

Then it was off to find the eggs!

 After the fun was all done the kids

took turns making

resurrection rolls.

It was a great start to our Easter day.